G20

Uncertainty As Putin Makes U-Turn, Accepts G20 Invitation

May 1, 2022 4:56 am

President of the United States of America, Joe Biden and his advisers are still in conversations about how to approach November’s Group of 20 (G20) summit in Indonesia.

Indonesia received confirmation on Friday that Russian President, Vladimir Putin plans to attend.

President Biden said President Putin and his country should be ejected from the G20.

Senior members of Biden’s government have walked out of G20 events where Russian delegates were present.

And there were discussions with Indonesia about stepping up its condemnation of Russia, but the Asian country has only called for peace among the war countries and members of …

Coronavirus Puts ‘Fragile’ Global Recovery At Risk

February 23, 2020 4:38 pm

The deadly coronavirus epidemic could put an already fragile global economic recovery at risk, the IMF warned Sunday, as G20 financial chiefs voiced “real concern” over its economic ripple effects.

Global growth was poised for a modest rebound to 3.3 percent this year, up from 2.9 percent last year, International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva said after a two-day meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Riyadh.

But the projected recovery was “fragile”, she warned, amid global alarm over the spread of the new virus across multiple countries even as Chinese authorities lock down millions of people …