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UK's COP26 chief says ball in China's court on making it a success

THE ball is in China's court when it comes to making the United Nations COP26 climate change conference in November a success, Britain's Alok Sharma, the summit's president, said on Sunday (19).

Sharma, who said he had "constructive and very frank discussions" during a visit to China earlier this month, said China's President Xi Jinping had not yet confirmed whether he would attend the summit.


"In every conversation I had with the Chinese they were very clear that they want to see COP26 as a success so the ball is very much in their court," Sharma told Sky News.

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Before entering politics, Sunak worked at Goldman Sachs and later at two hedge funds.

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Sunak takes advisory roles at Microsoft, AI firm Anthropic

FORMER prime minister Rishi Sunak has taken up senior advisory roles at Microsoft and Anthropic, a US-based artificial intelligence company, according to a UK government document published on Thursday.

Sunak will serve as a part-time senior adviser at Microsoft, providing “high-level strategic perspectives on macro-economic and geopolitical trends,” the UK’s Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) said in its report. The body, which oversees post-government appointments of senior officials, advised that Sunak should not lobby the government on Microsoft’s behalf.

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