UNITED STATES

2022-06-23 02:28:03
Beijing Review 2022年25期

Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell takes questions from reporters at a press conference in Washington, D.C., on June 15 after the Fed decided to raise its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points, marking the sharpest hike since 1994

Volunteers plant a seedling in a forest in Accra on June 10, the second Green Ghana Day. The Ghanaian Government has vowed to plant at least 20 million trees this year alone to restore forests nationwide

A woman walks into a polling station in Henin-Beaumont on June 12 to vote in the first round of the legislative elections. The results will determine the 577 seats of the National Assembly of France

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attend a press conference in Stockholm on June 13, where Stoltenberg stated “there is no way to say exactly when” the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO will happen

Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala addresses the opening ceremony of the organization’s 12th Ministerial Conference in Geneva on June 12. The four-day meeting discussed key issues such as pandemic response, food security and the WTO’s reform

A visitor tries on a pair of mixed reality glasses during the Metaverse Expo 2022 at the Coex Convention and Exhibition Center in Seoul on June 15. The three-day exhibition presented visitors with a wide range of metaverse technologies