The G20 was mostly empty theater, haunted by the looming sense that President Donald Trump was correct about the amount of geopolitical influence the U.S. can wield through trade policy.
The Group of 20 (G20) summit in Johannesburg, South Africa began on Saturday with an “opening declaration” despite the U.S. boycott and several other national leaders choosing not to attend.
South Africa has been preparing for a disappointing Group of 20 (G20) summit in Johannesburg this weekend that would be missing the leaders of the United States, China, Russia, Argentina, and Mexico — although President Cyril Ramaphosa claimed on Thursday that the U.S. might rescind its boycott and attend after all.
Outgoing President Joe Biden is expected to conclude what will likely be his final major international trip as president this week, leaving Latin America following a series of embarrassing episodes including his bizarre departure into the Amazon Rainforest and G20 organizers omitting him from a group photo of world leaders on Monday.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that he wanted a strong and durable relationship with China Monday as he met with Xi Jinping.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is set to start a new tour in Latin America next week, including scheduled visits to Cuba and Venezuela before heading to Brazil for a G20 foreign minister meeting, the Russian state-run TASS news agency announced on Wednesday.
The G20 summit in New Delhi, India concluded with a communique on Saturday that called for a “comprehensive, just, and durable peace in Ukraine” — but did not name Russia as the aggressor.
Europe, the Middle East and India will on Saturday unveil plans to create a modern-day Spice Route, in a challenge to China’s Belt and Road.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed his Japanese counterpart, Kishida Fumio, to New Delhi on Monday to discuss economic and security cooperation, timing the diplomatic event simultaneously with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia.
Klaus Schwab proclaimed that China will be a “role model” as the global community embarks upon a “systemic transformation of the world”.
Rishi Sunak has apparently resigned himself to the reality that a post-Brexit trade deal with the U.S. under Biden is likely not forthcoming,
China has agreed to expand its currency swap deal with Argentina by $5 billion following a meeting between Communist Chinese dictator Xi Jinping and Argentina’s leftist President Alberto Fernández held during the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Bali on Tuesday.
The G20 member nations published an epic 10,000-word statement on Wednesday at the conclusion of their annual summit stating that “most” members “strongly condemned” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and opposing sanctions on food and fertilizer products.
At a time when immigration into Britain is at a record high, the UK government has agreed a visa deal with India that will allow more migrants into the country.
President of Indonesia Joko Widodo demanded his audience “end the war” and “not divide the world into parts” during his speech to the G20 summit on Tuesday – refraining from naming Russia and Ukraine in particular and appearing to hedge against member states allowing the topic to dominate the conference.
UK Prime Minister appears to be abandoning plans to label Communist China as a “threat” to the security of Britain.
China expert Gordon Chang discusses Joe Biden’s meeting with Xi Jinping and previews the G20 Summit.
Leftist American President Joe Biden holding a friendly meeting with communist Chinese dictator Xi Jinping while Beijing continues a years-long genocide of Turkic communities is “unbefitting” a president, Salih Hudayar, the prime minister of the East Turkistan government-in-exile, told Breitbart News.
Leftist American President Joe Biden struck a conciliatory tone in his public remarks alongside genocidal communist dictator Xi Jinping of China on Monday, suggesting China and America should work together on “climate changes” and “food insecurity” but not addressing human rights.
President Joe Biden flew out of Washington, DC, late Thursday night to begin a series of meetings on global environmental and economic issues, as former U.S. vice president and climate activist Al Gore praised Biden as a “climate hero in my book.”
Indonesian President Joko Widodo told reporters on Tuesday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin may not attend next week’s G20 summit, suggesting a potential “virtual” apperance, instead.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a phone conversation with his Chinese counterpart Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday in which the latter chided Blinken to “stop trying to put up new obstacles to bilateral relations.”
Indonesian President Joko Widodo told the South China Morning Post on Thursday that he has reason to believe Chinese dictator Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin would attend the G-20 summit scheduled to take place in November.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi accused America of harming China’s “legitimate rights” and berated American counterpart, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, over Washington’s relationship with Taiwan at an in-person meeting Sunday at the G-20 Summit in Rome.
ROME (AP) — Leaders of the world’s biggest economies made a compromise commitment Sunday to reach carbon neutrality “by or around mid-century” as they wrapped up a two-day summit that was laying the groundwork for the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
ROME (AP) — The leaders of the world’s economic powerhouses on Saturday took part in the first in-person summit since the coronavirus pandemic, with climate change, COVID-19 economic recovery and the global minimum corporate tax rate on the agenda.
ROME (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived in Italy for a Group of 20 meeting on Friday with a stark warning: modern civilization could soon lie in ruins like ancient Rome if world leaders don’t act to curb climate change.
Anyone interested in watching people protest about the environment, politics, human rights, health, education, race, and the inequality of life in general, then CBS has a reality show planned for you: “The Activist.”
China’s state-run Global Times on Sunday criticized U.S. President Donald Trump for allegedly seeming disinterested in the virtual G20 Summit over the weekend.
Saudi Arabia executed 184 people in 2019 the most in six years, human rights organization Reprieve said on Monday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a bill that formally suspends Russia’s involvement in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) criticized Ivanka Trump on Twitter Saturday after video emerged of her conversing with world leaders at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan.
President Trump said Saturday that Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) received “too much credit” for attacking Joe Biden (D) during Thursday night’s Democrat debate.
North Korea’s foreign minister issued a statement on Saturday about U.S. President Donald Trump’s “interesting” Twitter proposal to meet dictator Kim Jong-un at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) when he visits this weekend, but he confirmed that Pyongyang has yet to receive an official invitation.
President Donald Trump extended an offer Saturday to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. In a unique round of Twitter diplomacy, the president invited Kim to meet him at the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on Friday.
Left-wing Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner is accusing President Donald Trump of “personally” inviting Russian president Vladimir Putin to interfere in the 2020 presidential election, suggesting it was an act of treason.
Despite China’s demands that Hong Kong not be discussed in any way at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo confronted Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping on Thursday over China’s human rights abuses and told him “a free and open Hong Kong” must be allowed to “prosper under the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ policy.”
American President Donald Trump met his Brazilian counterpart, conservative President Jair Bolsonaro, on Friday at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, where Bolsonaro promised to show the world that, following his election, “politics in Brazil has indeed changed.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed opposing positions on the Syrian civil war, the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, tensions with Iran, and other international issues with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G20 summit Friday, Russian media reported.
