World Bank President Jim Yong Kim to step down amid Trump climate clash

Madeleine Cuff
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Resignation - which comes three years early - leaves US President Trump with opportunity to nominate a successor less enthusiastic about tackling climate change

The World Bank's group president Jim Yong Kim has unexpectedly resigned from his post, three years ahead of schedule In a statement released yesterday, which gave no official reason for his departure,...

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