China

Stalemate on Syria: Putin and Obama fail to find deal to end bloodshed

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5 September 2016

Economy

Saudi Arabia and Russia signed an oil deal - but what does it mean?

Saudi Arabia and Russia have agreed to cooperate over oil, with a task force to recommend measures and actions, but no immediate action by the world's two top producers.

5 September 2016

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Spectacular evening gala at the G20 Summit

Parts of Hangzhou were lit up on Sunday (September 4) night as China put on a spectacular gala performance for global heads of state attending the G20 summit.

5 September 2016

China

US and Russia fail to reach Syria deal at G20

US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin have been unable to reach an agreement on ending the violence in Syria.

5 September 2016

World News

G20 summit: Brexit warnings from Japan and US, but trade hope from Australia

Leaders of the world’s largest economies have met for the second and final day of the G20 summit in China.

5 September 2016

China

G20 summit: global growth and trade disputes top agenda

Leaders from the world’s 20 biggest economies are meeting in the Chinese city of Hangzhow for a two-day summit.

4 September 2016

China

G20 summit underway in China

Leaders of the G20 nations are in the Chinese city of Hangzhow for a two-day summit to find ways of boosting global growth.

4 September 2016

China

World's biggest polluter China ratifies Paris climate change deal

China has ratified the Paris climate change agreement, boosting efforts to bring the deal into force by the end of the year.

3 September 2016

Turkey

Erdogan: YPG did not cross the Euphrates river

Turkey’s president said that the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) had not returned to the east of the Euphrates river in Syria.

2 September 2016

China

Expectations low for China's hosting of G20

Everything is ready in Hangzou, 200 kilometres from Shanghai, to welcome the heads of state of the G20 nations, the richest on the planet.

1 September 2016

USA

President Obama on climate change tour

Months before he leaves office, President Barack Obama has embarked on a whistle stop climate change tour of the US's western states before a meeting of the G20 summit in China.

1 September 2016

USA

G5 unites to tackle tax evasion

The UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy are to unite to tackle tax evasion in the wake of the Panama Papers revelations. Europe’s top five economies

15 April 2016

World News

G20: divisions over debt and currency reform

The G20 summit has got underway in China. The gathering unites finance ministers and central bank bosses from the world’s biggest economies. The G20

27 February 2016

Economy

Growth and Brexit top agenda at G20 finance meeting

Weakening global growth and the implications of Britain leaving the European Union are the two big talking points for G20 financial leaders meeting in Shanghai.

26 February 2016

Economy

IMF calls for G20 coordinated stimulus to keep global economy from stalling

The International Monetary Fund is urging the G20 to plan now for a coordinated stimulus programme to keep the slowing global economy from stalling.

25 February 2016

Economy

Sole candidate Lagarde re-elected to second term as International Monetary Fund head

Christine Lagarde has been re-elected to a second five-year term as head of the International Monetary Fund with the world's economy in the doldrums, and the IMF facing difficult loan decisions for Gr

19 February 2016

World News

Putin slams Turkey in speech, demands international solidarity against terrorism

President Vladimir Putin has again condemned the leadership in Ankara for the downing of a Russian plane last week near the Syrian-Turkish border

3 December 2015

Turkey

What if the G20 was run by cats?

Ever wondered who really runs the G20. Well, the top dog might be the US, but maybe that’s not all there is too it. Cameras in Ankara inadvertantly

17 November 2015

Economy

Include developing countries, G20 is urged

Although terrorism shot up the agenda at the G20, the world’s largest economies meeting in Turkey also had to tackle other global challenges such as

17 November 2015

Turkey

G20 pledges to cooperate as ISIL threatens further attacks

G20 leaders have promised to cooperate over border security, airline safety, sharing intelligence on suspected terrorists and freezing their assets

16 November 2015