The G20's robust response to the 2008 financial crisis "rescued a global financial system in free fall". It continues to affect positive change 15 years later.
The Saudi crown prince along with US President Biden and leaders of the EU, India and the UAE, jointly announced the project on the sidelines of the G20 summit
India is making a concerted effort to make the G20 summit in Delhi a success. It wants to turn the focus from the Ukraine war to issues like climate change, global financial forms and debt relief.
The bloc is no stranger to criticism over how it reflects the world and whether or not it has accountability along with its influence. This weekend's top-level summit is a test – and an opportunity.
China and Russia are boycotting the event, unhappy that India has been cosying up to the West. On his part, Modi is keen to make the event a success and be seen rubbing shoulders with world leaders.
The move to the top of the world economy's most-watched league table comes as the Vision 2030 reforms cut oil dependence. While the IMF opens a Riyadh office, Saudi is sticking with some subsidies.
India officially takes up its role as chair of the Group of 20 leading economies for the coming year Thursday and it’s putting climate at the top of the group’s priorities.
Programs to encourage…
U.S. President Joe Biden landed in Bali, Indonesia, on Sunday for the summit of the G20 group of major economies.
Biden, who arrives off the back of his attendance at the COP27 climate summit in…
Key regional powers—Türkiye, Egypt, Iran—do not see eye to eye over what transpired in Syria. One emerges as a winner, the other a loser, and Syria's new Islamist-leaning leaders unsettle the third.
Integrating armed factions, particularly the SDF, will be key, as well as agreeing on an inclusive new government that can unify a country that has been plagued by division
Earlier eras have been characterised by peaceful coexistence in Islam, when people from different religions lived side by side, with equal rights, at a time when violence raged around other faiths