Without a joint photo and statement: what happens on the eve of the G20 at Bali @ On Tuesday, the G20 summit starts on Tuesday, the leaders of the Big Twenty countries have already arrived on the island and even began to conduct bilateral negotiations before the start of the main events. The most important event was the meeting of Xi Jinping and Joe Biden, who first met personally as the heads of China and the USA and were able to agree on a stabilization of relations.

Amazon will begin mass layoffs this week, the company plans to lay off about 10 thousand people, writes The New York Times, citing sources. The reductions will affect mainly developers, for example, those working on the Alexa voice assistant, as well as employees of the retail division and the human resources department. 10,000 is about 3% of Amazon's full-time employees and about 1% of the company's workforce of more than 1.5 million, mostly hourly workers.

, founder of the AnderSon children's cafe chain and former ombudsman for small and medium-sized businesses, Anastasia Tatulova reported on large-scale inspections in her company's establishments. What's happened According to Tatulova, checks began "in all partner and own cafes of the chain" on Monday around 15:00 Moscow time. “”Employees of the authorities” everywhere exceed their authority and do not allow the cafe to function.

The first personal meeting between Xi Jinping and Joe Biden as heads of state before the G20 summit lasted more than three hours instead of the planned two hours. Main results : The parties agreed to stabilize relations. Countries will resume high-level talks on a wide range of issues, including global warming, economic stability, financial debt, health and food security.

The collapse of FTX, the world's third-largest crypto exchange that filed for bankruptcy on Friday, continues to have an impact on the cryptocurrency market. Some market participants are trying to reassure customers, while others are offering options for settling the crypto market in order to prevent the FTX story from repeating itself.

The Republicans won't control the Senate and will get a very modest majority in the lower house. The party is waiting for a reassessment of the strategy A week after the US midterm elections, the final distribution of votes in Congress has not been officially named . But it is already clear that the Senate will continue to be controlled by the Democratic Party, and the control of the House of Representatives will be humiliatingly fragile.

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