Tag: G20 summit Hamburg 2017

• Tuesday, July 11th 2017 - 07:47 UTC

  Meirelles confident Brazil is climbing out of worst recession in history

  

  Speaking during the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, Henrique Meirelles gave more details about Brazil's economic recovery trajectory.

• Monday, July 10th 2017 - 15:13 UTC

  G20 admits “Trump factor”: climate policy disagreement and blow to multilateral cooperation

  

  Leaders from the world's leading economies broke with U.S. President Donald Trump on climate policy at a G20 summit on Saturday, in a rare public admission of disagreement and blow to multilateral cooperation.

• Monday, July 10th 2017 - 09:35 UTC

  Hamburg battle continued Sunday: 476 officers injured; financial support for cars torched and stores looted

  

  Anti-globalization activists rioted for a third consecutive night in Hamburg early Sunday even after Group of 20 leaders had already left the port city in northern Germany. Police again used water cannon trucks against rioters attacking them with iron rods and pavement stones.

• Saturday, July 8th 2017 - 07:44 UTC

  Trump and Putin hold “robust” two-and-a-quarter hours discussions and shake hands

  

  Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed on Friday the alleged Russian hacking of last year's US presidential election during their first meeting. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson described the exchanges as “robust”, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Mr Trump had accepted Putin's assertions that his country was not responsible.

• Saturday, July 8th 2017 - 01:13 UTC

  Macri-May meeting in Hamburg suspended; rescheduling under consideration

  

  The first day of the G20 summit is nearly over, and on Friday afternoon in Hamburg, British Prime Minister Theresa May canceled her solo meeting with Argentine President Mauricio Macri due to “scheduling problems.”

• Friday, July 7th 2017 - 07:28 UTC

  Riot police in Hamburg clash with thousands at G20 “Welcome to Hell” march

  

  German riot police clashed with thousands of protesters in Hamburg on Thursday evening as world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, arrived in the city ahead of Friday's G20 summit. Throughout the afternoon and night, police used water cannons as protesters threw bottles and smoke bombs during the anti-capitalist Welcome to Hell march, which began about 2 miles from where the summit will be held.

• Friday, July 7th 2017 - 07:08 UTC

  Trump urges Russia “to cease its destabilizing activities”; on Friday he meets Putin

  

  In a keynote address in Warsaw, U.S. President Donald Trump urged Russia “to cease its destabilizing activities in Ukraine and elsewhere” and specifically reaffirmed Washington's commitment to NATO's Article 5. Trump spoke on Thursday before a cheering, flag-waving crowd of 10,000 people at historic Krasinski Square in central Warsaw, where former President Lech Walesa sat among guests in the VIP area.

• Thursday, July 6th 2017 - 03:54 UTC

  All eyes to be focused on gestures from the first face-to-face Trump-Putin meeting

  

  The first face-to-face meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Hamburg. The Kremlin says terrorism; Syria and Ukraine will top its agenda.

• Wednesday, July 5th 2017 - 07:43 UTC

  Macri expects to talk Falklands with PM May at the G20 summit in Hamburg

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri is scheduled to meet in Hamburg with British Prime Minister Theresa May to reinforce cooperation and joint efforts but with the “difference” resulting from the dispute over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands remaining on the table, according to government sources in Buenos Aires.