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Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine will need at least $40 billion per year from Western allies to ensure that it can keep up the fight against Russia and has called for additional pressure from the Trump administration on Moscow.

Lee Jae-myung, the winner of South Korea’s June 3 election, made his first overseas trip this week to attend the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Alberta, Canada.

The Group of Seven (G7) nations on Tuesday rolled out an action plan to “de-risk” critical mineral supply chains.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded a visit to Canada on Tuesday with a meeting with his host, Prime Minister Mark Carney.

The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations issued a joint statement from their summit in Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, supporting Israel’s right to self-defense and making it clear that “Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.”

The G7 Summit, hosted this year by Canada, is scheduled to continue on Tuesday with the arrivals of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and focus heavily on the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Iran.

Trump dropped the deal on the floor when attempting to present it to the press, sending Starmer scrabbling. 

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney praised President Donald Trump for his “bold measures” to address substantial changes around the globe to commence the G7 meeting in Alberta, Canada, on Monday.

President Donald Trump rejected the G7’s proposed statement on Iran because it called for monitoring of Iran’s nuclear activities, rather than an outright halt to Iran’s program of nuclear enrichment.

President Donald Trump said Monday that trade would be the primary focus of the G7 meetings in Alberta, Canada.

Sikhs in Canada were angered by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s invitation to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend this weekend’s G7 summit in Alberta as a guest. Carney’s predecessor, Justin Trudeau, publicly accused Modi’s government of assassinating Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Vancouver in June 2023.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, from June 15 to 17.

Uganda has reportedly dispatched another thousand soldiers into the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), joining a rapidly-escalating battle in which a vicious Rwanda-supported insurgency called M23 has captured a regional capital and set its sights on the seat of government in Kinshasa.

Marking 1,000 days since Russia invaded neighbouring Ukraine, the leaders of the G7 nations committed to supporting Kyiv for “as long as it takes”.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken reportedly warned G7 leaders during a conference call that Iran and Hezbollah could launch an attack on Israel within the next 24-48 hours, according to several sources.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni appeared visibly annoyed with President Joe Biden’s tardy appearance at the NATO summit.

Western leaders backed Ukraine’s demands that Russia return all occupied territories as the basis for any potential peace agreement.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni successfully resisted attempts by French President Emmanuel Macron and other leaders at this week’s G7 summit to declare abortion a “right.”

President Joe Biden has been “losing focus” and “concentration” at the G7 Summit, and it is “embarrassing,” British tabloid the Sun reported.

Italy’s largest paper reported on a curious incident involving President Joe Biden during the G7 Summit with world leaders in Italy on Thursday.

China’s state-run Global Times newspaper predicted on Friday that the Group of 7 (G7) nations, a coalition mostly made up of America and European states, would soon lose its relevance as “internal divisions” challenged its unity, describing coverage of this year’s summit as having a “funeral vibe.”

U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday signed a 10-year bilateral security deal between the two countries in a move applauded enthusiastically by Kyiv as “historic.”

President Joe Biden told reporters at the G7 summit in Italy that Hamas was responsible for blocking a proposed ceasefire and hostage deal that had the approval of the United Nations Security Council and the Israeli government.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made an unannounced stop in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday for a brief meeting with that nation’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss the ongoing Russian invasion of his country and a scheduled “peace summit” to address it.

G7 leaders will agree on a new $50-billion loan for Ukraine as they gather Thursday for a summit at a plush resort in southern Italy. The funds will come from profits stripped off frozen Russian assets.

The Group of Seven (G7) nations said they had moved toward an agreement on squeezing more money from frozen Russian assets to give Ukraine.

Royal Air Force fighter jets shot down a “number of” Iranian attack drones launched against Israel, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed.

The latest oil price-tracking data suggests Russian crude oil is selling far above price caps imposed by the G7 nations in 2022.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pressed Western allies to step up military supplies and vowed victory over Russia.

U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Wednesday laid out the U.S. vision for a post-war future in Gaza, urging Israel not to reoccupy the area before conceding there may be a “transition period.”

Data from two top ship tracking firms revealed that shipments of Russian crude oil to China and India, Russia’s top two buyers, rose by ten percent in May to hit record levels despite the Biden administration’s pleas to cut down on Moscow’s prodigious income stream by respecting sanctions and price caps.

Japan’s Nagoya District Court ruled Tuesday that failing to recognize same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, even though the Japanese Constitution currently stipulates that marriage requires a man and a woman.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over a raucous 20,000-person stadium event in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday evening – a warm welcome to the Hindu nationalist leader in response to his decision to visit the country anyway after Joe Biden canceled a stop there.

President Joe Biden doubled down on globalism at the G7 summit this week, making clear that his administration is “not looking to decouple [the United States] from China” despite millions of American jobs lost.

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the chief regulatory agency for Internet technology in the Communist tyranny, ruled on Sunday that some products from U.S. chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. failed a “security review.”

Socialist Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva proclaimed himself “upset” on Sunday that his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, scheduled an in-person meeting with him this weekend and failed to show.