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Politics / Re: Ngozi Okonjo-iweala Meets Joe Biden At The G20 Summit (Pictures) by Techzeethx: 9:16pm On Oct 30, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: Ngozi Okonjo-iweala Meets Joe Biden At The G20 Summit (Pictures) by Techzeethx: 7:09pm On Oct 30, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: Ngozi Okonjo-iweala Meets Joe Biden At The G20 Summit (Pictures) by Techzeethx: 6:25pm On Oct 30, 2021 |
Spot Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala 166 Likes 5 Shares
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Politics / Re: Ngozi Okonjo-iweala Meets Joe Biden At The G20 Summit (Pictures) by Techzeethx: 5:57pm On Oct 30, 2021 |
Love how she's rocking our African attires 473 Likes 22 Shares |
Politics / Re: Ngozi Okonjo-iweala Meets Joe Biden At The G20 Summit (Pictures) by Techzeethx: 5:56pm On Oct 30, 2021 |
... with the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame 203 Likes 11 Shares
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Politics / Re: Ngozi Okonjo-iweala Meets Joe Biden At The G20 Summit (Pictures) by Techzeethx: 5:54pm On Oct 30, 2021 |
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala with the World Bank President, IMF President and WHO DG 260 Likes 22 Shares
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Politics / Ngozi Okonjo-iweala Meets Joe Biden At The G20 Summit (Pictures) by Techzeethx: 5:49pm On Oct 30, 2021 |
The Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, met United States President, Joe Biden, at the G20 Summit in Rome, Italy. She attended the meeting in her capacity as the WTO DG and the Co-chairperson of the G20's High-level Panel on Vaccine Equity and Pandemic Preparedness. 78 Likes 2 Shares
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Foreign Affairs / Re: Joe Biden Meets Pope Francis At The Vatican Ahead of COP26 (Pictures) by Techzeethx: 4:07pm On Oct 29, 2021 |
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Foreign Affairs / Re: Joe Biden Meets Pope Francis At The Vatican Ahead of COP26 (Pictures) by Techzeethx: 4:03pm On Oct 29, 2021 |
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Foreign Affairs / Re: Joe Biden Meets Pope Francis At The Vatican Ahead of COP26 (Pictures) by Techzeethx: 3:53pm On Oct 29, 2021 |
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Foreign Affairs / Re: Joe Biden Meets Pope Francis At The Vatican Ahead of COP26 (Pictures) by Techzeethx: 3:43pm On Oct 29, 2021 |
(CNN)The world's most powerful Catholics -- President Joe Biden and Pope Francis -- renewed their close relationship on Friday, holding a 90-minute meeting that was twice as long as the one the President held with Pope John Paul II in one of his first meetings with a pontiff. The engagement between the two "was very warm when the delegation arrived in the room," an official said. "There was laughter and clear rapport between President Biden and the Pope." "President Biden thanked His Holiness for his advocacy for the world's poor and those suffering from hunger, conflict, and persecution. He lauded Pope Francis' leadership in fighting the climate crisis, as well as his advocacy to ensure the pandemic ends for everyone through vaccine sharing and an equitable global economic recovery," the White House said in a statement. The President's vehicle pulled to a stop in an interior courtyard of the Vatican at noon local time, and both stepped out from their limo, which was bearing the flag of the Holy See. They were greeted by Monsignor Leonardo Sapienza, head of Papal Household, and other Vatican officials. As he went down a receiving line shaking hands, Biden repeatedly said it was "good to be back." At one point, he introduced himself by saying, "I'm Jill's husband." Biden took part in an initial one-on-one meeting with Francis, which lasted 90 minutes, before participating in an expanded bilateral meeting with several members of the Biden administration as well as Francis and Vatican officials. The President and American officials are next participating in a meeting with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State. Despite footage of the outdoor arrival, the visit has been clouded by severe restrictions on press coverage; independent journalists will not be allowed to see the two men meeting at all, and no live pictures of the Pope greeting Biden will be transmitted. Biden was the 14th US president to meet with a pope at the Vatican. President Woodrow Wilson was the first to do so in 1919. A live broadcast of Biden's meeting with the Pope has been canceled by the Vatican over the objections of journalists. A personal meeting The meeting was heavy with symbolism for the nation's second Catholic President, who attends Mass almost every week, makes the sign of the cross during his speeches and displays a photo of Francis in the Oval Office alongside frames of his wife and grandchildren. Typically, world leaders offer a gift to the pope at the Vatican during their visits and -- given Francis' humble approach to the papacy -- the gift is not likely to be extravagant. Jesuit Father Thomas Reese, a columnist for the Religious News Service and a former chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, told CNN that "the priority is to look for areas where they can work