Politics

• Monday, November 1st 2021 - 09:02 UTC

  Argentine President wants debt swaps for climate action before heading for Glasgow

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández, who is already in Glasgow for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26) after two days in Rome for the G20 Summit, is to propose a new goal of reducing emissions.

• Monday, November 1st 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Macron shows the bitter side of diplomacy at G20

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron called Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison “a liar” as tensions between the two countries escalated despite diplomatic protocols in force while both leaders gathered at Rome for the G20 Summit.

• Monday, November 1st 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Biden announces US-UE negotiating carbon-conscious trade agreement

  

  As the Glasgow COP26 climate Summit was starting, US President Joseph Biden said from Rome that the United States and the European Union had agreed to negotiate “the world's first trade agreement based on how much carbon is in a product”.

• Monday, November 1st 2021 - 08:51 UTC

  G20 rounds up Rome Summit with compromise declaration on climate neutrality

  

  Leaders of the G20 have issued their final statement Sunday at the end of a two-day summit, in which they pledged to increase efforts to reach the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, a goal which is in line with a global commitment made in 2015 through the Paris Climate Accord.

• Sunday, October 31st 2021 - 08:52 UTC

  French President says he discussed crisis in Venezuela and Nicaragua with Alberto Fernández

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron Saturday admitted on Twitter that he had spoken with his Argentine colleague Alberto Fernández about the crisis in Venezuela and Nicaragua on the sides of the G20 Summit in Rome. The issue had not been mentioned by the Argentine government.

• Sunday, October 31st 2021 - 08:44 UTC

  G20 aims at 70% of the world vaccinated against COVID-19 by mid-2022

  

  World leaders gathered in Rome for the G20 Summit have concurred on the goal of having at least 70% of the population vaccinated against COVID-19 by 2022.

• Sunday, October 31st 2021 - 08:36 UTC

  President Fernández says Argentina's debt a clear example of what is wrong

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Saturday underlined before the G20 Summit plenary in Rome that his country's debt with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was “a clear example of what is wrong” in the international financial system.

• Sunday, October 31st 2021 - 08:27 UTC

  Bolsonaro keeps domestic agenda in mind while in Rome for G20 Summit

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was harshly critical Saturday of the recent Brazilian Stock Exchange movements and said he had a Plan B in case the Lower House does not agree on budget proposals recently put forward by the Executive.

• Sunday, October 31st 2021 - 08:16 UTC

  G20 agrees on global taxation reforms - COVID vaccines also discussed

  

  World leaders at the G20 Summit in Rome Saturday agreed on the global minimum tax (15%), which 136 countries had previously endorsed, it was announced.

• Saturday, October 30th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Brazil's VP says Bolsonaro would be greeted with stones at Glasgow's climate summit

  

  Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao said that if President Jair Bolsonaro was to attend the COP 26 climate change summit in Glasgow he would be greeted with stones.