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G-7 nations pledge to accelerate efforts to slow global warming

Environment ministers from seven leading industrialised nations agreed to accelerate efforts to slow global warming, including a commitment to end government support for new coal-fired power plants

India invited to join G7 Health Ministers' Summit virtually: UK Government

India is among the guest countries invited to join virtually at the 2021 G7 Health Ministers' Meeting to be held at Oxford University on June 3 and 4

G7 scolds China and Russia over threats, bullying, human rights abuses

Russia denies it is meddling beyond its borders and says the West is gripped by anti-Russian hysteria

G7 concerned over China's actions in Hong Kong, Xinjiang & South China Sea

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries rebuked China on issues concerning Hong Kong, human rights violations in Xinjiang, and military build-up in South China Sea

Covid-19 scare at G7 meeting after Indian delegates test positive

India is currently undergoing the world's worst surge in COVID-19 cases

G7 foreign ministers meet face-to-face after Covid pandemic pause

The group met to grapple with threats to health, prosperity and democracy.

G7 nations agree to support first expansion of IMF reserves since 2009

The world's seven largest advanced economies have agreed to support the first expansion of the IMF's reserves since 2009, a step meant to help developing countries cope with the coronavirus pandemic

China opposes G7's statement on improving Hong Kong's electoral system

China strongly opposes foreign interference in its internal affairs, a Chinese spokesperson said on Sunday in response to the G7 statement on China's decision to improve Hong Kong's electoral system

G7 leaders want to counter 'non-market' policies to ensure free trade

In his first major foreign policy speech as president, Biden cast China as the "most serious competitor" of the United States

Biden to debut at G7 with vaccines, economy and China in focus

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is keen to build ties with Biden, who did not support Brexit

UK envoy says preparing PM's visit, welcoming India to G7 among priorities

Ellis, a British strategic expert, presented his credentials to President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday to take the formal charge as the new UK High Commissioner to India

G-7 countries seek restoration of power to elected govt in Myanmar

G-7 countries comprising of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, the US along with the High Representative of the EU issued their first joint statement on the military coup in Myanmar

Japan pushes back against UK plan to invite India, others to G-7 meeting

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is hosting this year's G-7, has invited South Korea, India and Australia to attend the leaders' summit in Cornwall in June

Modi accepts UK PM Johnson's invitation to be part of G7 summit

Modi on Wednesday accepted the invitation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to be part of the G7 meeting chaired by the UK in 2021

G7 backs extension of G20 bilateral debt freeze, calls for more reforms

The ministers acknowledged some nations will need further debt relief going forward

Inclined to hold G7 post elections, would certainly invite Putin: Trump

"We will invite certain people who are not part of the G-7. Some people have already accepted but we are going to be doing it after the election. I think it is a better atmosphere to have the G7"

Answer to China's telecom dominance: India among 10 in proposed UK alliance

Britain is seeking to forge an alliance of 10 democracies to create alternative suppliers of 5G equipment and other technologies to avoid relying on China

Here's why Trump dropped the plan to host G-7 summit at his golf resort

Responding to stinging criticism, President Donald Trump has abruptly reversed his plan to hold the next year's Group of Seven world leaders' meeting at his Doral golf resort in Florida. "I think he knows," his acting chief of staff said Sunday, "people think it looks lousy." Trump announced a rare backtrack Saturday night after facing accusations that he was using the presidency to enrich himself by hosting the international summit at the private resort owned by his family. "Based on both Media & Democrat Crazed and Irrational Hostility, we will no longer consider Trump National Doral, Miami, as the Host Site for the G-7 in 2020," Trump tweeted. He said his administration "will begin the search for another site, including the possibility of Camp David, immediately." The striking reversal raises further doubts about the position of the president's top aide, Mick Mulvaney, who held a news conference Thursday announcing the choice of Doral for the summit. He insisted his staff had

China to 'get back to the table' for trade talks, says Donald Trump

China's lead negotiator in the US trade talks said Beijing was willing to resolve its trade dispute with the US through "calm negotiations" and resolutely opposed the escalation of the conflict

Trump, EU leaders trade barbs at G7 summit as threat of recession looms

Trump flew into Biarritz on Air Force One hours after promising to impose punishing tariffs on French wine imports if Macron doesn't withdraw a tax on US tech giants