together with the leader who's visiting. And if there's problems with the country, to at least incrementally improve relations with them." "It's a big difference whether you're meeting with Joe Biden or with the head of China," he added. Biden's long history meeting with popes Francis is the third pope Biden has met, following meetings with Pope John Paul II while Biden was in the Senate and Pope Benedict XVI during his time as vice president. Biden met with John Paul II several times, first kicked off by a lengthy meeting at the Vatican in 1980 to discuss the impacts of the potential collapse of the Soviet bloc, when Biden said the pope had to wave away aides who knocked on the library door several times during the conversation. But the President appears to have forged an even more personal bond with Pope Francis. Biden arrives at the meeting having already met Francis on several occasions, including when he attended Francis' installation in Rome in 2013 and when he traveled there again for the medical summit three years later. Yet it was Francis' visit to Washington in 2015 that drove the two men together in new ways. During his stop in Washington, Francis and Biden were briefly neighbors when the Pope overnighted at the Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See, just across Massachusetts Avenue from the vice president's residence. Biden accompanied Francis on many of his stops, including greeting him at the airport and sitting in the front row when he received an elaborate state welcome at the White House. Biden was sitting just behind Francis on the rostrum in the House chamber when the Pope delivered an address to Congress, he stood beside Francis during his speech to a crowd on the National Mall from the Speaker's balcony and he saw the Pope off in Philadelphia after the private meeting with his family. Francis clearly left an impression on Biden during that visit. In the year following the Pope's US appearances, Biden wrote in a short profile for Time Magazine's "Time 100" that his Holiness "captivated America" during the trip. And some five years later, as he was preparing to assume the presidency, he still recalled the private meeting in Philadelphia. "I am a great admirer of His Holiness. I really am," Biden added. The relationship between the two men, the White House has said, "is very personal." Unlike his past meetings with Francis, Biden is now the president, elevating their talks to an official encounter between two heads of state. Still, it is unlikely Biden's deep Catholic faith will not inform and guide his audience. The tone for this anticipated dynamic between two heads of state appears to have been set since Francis' call congratulating Biden on his presidential win last November. At the time, the Biden-Harris transition team said in a statement that the "president-elect expressed his desire to work together on the basis of a shared belief in the dignity and equality of all humankind on issues such as caring for the marginalized and the poor, addressing the crisis of climate change, and welcoming and integrating immigrants and refugees into our communities." https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/10/29/politics/pope-francis-joe-biden-meeting/index.html 9 Likes
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Foreign Affairs / Joe Biden Meets Pope Francis At The Vatican Ahead of COP26 (Pictures) by Techzeethx: 3:38pm On Oct 29, 2021 |
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Pope Francis in the Vatican on Friday, in what is branded as a personal and political audience, ahead of the G-20 leaders' summit in Rome about the global economy, followed by a summit on climate change in Glasgow, Scotland.https://voanews.com/amp/president-joe-biden-meets-with-pope-francis-at-the-vatican/6290605.html 9 Likes 1 Share
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Business / Re: FBN Holdings Appoints Nnamdi Okonkwo As GMD by Techzeethx: 12:42am On Oct 29, 2021 |
Techzeethx: Congratulations on your well-deserved appointment 5 Likes |
Business / FBN Holdings Appoints Nnamdi Okonkwo As GMD by Techzeethx: 10:41pm On Oct 28, 2021 |
FBN Holdings appoints Nnamdi Okonkwo GMD, effective Jan 1, 2022 The board of FBN Holdings Plc has approved the appointment of Mr Nnamdi Okonkwo, as its new Group Managing Director, with effect from January 1, 2022. https://vanguardngr.com/2021/10/fbn-holdings-appoints-nnamdi-okonkwo-gmd-effective-jan-1-2022/ 7 Likes 1 Share
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Politics / Re: Enyinnaya Abaribe & Peter Obi Campaigning Massively For Valentine Ozigbo (PDP) by Techzeethx: 10:11am On Oct 28, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: Enyinnaya Abaribe & Peter Obi Campaigning Massively For Valentine Ozigbo (PDP) by Techzeethx: 10:02am On Oct 28, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: Enyinnaya Abaribe & Peter Obi Campaigning Massively For Valentine Ozigbo (PDP) by Techzeethx: 9:59am On Oct 28, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: Buhari Visit To Saudi Arabia Video + Photos by Techzeethx: 9:57am On Oct 28, 2021 |
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Politics / Re: Major Road Bridges Collapsed In Kwara State.(pix) by Techzeethx: 9:55am On Oct 28, 2021 |
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