The Latest Breaking News from G20

At G20 meeting, India’s Modi says ‘global governance has failed’

India PM calls on bloc to find common ground on global issues as he opens the meet set to be dominated by Ukraine war.

Al Jazeera · Mar 2, 2023

India urges G-20 ministers to look beyond East-West crisis

Top diplomats from the world's major industrialized and developing nations have opened what are expected to be contentious talks dominated by Russia's war in Ukraine and China's moves to boost its global influence

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023

EU, Russia Take Strong Positions as Ukraine Takes Center Stage at G20

The year-long Russian war in Ukraine took center stage on the eve of a G20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday with the EU foreign policy chief saying its success would be measured by what it could do to help end the conflict. Russia said it would use…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 1, 2023

Blinken wraps up Central Asia tour before G20 talks in India

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is wrapping up a brief tour of Central Asia in Uzbekistan before heading to India for what is expected to be a contentious Ukraine-dominated meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of 20

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023

As G-20 ministers gather in Delhi, Ukraine may dominate — despite India's own agenda

India wants to steer talks away from Russia, with which it's maintained ties despite the Ukraine invasion. Russia's top diplomat walked out of a previous G-20 summit over criticism of the war.

WEKU · Feb 28, 2023

Chirac Warned Bush against Overthrowing Saddam

French Diplomat Maurice Gourdault-Montagne's memoirs are unlike those of any regular ambassador that fill French libraries year after year. The author of “The Others Don’t Think Like Us” is no ordinary ambassador. Now retired, his long diplomatic career took him to Tokyo, Beijing, Berlin and London. He was France’s sherpa…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 28, 2023

Japan’s top diplomat set to skip G-20 meeting, snubbing India

TOKYO — Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is unlikely to attend a meeting of G-20 foreign ministers in India on Wednesday, instead prioritizing parliamentary business, according to a government official.

Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2023

Yellen in surprise visit to Kyiv to reaffirm US economic aid to Ukraine

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday to reaffirm U.S. support for Ukraine in its struggle against Russia's invasion and promote U.S. economic aid that is bolstering Ukraine's war effort.

Reuters · Feb 27, 2023

Ukraine war, US-China tensions to dominate G20 foreign ministers meet

NEW DELHI: Foreign ministers from around the world meet in New Delhi this week in the shadow of Russia's war in Ukraine and spiralling US-China tensions, with host India hoping that issues like climate change and Third World debt are not overlooked.

Bangkok Post · Feb 27, 2023

Plastic consumption on course to nearly double by 2050 - research

Plastic use in G20 countries is on course to nearly double by the middle of the century unless a comprehensive and legally binding global treaty to curb consumption is drawn up, according to research published on Monday.

Reuters · Feb 27, 2023