US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in France for a high-stakes gathering of Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers, as tensions over global conflicts and energy security dominated the agenda. The meeting marked the first in-person session since President Donald Trump publicly urged allies to take a firmer stance on Iran. Read More: Putin […]
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Macron questions Trump’s Greenland moves
French President Emmanuel Macron told Donald Trump he did not understand the US president’s “actions on Greenland,” according to a screenshot Trump shared online. Macron also suggested Trump could invite Ukrainians, Danes, Syrians, and Russians to the margins of the upcoming G7 meeting. In the messages, Macron invited Trump to dinner in Paris and said […]
G7 leaders target one billion jabs and climate drive
G7 leaders gathered Friday for their first in-person talks in nearly two years, with an expected pledge to donate one billion Covid vaccine doses to poor countries on the agenda in a show of Western democratic cohesion. The club of leading economies — Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and United States — say a […]
Biden and Johnson meet on eve of G7 summit
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomed US President Joe Biden for talks on Thursday, at their first face-to-face meeting on the eve of the G7 leaders’ summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall. Johnson said “everybody was absolutely thrilled” to see Biden in the seaside resort in southwest England while Biden congratulated the prime minister on his […]
Biden and Johnson hold first meeting, but N. Ireland casts shadow
Joe Biden and Boris Johnson will hold their first face-to-face meeting Thursday, during which they will lay the foundations for a new pact, despite Brexit and its consequences in Northern Ireland casting a shadow on the old “special relationship”. Biden — on his first overseas tour as US president — and the British Prime Minister […]
G7 commits to ‘at least 15% global minimum corporate tax’
Finance ministers from wealthy G7 nations on Saturday pledged to commit to a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15 percent, rallying behind a US-backed plan. “We… commit to a global minimum tax of at least 15 percent on a country by country basis,” a statement said after their London meeting, adding that they […]
G7 condemns US isolationism and protectionism
Group of Seven finance ministers ended their annual meeting Saturday with US allies united in condemning Washington’s aggressive protectionism, calling on President Donald Trump to reverse his decision to impose punishing metal tariffs. The lack of common ground meant the dispute would continue into next week’s G7 summit in Quebec, Canada, where Trump is expected […]