G20 summit
Worst G20 in years ends with whimper as host cancels final press conference
“This G20 summit will go down in the history books,” one official told the Bloomberg news service. “But definitely not as a shining example.”
- by David Crowe
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‘Mr Putin could end this conflict today’: Albanese makes case for peace at summit without solutions
Leaders from the world’s biggest economies have split on how to end conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, highlighting the deep divisions at the G20 summit.
- by David Crowe
Analysis
International affairs
How Xi worked the room at G20 while Biden went AWOL
Most leaders assembled for a group photo in Rio de Janeiro, the summit host city, but nobody appeared to notice that Joe Biden was running late.
- by David Crowe
‘Turnaround’: Xi talks up China ties in G20 talks with Albanese
The Chinese president has acknowledged the “twists and turns” in Beijing’s relations with Australia during a meeting that sought to cement a strategic partnership rocked by trade disputes.
- by David Crowe
Albanese confirms Xi meeting as he pushes G20 for tough talk on Ukraine, Middle East
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is warning about the loss of innocent lives and the damage to the world from growing conflicts.
- by David Crowe
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Extremism
Brazil’s top court evacuated after explosions ahead of G20
One man is dead and police have blocked all access to the area where the Supreme Court, Congress and presidential palace are located.
- by Anthony Boadle and Andre Romani
Albanese flies to South America on trade rescue mission after Trump victory
The prime minister is seeking to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping within days to shore up a $327 billion economic relationship.
- by David Crowe
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Joe Biden
"I'm going to go to bed" - Biden
President Joe Biden ended a press conference on Sunday after two days at the G20 summit by telling reporters he had to go to bed.
Opinion
China relations
Xi’s increasingly ‘extreme’ rhetoric points to only one thing
While other G20 world leaders met in Indonesia, the Chinese president was busy preparing his country for “the danger of war”.
- by Peter Hartcher
Analysis
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Attacked from all sides, the G20 is now on life support
After 15 years, the best the leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies could do was produce a statement that just kept their annual gathering alive.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Russia praises G20 statement that Albanese called ‘harshest yet’ against war
Anthony Albanese said the summit had resulted in “the strongest language yet to be agreed by the international community” on Russia’s war on Ukraine.
- by Matthew Knott and Eryk Bagshaw
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