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Good morning. The G20 summit has wrapped up this weekend, with U.S tensions still warm and some trade relationships thawing on the sidelines. More on that below, plus restoring male friendship and your love of exercise. Let’s get to it.
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Leaders attend a plenary session on the second day of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg on Sunday. MARCO LONGARI/Reuters
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The latest: On the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in South Africa on Sunday, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to restart trade talks that have been frozen for the past two years. They will pursue what they are calling a comprehensive economic partnership.
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More from Canada: In sharp contrast to the Trudeau era, Carney is backing away from a key international priority of his Liberal predecessors, saying his government does not have a feminist foreign policy.
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The context: It was the first ever G20 summit held on African soil. The Trump administration boycotted the two days of talks involving leaders of the world’s richest and top developing economies over claims that South Africa is violently persecuting its Afrikaner white minority.
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What’s next: The summit ended yesterday with the glaring absence of the U.S., which will be the next country to hold the rotating presidency.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak in Geneva on Sunday. Martial Trezzini/The Associated Press
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Ukraine and allies discuss contentious U.S. peace plan
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The latest: Andrius Kubilius, the European Union’s Commissioner for Defence, said that the proposed limitations on Ukraine’s armed forces in Donald Trump’s proposal to end Russia’s war on its neighbour would leave Kyiv vulnerable to future attacks.
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The context: Ukrainian, U.S. and European officials met in Geneva on Sunday to discuss a draft plan presented by Washington to end the war in Ukraine. The proposed U.S. peace plan, which has been rejected by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, calls for Ukraine’s military to be limited in size and stipulates that Kyiv would be forbidden from joining NATO.
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What’s next: Kubilius has previously outlined a vision for postwar Ukraine where Kyiv’s forces could be deployed along the EU’s eastern borders to defend against aggression from Moscow.
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Adam Campbell is a professional mountain athlete. Nikos Schwelm/Supplied
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How to restore your love of exercise
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The latest: Our inner drive is shared by elite athletes and couch potatoes alike. To get to the heart of motivation, The Globe and Mail spoke to four Canadians who have overcome obstacles through different combinations of control, capability, belonging and good old-fashioned joy.
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What’s next: Eating healthy is the perfect combination to go with your new exercise routine. According to a three-part series published this month in The Lancet, the increase in ultra-processed foods in diets worldwide represents a major new challenge for global public health.
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Ryan Wedding allegedly used crypto to launder money
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The latest: Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding and his accomplices allegedly made extensive use of cryptocurrency to launder the proceeds of a sprawling drug-trafficking operation. Details of the alleged money-laundering scheme, which used the stablecoin Tether and the cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin, are outlined in a U.S. indictment made public last week.
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The context: Stablecoins are virtual currencies that are pegged to assets like a commodity such as gold. Donald Trump signed the Genius Act into law, to define and regulate stabl |