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G20 wants 70% of world vaccinated by mid-2022, sets up pandemic task force
By Jan Strupczewski and Andrea Shalal ROME (Reuters) -Finance and health ministers from the world's 20 biggest economies (G20) said on Friday they would take steps to ensure 70% of…
Factbox: Biden to meet Macron, Erdogan, Pope Francis, on European trip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to hold a series of high-profile meetings with foreign leaders during his trip to the G20 in Rome and U.N. climate…
Senior figures urge G20 to create new ways of tackling health threat
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - The world's 20 richest countries must overcome differences to urgently set up new global mechanisms to confront future health disasters, a group of senior…
U.S., Indonesia call for new G20 forum to prepare for next pandemic
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's biggest economies should create a forum to facilitate global coordination for the next pandemic, as well as a new financing facility to…
‘Window for action closing’ – G20 urged to hike climate pledges
By Kate Abnett and Isla Binnie BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Denmark, Costa Rica, the Marshall Islands and six other countries on Thursday urged the world's biggest economies to hike their climate pledges,…
U.S. envoy Sullivan to meet China’s top diplomat amid high tensions
By Steve Holland, David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's national security adviser will hold talks with China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Switzerland on…
Macron to meet Biden at G20, hopes to “re-engage”
BRDO, Slovenia (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he would meet his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden in Rome at the Group of 20 summit at the end…
G20 extraordinary meeting on Afghanistan to be held on Oct. 12 – Draghi
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) -An extraordinary meeting of the Group of 20 major economies to discuss Afghanistan will take place on Oct. 12, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said…
China senior diplomat says economic sanctions on Afghanistan must end
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the various unilateral sanctions or restrictions on Afghanistan should be lifted as soon as possible. Economic sanctions on…
Italy’s Draghi, Russia’s Putin discuss Afghan crisis, G20 summit-statement
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed on Wednesday, in a phone conversation, the situation in Afghanistan ahead of a G20 summit scheduled…
No pathway to reach Paris Agreement goal without G20: UN chief
New York [US], July 26 (ANI): UN chief Antonio Guterres on Sunday called for leadership of the Group of Twenty (G20) countries on the issue of climate action, adding that…
G20 meet: India says made significant progress in meeting NDC targets
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): India has urged the group of 20 nations with per capita greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions above the world average to take immediate steps to…
