G7 summit
Opinion
US election
I’m beginning to think MAGA doesn’t mean what Trump thinks
Somewhat ironically, the issue of whether age should preclude Trump and Biden from seeking the top job is the only one on which the two men are united.
- by Michelle Cazzulino
Latest
G7 leaders back ‘Olympic truce’ for wars in Ukraine, Middle East
Leader of the G7 urged “all countries to observe the Olympic Truce individually and collectively” in support of a French proposal to temporarily halt conflicts around the world during the Games.
- by Rob Harris
Opinion
Opinion
Named and shamed: The West just turned up the heat on China and Russia
It was an eventful meeting of some of the world’s leading finance ministers at a resort town in Italy.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
AI
World scrambles to control ‘the most consequential technology of our time’
There has been a flurry of activity this week as the US, Europe and the Group of Seven economies scramble to regulate the rapidly evolving AI sector.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Opinion
The G7 minutes make grim reading for China and Russia
The world’s seven most industrialised countries have sent both Russia and China a clear message of their solidarity and resolve.
- by Lavina Lee
Analysis
Russia-Ukraine war
Zelensky is becoming the statesman of our times
If the president leads Ukraine to victory, there will be statues of him in Europe. If he loses, all of it will be for nothing.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Zelensky makes impassioned plea for arms at G7 after bombing of Bakhmut
The Ukrainian president compared Bakhmut’s “total destruction” to the Japanese city of Hiroshima after the nuclear strike of 1945.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Analysis
China relations
Why the four countries most focused on containing China have stopped mentioning it
The world’s seven richest countries devoted an entire section of a summit to China. The group set up to contain the country’s rise didn’t mention it once.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Albanese ‘to travel to China’ but opposition warns trade sanctions should be lifted first
In a new sign of thawing tensions, the PM says he will push ahead with a trip to Beijing, but the Coalition is demanding “absolute clarity” on the removal of trade barriers.
- by Eryk Bagshaw, Matthew Knott and Farrah Tomazin
‘Ours must not be an era of war’: Quad leaders pledge investment in Asia Pacific
In a 3000-word statement that did not mention China, the four leaders aimed to blunt Beijing’s growing influence in the region.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Updated
Joe Biden
At G7 Summit, Biden apologises to Albanese for scrapping Sydney Quad meeting
Meeting on the sidelines of the G7, the prime minister said he understood the circumstances that Biden is dealing with.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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