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US Treasury bars certain journalists from G20 meeting in North Carolina

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will make direct appeals to G20 finance ministers to comply with US sanctions on Iran
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will make direct appeals to G20 finance ministers to comply with US sanctions on Iran © Kent NISHIMURA, AFP

The US Treasury Department denied credentials to reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg for a G20 finance meeting in North Carolina, the latest restriction on media access under US President Donald Trump. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the decision was unrelated to journalists’ viewpoints.

The US Treasury Department is preventing certain journalists from covering a finance meeting among the world's most powerful countries, in the latest move by US President Donald Trump's administration to restrict media access.

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