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Why does the G7 summit have 16 seats at the table?

Japanese PM Kishida has expanded the G7’s guest list as he seeks to boost ties with middle-power countries.

Al Jazeera

G7 flags China’s ‘accelerating nuclear arsenal’ growth as Zelensky arrives in Hiroshima

‘A growing China that plays by international rules would be of global interest’

The Independent UK

Macron to become first French leader to visit Mongolia

On the back of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Emmanuel Macron will become the first French president to make an official trip to Mongolia – a landlocked nation between China and Russia.

Radio France Internationale

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G7 urges China to press Russia to end war in Ukraine, respect Taiwan's status, fair trade rules

The Group of Seven wealthy democracies have urged China to push Russia to end its war on Ukraine

The Independent UK

Biden meeting with Indo-Pacific leaders at G7 summit while confronting stalemate over US debt limit

President Joe Biden is seeking to rally regional cooperation against China on the margins of the Group of Seven summit in Japan, while confronting a stalemate back in Washington over how to ensure the U.S. avoids default

The Independent UK

G7 to agree tools to counter Chinese economic 'coercion'

The Group of Seven (G7) will agree Saturday on a "common set of tools" to combat economic "coercion" and limit the risk that high-tech exports to China undermine national security, a top United States official said.

Bangkok Post

White House: Biden to discuss Ukraine with Brazil's Lula, India's Modi

U.S. President Joe Biden aims to speak this weekend with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about Ukraine and the "sacrosanct" issue of sovereignty and territorial integrity, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Saturday.

Reuters

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PM Modi holds meeting with Japanese counterpart Kishida

PM Modi met his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida on May 20, 2023 and unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi in Hiroshima.

The Hindu

Ukraine's Zelenskiy courts 'Global South' at G7 summit

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy held talks with India's Narendra Modi on Saturday and was due to meet other "Global South" leaders at a Group of Seven (G7) summit aimed at broadening support for his country in its war against Russia.

Reuters

Why many 'double income, no kids' couples in China don't want children

As Beijing ramps up efforts to tackle China's low birth rate, "double income, no kids" couples explain why they are choosing a child-free life.

ABC News

Sunak to urge G7 support for collective action against ‘economic coercion’

Leaders expected to form council that will discuss response if states such as Russia and China boycott trade for political reasons

The Guardian - UK

G7 allies to set up team to counter Russia and China’s use of economic coercion

Rishi Sunak voiced concerns at the G7 summit about Russia and Chinese attempts to influence other nations’ decisions.

The Independent UK

How Russia might rethink its alliance with China after Putin

For more than three decades, Moscow and Beijing have been incrementally strengthening their partnership. The growing number of potentially conflicting interests, for instance over investment and exploration in the Arctic, have not slowed down cooperation.

The Conversation

G7 agrees sanctions to 'starve Russia's war machine' while checking China

Leaders from the Group of Seven nations agreed new sanctions on Friday intended to "starve Russia of G7 technology, industrial equipment and services that support its war machine".

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The Guardian - UK

China wants to subordinate west, US politician claims on UK visit

Republican Mike Gallagher, leading delegation to London, says world is in ‘window of maximum danger’

Reuters

Poland urges China to pressure Russia to end war in Ukraine

Poland called on China to exert pressure on Russia to end its war in Ukraine during a meeting between two top officials in Warsaw, the Polish foreign ministry said on Friday.

Al Jazeera

Japan PM Kishida wants to abolish nuclear arms but build military

Kishida may become the leader most singularly responsible for cementing Japan’s turn away from decades of pacifism.

Al Jazeera

China’s Xi presents development plans for Central Asia

Xi Jinping meets leaders of five Central Asian nations at a summit in China, calls for trade and energy development.

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The Independent UK

Russian PM to visit Beijing as China renews criticism of Western arms sales to Ukraine

China says Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit Beijing next week for talks, marking the latest exchange in a relationship in which Russia is becoming increasingly reliant on China for economic and diplomatic support

The Independent UK

China warns against 'geopolitical games' as US announces Blinken trip to Papua New Guinea

China is warning against the introduction of “geopolitical games” in the South Pacific following the announcement that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Papua New Guinea next week

Reuters

South Korea's Yoon meets Hiroshima survivors for the first time

President Yoon Suk Yeol met some South Korean survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on the sidelines of a G7 summit on Friday.

Radio France Internationale

G7 countries seek to bolster front against Russia and China

G7 leaders arrived in Hiroshima, Japan, on Thursday to mull tighter sanctions on Russia and counter measures against China's "economic coercion".

The Independent UK

Macao further restricts political freedoms with revisions to national security law

Echoing the crackdown on freedoms in neighboring Hong Kong, the former Portuguese colony of Macao has revised its legal system to face "new adverse challenges in terms of national security."

Reuters

Hong Kong court rejects challenge by jailed media tycoon Lai over British lawyer

A Hong Kong court on Friday dismissed an attempt by jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai to challenge a decision by security officials to effectively bar his British lawyer from representing him in a landmark national security trial.

The Independent UK

South Korea to send 21-member team to Japan to review discharge plans at Fukushima nuclear plant

South Korea will send a 21-member team of government experts to Japan next week to visit the Fukushima nuclear power plant where they will review contentious Japanese plans to release treated but slightly radioactive water into the sea

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