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New Botswana leader eyes cannabis, sunshine to lift economy
New Botswana leader eyes cannabis, sunshine to lift economy

Botswana will diversify its diamond-dependent economy by launching into the medicinal cannabis market and exploiting its abundant sunshine, President Duma Boko said Tuesday, in his first state of the nation address. The arid country will also begin cultivating medicinal cannabis and industrial hemp to plug into the growing international market.

Taxing the richest: what the G20 decided
Taxing the richest: what the G20 decided

Anti-poverty campaigners have hailed a decision by G20 leaders meeting in Rio to make sure the world's billionaires "are effectively taxed." On Monday, G20 leaders corroborated that decision in a statement with the same wording.