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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the G20 summit hosted by Saudi Arabia via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, on November 2. (Photo by Alexey NIKOLSKY / Sputnik / AFP)

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30 Nov 2020 10:29 AM

Trump said that PM Modi had asked for help during their bilateral meeting in Japan in June on the sidelines of G-20 Summit. (Photo: File)

US offers to mediate on Kashmir again; Prez calls Khan, Modi 'fantastic people'

Trump was referring to his meeting Pak PM where he offered to help resolve Kashmir issue through mediation.

02 Aug 2019 8:30 AM

The two days of talks are to be led on the US side by trade representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. (Photo: AFP)

China-US trade talks to restart after G-20 tariff truce

The negotiations in China’s financial hub will be the first face-to-face discussions since negotiations collapsed in May.

30 Jul 2019 9:56 AM

Trump, who is known to make inaccurate statements, claimed that Prime Minister Modi asked him to mediate on Kashmir when they met in Osaka, Japan on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit last month. (Photo: AP)

Prez doesn't make things up: Trump’s Economic Advisor on Kashmir issue

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar refuted that Prime Minister Modi ever made that request.

24 Jul 2019 8:36 AM

China has signed up for strict UN sanctions following North Korea's repeated missile and nuclear tests but has also suggested sanctions could be eased to reward North Korea for good behaviour. (Photo: File)

China says Xi urged Trump to ease sanctions on North Korea during G-20 meet

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Xi briefed Trump on China's position on North Korea when they met on sidelines of G-20 summit.

12 Jul 2019 3:46 PM

Vladimir Putin

Why ‘liberalism’ makes Russia’s Putin see red

In the 20 leading countries whose leaders gathered in Osaka, very few now abide by liberalism.

02 Jul 2019 12:08 AM

Speaking earlier at the summit, Erdogan said Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman must uncover the killers of the Washington Post columnist, and added that some aspects of the murder were still being hidden. (Photo: File)

Turkey’s Erdogan says ‘some people’ paying ‘serious money’ to bury Khashoggi issue

Erdogan, who was speaking to reporters after the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, did not elaborate.

01 Jul 2019 6:53 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Donald Trump and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe share a fist bump during their meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. (Photo: AP)

Match interests with pull from China, Russia, US

The US threatened to take the matter before UN Security Council, where China feared questioning by members in open forum.

01 Jul 2019 12:16 AM

Trump stressed that he believes the Palestinians, who have boycotted his administration since his December 2017 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, want an agreement. (Photo: ANI)

If you don't do it now, it'll never happen: Trump on Israeli-Palestinian peace deal

'With me being President, if you don't get that deal done it'll never happen,' he was quoted as saying.

30 Jun 2019 9:33 AM

Prabhu, who was the Railways minister in the first term of the NDA government, also informed that the country's railways has almost 8.1 billion passengers per year, and many of them buy tickets through digital platforms. (Photo: FIle)

G-20 Summit: India pitches strongly for fight against fugitive economic offenders

Among others issues that India raised during the summit were on climate change, clean energy, environment protection, agriculture, tourism.

29 Jun 2019 4:35 PM

Climate change was one of the most contentious issues at the G-20 gathering. (Photo: AFP)

19 members of G-20, except US, recommit to Paris climate deal

Language in final statement after summit in Osaka mirrors that agreed during last year's G-20, but was hard-won after objections from US.

29 Jun 2019 3:33 PM

On Friday, Modi held bilateral and plurilateral meetings with many leaders, including US President Donald Trump, Russian president Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping. (Photo: AFP)

PM Modi invites G-20 countries to join global coalition on disaster resilience

Modi, who is in Osaka, Japan for the two-day G-20 Summit, laid special emphasis on building a disaster resilient future.

29 Jun 2019 3:16 PM

US President Donald Trump said Saturday he would have 'no problem' stepping into North Korea if he meets the country's leader Kim Jong Un on the border with South Korea. (Photo: FIle)

Donald Trump says open to stepping into North Korea with Kim Jong Un

'Sure I would, I would. I'd feel very comfortable doing that. I'd have no problem,' Trump said.

29 Jun 2019 1:24 PM

'We are here at the G-20 in Osaka and Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Abe just concluded a meeting with the President talking about 5G technology, particularly with a focus on its security implication,' said Ivanka Trump, in a video tweeted by the White House. (Photo: File)

Watch: Ivanka sums up Modi-Trump meet, calls it 'productive discussion'

Modi and Donald Trump met at on the sidelines of the summit on Friday.

29 Jun 2019 12:17 PM

The crunch talks on the damaging trade war between the world's top two economies came on the sidelines of a meeting of the G-20 in Japan's Osaka, with all eyes on whether the pair would agree a truce. (Photo: FIle)

Trade talks with China 'back on track': Trump, agrees to hold off on new tariffs

'We had a very good meeting with President Xi of China,' Trump said after the talks. 'I would say excellent.'

29 Jun 2019 12:11 PM

For his part, Xi said that 'dialogue' was better than confrontation after both sides had slapped tit-for-tat tariffs on each other's goods. (Photo: File)

'Ready for 'historic' trade deal with China at G-20 Summit,' says Trump

Trump said: 'It would be historic if we could do a fair trade deal. We are totally open to it.'

29 Jun 2019 9:31 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a bilateral meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Osaka. (Photo:ANI/Twitter)

PM Modi holds separate talks with Prez of Indonesia, Brazil; focus on bilateral ties

Later in the day, the Prime Minister will meet leaders of Turkey and Australia among others.

29 Jun 2019 9:13 AM

Soon after the Modi's re-election, Morrison called up Modi to congratulate him on winning the Lok Sabha elections and sought to boost bilateral ties. (Photo: Twitter)

'Kithana ache he Modi': Aussie PM celebrates friendship with PM Modi

This is the first meeting of the two leaders after the elections in both countries.

29 Jun 2019 9:03 AM

White House officials, who had ruled out such a possibility before Trump left Washington, did not immediately respond to requests as to whether Kim had already agreed to meet with Trump. (Photo: AP)

‘We’ll see each other for 2 minutes’: Trump says he could meet N Korea’s Kim

It was not immediately clear what the agenda, if any, would be for the potential third Trump-Kim meeting.

29 Jun 2019 8:59 AM

Global imbalances remain large and persistent and require thorough monitoring and timely policy responses.We further stress the importance of a favourable global economic environment for sustained growth of international trade, the joint statement said. (Photo: AFP | File)

BRICS leaders call for transparent, inclusive international trade

The 5 leaders noted that world economic growth appears to be stabilising and is generally projected to pick up moderately.

28 Jun 2019 6:34 PM

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