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Financial instruments - Additional information (Details) $ in Millions | 6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Disclosure of detailed information about borrowings [line items] |  |
Contingent amount | $ 395 |
Non-current financial assets | 608 | $ 517
Collateral amount | $ 320 |
Collateral decrease percentage | 15.00% |
Measured at amortized cost or cost |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about borrowings [line items] |  |
Financial assets | $ 665 | 675
Non-current financial assets | 364 | 369
Current financial assets | 301 | 306
Measured at amortized cost or cost | Long-term note receivable and other financial assets |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about borrowings [line items] |  |
Financial assets | 169 |
Non-current financial assets | 168 | $ 161
Current financial assets | $ 1 |
Minimum |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about borrowings [line items] |  |
Probability of success, contingent consideration | 0.03 |
Maximum |  |
Disclosure of detailed information about borrowings [line items] |  |
Probability of success, contingent consideration | 0.55 |

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- Definition The amount of assets that are: (a) cash; (b) an equity instrument of another entity; (c) a contractual right: (i) to receive cash or another financial asset from another entity; or (ii) to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially favourable to the entity; or (d) a contract that will, or may be, settled in the entity’s own equity instruments and is: (i) a non-derivative for which the entity is, or may be, obliged to receive a variable number of the entity’s own equity instruments; or (ii) a derivative that will, or may be, settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the entity’s own equity instruments. For this purpose the entity’s own equity instruments do not include puttable financial instruments classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16A-16B of IAS 32, instruments that impose on the entity an obligation to deliver to another party a pro rata share of the net assets of the entity only on liquidation and are classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16C-16D of IAS 32, or instruments that are contracts for the future receipt or delivery of the entity’s own equity instruments. [Refer: Financial instruments, class [member]; Financial liabilities] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2023-01-01 -Paragraph 25 -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2023-en-r&anchor=para_25&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2023-03-23 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2023-01-01 -Paragraph 35H -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2023-en-r&anchor=para_35H&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2023-03-23 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2023-01-01 -Paragraph 35M -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2023-en-r&anchor=para_35M&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2023-03-23 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2023-01-01 -Paragraph 35N -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2023-en-r&anchor=para_35N&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2023-03-23 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2023-01-01 -Paragraph 35I -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2023-en-r&anchor=para_35I&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2023-03-23 + Details
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