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United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell on Monday called on the G7 nations to step up action against the climate crisis and make adequate climate finance available. It is utter nonsense to claim the G7 cannot – or should not – lead the…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke to Italian PM Giorgia Meloni and thanked her for the invitation to the G7 summit to be held in Italy in June. "Spoke with PM @GiorgiaMeloni and extended greetings as Italy celebrates its…
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Ukraine warned foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major powers on Thursday they had to change strategy if they wanted Kyiv to withstand increasingly destructive Russian air assaults. The G7 ministers meeting on the island of…
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G7 leaders offered their full support for Israel on Sunday following an attack by Iran, and said they were ready to “take further measures” in response to “further destabilising initiatives.” In a statement following a video meeting, the…
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The G7 countries pledged support for Ukraine and new sanctions on Russia after a virtual meeting Saturday on the second anniversary of Moscow’s invasion. In a statement after the meeting, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also…
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G7 foreign ministers called Wednesday on Iran-backed Houthi rebels to cease threats to international shipping and to release a vessel they seized earlier this month. “Emphasizing the importance of maritime security, we call on all parties…
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US ambassador Eric Garcetti called on external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday to discuss bilateral relations and regional issues, with the meeting coming a month ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to the US.…
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The word “rules based order” peppers the comments by US government officials and also often in EU. What is often not brought up front is who wrote those rules and so why should it be incumbent on the rest of the world to follow those rules!…
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A series of recent studies and reports have once again sounded the red alert on climate change, saying the situation was worsening rapidly, and the window of opportunity for effective action was narrowing faster than ever before. Last…
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday urged Congress to raise the $31.4 trillion federal debt limit and avert an unprecedented default that would trigger a global economic downturn and risk undermining U.S. global economic…
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