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G20 leaders meet during what is expected to be the hottest year in human history

Climate Gridlock Feared At G20 Summit

Geopolitical tensions that have seen Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping skip the talks mean the group is unlikely to even achieve the traditional final communique, let alone robust climate pledges. That sets up a "potentially catastrophic" failure by nations that account for 80 percent of global power sector emissions, Amnesty International warned Thursday.
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Indian artist Jagjot Singh Rubal gives final touches to an oil painting of US President Joe Biden ahead of the two-day G20 summit in New Delhi

Biden Heads To Divided G20 With Xi And Putin Absent

Biden will discuss "a range of joint efforts to tackle global issues" including climate change and "mitigating the economic and social impacts of Russia's war in Ukraine", National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said ahead of the summit.
A Chinese military landing ship sails towards the zone where China said it would conduct live fire exercises northeast of Pingtan island, the closest point in China to Taiwan, in China’s southeast Fujian province on April 10, 2023

US Approves First Arms To Taiwan Under Foreign Aid Program

The State Department informed Congress on Tuesday of the $80 million package, which is small compared with recent sales to Taiwan but marks the first assistance to Taipei under the Foreign Military Financing program, which generally involves grants or loans to sovereign countries.
US and Chinese officials will hold a fresh round of talks on the third day of a visit by US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo

China, US Set To Hold Fresh Talks On Trade Disputes

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao on Monday, with the two sides agreeing to set up a working group to iron out the laundry list of trade disputes between them. They also agreed to set up what Washington called an "export control enforcement information exchange."
Former US president Donald Trump skipped the first Republican presidential primary debate

Trump Arrested In Election Case, Mug Shot Released

Trump, who is accused of colluding with 18 other defendants to overturn the 2020 election result in the southern state, spent less than 30 minutes inside Atlanta's Fulton County Jail before leaving in a motorcade for the airport.
Timmermans is swapping the battle in Brussels to pass green laws for frontline electoral politics back home in the Netherlands

EU Green Champion Swaps Brussels For Home Front

A tenacious negotiator and master of multiple European languages, Dutch politician Frans Timmermans has become the bearded face and impassioned voice of the EU's efforts to forge an ambitious Green Deal climate pact.

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