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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a close ally of India, is visiting India as a G20 invitee and her meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday assumes significance ahead of the parliamentary election in her country in January 2024. Over the past decade India has launched several cross-border connectivity and energy projects to boost the Bangladesh economy, complementing efforts undertaken by the Hasina government. Bangladesh is emerging as a link to landlocked Northeast India. Japan, Bangladesh and India have formed a trilateral to connect Northeast India via Bangladesh to the Bay of Bengal.

Russia is holding «sham elections» in the occupied region of Ukraine, US State Secretary Antony Blinken said adding that this action shows its blatant disregard for UN Charter principles. In a statement released by the State Department, Blinken said, «The Russian Federation is in the process of conducting sham elections in occupied areas of Ukraine.

G20 Summit Delhi: The national capital has been decked up royally to welcome foreign delegates for the G20 summit. The G20 Leaders' Summit will be held on September 9-10 in the national capital, for which security has been tightened. The summit will be held at the newly inaugurated Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan.

The United States' decision to provide Ukraine with depleted uranium weapons has Russia fuming, labelling it as a "criminal act." This decision by the US has heightened tensions in the ongoing Ukraine crisis, and it raises concerns about the environmental and security implications. The Pentagon, the US defense department, announced a new security aid package worth up to $175 million for Ukraine. This package includes depleted uranium ammunition specifically meant for US Abrams tanks.

Joe Biden leaves for the G20 in India on Thursday, aiming to boost alliances at a summit where global tensions will be highlighted by the absence of the leaders of China and Russia. Biden will try to show that on big transnational issues, Washington is a better partner than Beijing or Moscow -- and that the G20 remains a key forum.

NEW DELHI : India aims to achieve the twin objectives of adding the African Union as a member of G20 and resolving disagreements about a joint statement related to the war in Ukraine at the upcoming G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi on 9-10 September. India, which has centred its G20 presidency around the concerns of the Global South, will view the inclusion of the African Union as a significant achievement, in line with its aspiration to represent the interests of low-income, developing nations. The inclusion of the African Union has also received the support of the European Union (EU), France and the US.

Russian forces struck and immobilized a British tank supplied to Ukrainian forces for the first time as Kyiv pushes some of its best equipment into a salient in the southeast in search of a breakthrough. The loss of the Challenger 2 tank, confirmed by British officials, comes as Ukraine is seeking to expand cracks in the main Russian defensive line.

Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are among the leaders to attend the G-20 meeting. The Chinese foreign ministry announced that President Xi Jinping will not attend the G20 Summit in New Delhi and the delegation will be led by Premier Li Qiang.

G20 meeting of world leaders in New Delhi over the next few days is likely to become an apogee for India’s foreign policy exertions, apart from providing an appropriate platform for the country to project its aspirations as an emerging global leader. Past top-level summits were never this comprehensive, nor attended by such a wide range of leadership.

MOSCOW (Reuters) — A lawyer for Goldman Sachs argued in a Moscow court on Thursday that a $6.3 million lawsuit against it by Russia's Otkritie Bank should be heard instead in London.

The head of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has asked America's top three oilfield services companies to explain why they continued doing business in Russia after its invasion of Ukraine

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, Chinese Premier Li Qiang, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov joined the summit in the Indonesian capital led by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), along with leaders of other partner countries. Tensions have accompanied the talks on issues from trade and technology, to China's increasing assertiveness in the South China Sea, the Myanmar junta's refusal to cooperate with ASEAN on a peace plan, the war in Ukraine, and suspicion that North Korea plans to supply weapons to Russia. Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries have warned this week of «destructive» rivalries between major powers, a reference to U.S.-China tensions that they say puts them in danger. «We all have a responsibility to not create new conflict, new tension, new war and at the same time we also have a responsibility to reduce tensions,» Widodo, as chair of the 10-member ASEAN bloc this year, said at the beginning of the East Asia Summit. Cooperation and multilateralism risked being replaced by «the rule of the strong». «The world will be destroyed if conflicts and tensions in one place are taken to another place,» he said in closing the summit. On Wednesday, China's Li warned against starting a «new Cold War» and warned countries against taking sides in any conflict. Harris, attending in place of President Joe Biden, reiterated her country's «enduring commitment» to Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific. A White House official said earlier the U.S.

G20 major economies are gathering in New Delhi, led by India, to tackle pressing global issues amidst a divisive geopolitical climate due to the Ukraine conflict. India has gone to great lengths, employing drones, murals, and large langur cutouts to enhance security and logistics for the event.

With Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov insist... moreWith Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov insisting that his country will block any G20 summit declaration that doesn't reflect Moscow's views on Ukraine and other crises.

Congress on Thursday took a swipe at the government over the heads of state of Russia and China not coming for the G20 Summit, saying their absence raises a lot of questions which External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar should answer.

Very rarely should you celebrate rising unemployment. This is one of those times. Friday’s news that the unemployment rate rose to 3.8% in August, an 18-month high, is one of several recent signs that the labor market has softened significantly.

A two-day summit in Romania has started in the country's capital bringing together 12 European Union member states situated between the Baltic, Black and Adriatic Seas

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has urged Germany’s opposition and regional governments to help slash a “thicket of bureaucracy” that slows down Europe’s biggest economy, as his government grapples with poor poll ratings and a reputation for internal strife hal...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is facing growing skepticism from some leading rich and developing nations as the residual impact of sanctions against Russia is deepening divisions among the Group of 20 countries

brigade, and Serhiy Ogerenko, his chief of staff, speaking to Ukrainska Pravda, a newspaper, say civilians helped correct artillery fire, even using their own commercial drones. Colonel Shevchuk says that, if his men knew that Russians were near a particular village but were unsure precisely where, they would open Google Maps, find a local shop and cold-call it. “Good evening, we are from Ukraine! Do you have any kaptsaps [Russians] about? Yes.

Russia and Ukraine, five drones were shot down overnight in three Russian regions, with one targeting the capital city, Moscow. Fortunately, there were no reported casualties from these incidents. Meanwhile, Russia continued its fourth day of air attacks on Ukraine's port city, Izmail, situated on the Danube River.