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Leases - Summary of lease payments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024 | Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022
Disclosure Of Leases [Abstract] |  |  |
Principal lease payments | $ 455 | $ 426 | $ 374
Interest payments on leases | 67 | 50 |
Payments for short-term leases | 217 | 269 | 465
Payments for variable lease components | 46 | 40 | $ 50
Payments for low value leases (>12 months in duration) | 3 | 3 |
Total lease payments | $ 788 | $ 788 |

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- Definition The amount of the expense relating to leases of low-value assets accounted for applying paragraph 6 of IFRS 16. This expense shall not include the expense relating to short-term leases of low-value assets. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 16 -IssueDate 2024-01-01 -Paragraph 53 -Subparagraph d -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=16&code=ifrs-tx-2024-en-r&anchor=para_53_d&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2024-03-27 + Details
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- Definition The amount of the expense relating to short-term leases accounted for applying paragraph 6 of IFRS 16. This expense need not include the expense relating to leases with a lease term of one month or less. Short-term lease is a lease that, at the commencement date, has a lease term of 12 months or less. A lease that contains a purchase option is not a short-term lease. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 16 -IssueDate 2024-01-01 -Paragraph 53 -Subparagraph c -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=16&code=ifrs-tx-2024-en-r&anchor=para_53_c&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2024-03-27 + Details
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- Definition The amount of the expense relating to variable lease payments not included in the measurement of lease liabilities. Variable lease payments are the portion of payments made by a lessee to a lessor for the right to use an underlying asset during the lease term that varies because of changes in facts or circumstances occurring after the commencement date, other than the passage of time. [Refer: Lease liabilities] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 16 -IssueDate 2024-01-01 -Paragraph 53 -Subparagraph e -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=16&code=ifrs-tx-2024-en-r&anchor=para_53_e&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2024-03-27 + Details
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- Definition The amount of interest expense on lease liabilities. [Refer: Lease liabilities] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 16 -IssueDate 2024-01-01 -Paragraph 53 -Subparagraph b -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=16&code=ifrs-tx-2024-en-r&anchor=para_53_b&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2024-03-27 + Details
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- Definition The cash outflow for payment of lease liabilities, classified as financing activities. [Refer: Lease liabilities] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef -Name IAS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2024-01-01 -Paragraph 17 -Subparagraph e -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2024-en-r&anchor=para_17_e&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2024-03-27 + Details
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