Tag "G7"
Back to homepage
Mulvaney: Trump thinks he’s still in hospitality business
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump was surprised at the resistance to his now-revoked decision to host next year’s Group of Seven summit at his Florida golf resort, his acting chief of staff said yesterday, adding that Trump still considers himself
Read More
Business associations press the gov’t to end deforestation in Amazon
RASILIA/SAO PAULO: Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose for the fourth straight month in August from a year earlier, according to preliminary government data released yesterday, adding to concerns over fires already ravaging the region. The Brazilian Amazon is facing
Read More
Bolsonaro lashes out at French president while Amazon burns
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said yesterday he wants French President Emmanuel Macron to withdraw the “insults” made against him before he considers accepting a US$20 million offer from the G7 nations to help fight forest fires in the Amazon. The
Read More
G7 leaders back Hong Kong autonomy, call for calm
BIARRITZ: G7 leaders meeting in France yesterday backed Hong Kong’s autonomy as laid out in a 1984 agreement between Britain and China and called for calm in the protest-hit city. “The G7 reaffirms the existence and the importance of the
Read More
Trump caught off guard as Iran’s Zarif visits G7 summit town
BIARRITZ: Iran’s foreign minister paid a visit to a G7 summit in France yesterday, an unexpected twist to a meeting already troubled by differences between U.S. President Donald Trump and Western allies over a raft of issues, including Iran. A
Read More
Amazon fire: Warplanes dump water on the forest fire
BRASILIA/PORTO VELHO: Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the Amazon state of Rondonia, responding to a global outcry over the destruction of the world’s largest tropical rain forest. Yesterday, President Jair Bolsonaro had authorised military operations
Read More