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At G7, Japan and Germany want a rethink on the ‘Global South’
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said international organisations need to change as the world has. “Any functioning international order must…
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India will do ‘whatever we can’ on Ukraine crisis: Modi
HIROSHIMA, Japan: India will do “whatever we can” to resolve the Ukraine crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged Saturday (May 20)…
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China expresses ‘strong dissatisfaction’ with G7 communique
But China’s foreign ministry hit back on Saturday evening, saying the G7’s “approach has no international credibility whatsoever”. “The G7…
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Zelenskyy arrives at G7 in Japan, says meetings will bring peace ‘closer’
It is Zelenskyy’s first post-war trip to the Asia-Pacific – and offers a chance to confer with allies, but also…
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G7 leaders agree to new initiative to fight economic coercion
TOKYO : Group of Seven leaders on Saturday (May 20) agreed to a new initiative to counter economic coercion, and…
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Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy to attend Japan G7 summit in person on Sunday
HIROSHIMA: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to Hiroshima to attend the Group of Seven (G7) summit on Sunday, Japan’s foreign ministry…
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Commentary: G7 summit in Hiroshima will force world leaders to confront the continuing nuclear threat
In the aftermath of the bombing, both the Japanese military government and the US occupation sought to erase any mention…
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‘Unified’ G7 hits Russia with new sanctions
Economists are divided about just how much G7 and other sanctions have hurt the Russian war effort. The Russian economy…
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Commentary: In pursuing peace, Japan’s leader must also prepare for war
In US President Joe Biden, Kishida has a counterpart who believes in old-fashioned diplomacy and a rules-based order, and has…
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In symbolic Hiroshima, US allies size up an ascendant China and unpredictable Russia
TIGHTEN SANCTIONS The G7 will aim to tighten sanctions on Russia to prevent it skirting measures already in place, Germany’s…
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