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G20 summit successfully concluded in New Delhi last week, it managed to generate some positive headlines for India globally. Even India’s staunchest critics had to concede that contrary to their expectations, New Delhi managed to pull off a successful summit at a time when geopolitical and developmental fault-lines have been sharpening by the day. Despite the absence of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin (and perhaps because of it), a large part of the world agreed and put its stamp on India’s global developmental priorities.

By Greg Torode and Martin Quin Pollard

By Humeyra Pamuk, Trevor Hunnicutt and Tim Kelly

Gen. Li Shangfu may have been removed and detained became rife after he was conspicuously absent at the meeting of the Central Military Commission (CMC) here on Friday.

China's defense minister, Gen. Li Shangfu, has been placed under investigation, according to two U.S.

The leaders of China and Zambia have announced an upgrading of their ties as the world’s second-largest economy forges deeper ties with the Global South

Mint takes a closer look at the developments. A career military officer, Li Shangfu trained as an engineer and joined the People’s Liberation Army in 1982. Prior to his appointment as China’s defence minister in 2023, he served as deputy head of the Strategic Support Force, which focused on building up the country’s space and cyber capabilities.

Cambodia's new prime minister, Hun Manet, has arrived in Beijing on his first official trip abroad since taking office last month

G20 Summit is over now the absence of Chinese President Xi Jinping remained one of the top headlines in the world of diplomacy. But the diplomatic tension simmered when Chinese Premier Li Qiang showed his presence during the G20 Leaders' Summit in New Delhi. However, a report by Times of India has revealed details of a new drama that escalated at the Taj Palace Hotel where Chinese delegates stayed during the Summit.

As the US President's two-nation visit to India and Vietnam came to an end on Monday, Joe Biden, was caught jokingly replied to a media person and said, “I tell you what, I don’t know about you, but I’m going to go to bed." During the press conference, Joe Biden made the comment in response to a question on why he didn't speak to Chinese president Xi Jinping.

Russia-Ukraine crisis, India worked very closely with Brazil, South Africa and Indonesia. I want to say that it was the emerging markets which played a very key role. There was very tough, very ruthless negotiations for several days non-stop," said India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant during a press briefing.

China on Monday said the G20 New Delhi Leaders' Declaration has sent a «positive signal» that the member countries of the influential grouping are joining hands in tackling global challenges and economic recovery.

China could land themselves in trouble with the government for their fashion choices. Flared pants and bluejeans were considered «weird attire.» Some government buildings barred men with long hair and women wearing makeup and jewelry. Patrols organized by factories and schools cut flared pants and long hair with scissors. It was the early days of China's era of reform and opening up.

Lula da Silva on Monday said that Brazil will put the inequality issue as the core issue during the G20 Summit under its Presidency and said it was a huge challenge for Brazil to take over the G20 presidency. «We will put inequality at the top: inequality of gender, race, education, health, poverty and hunger. The world needs balance,» the Brazilian President said addressing a press conference today after the conclusion of the two-day long G20 Summit in New Delhi on Sunday. «I'm one of the founder member of G20,» said Lula da Silva pointing out that an important meeting like the G20 showed the importance of the multipolar world. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 10 handed over the ceremonial gavel to Lula, intiating the process of transition of the President's chair for the next round of the G20 to be held in Brazil. «I would like to congratulate India for organising the Summit exceptionally well.

Joe Biden engaged in talks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the G20 summit held in New Delhi. This marks the most senior-level interaction between the US and China in nearly 10 months. Li Qiang stood in for President Xi Jinping, whose absence at the summit raised eyebrows.

By Nandita Bose, Francesco Guarascio and Trevor Hunnicutt

Joe Biden insisted Sunday he does not want to «contain» China, as the two powers face deepening divisions on trade, security and rights. Biden said he had met Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the G20 summit in New Delhi — a meeting the White House had not announced — and discussed «stability». The president revealed the encounter in Hanoi, where earlier in the day he agreed a deal to deepen ties with Vietnam as Washington looks to bolster its network of allies around Asia and the Pacific in the face of Beijing's rising influence. Washington and Beijing are at loggerheads on a range of global issues, and Biden accused China of seeking to bend the international order to its will. «One of the things that is going on now is China is beginning to change some of the rules of the game, in terms of trade and other issues,» Biden told a news conference. Washington has invested heavily in building alliances as part of its Indo-Pacific strategy, including the Quad security dialogue with India, Australia and Japan, and the AUKUS pact with Britain and Australia. But he insisted the United States is not seeking to box China in, but rather to establish clear ground rules for relations. «I don't want to contain China.

Narendra Modi welcomed world leaders to the Raj Ghat memorial complex in central Delhi on Sunday, site of the eternal flame that burns for Mahatma Gandhi. Symbolism is hard to escape in the so-called family photograph. It’s a G-20 tradition that offers a rare, unvarnished glimpse of the interaction between leaders — the warmth or chill of greetings, the backslapping, side chats, scowls or moments of awkwardness — and so points to the state of world relations.Also Read: G20 Summit 2023 LIVE: We are always there to push back against hatred, says Trudeau on Khalistani issue Absent from this year’s lineup were China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, both of whom skipped the summit amid tensions with the US and its allies.

Giorgia Meloni, reportedly on Saturday, privately signalled to China's Premier Li Qiang that Italy is seeking to exit the Belts and Roads Initiative (BRI) agreement was signed four years ago. Earlier in July this year, Italy's Defence Minister Guido Crosetto has said that the BRI was an "improvised and atrocious" made by Italy while signing with China.

President Joe Biden heads to a Vietnam that’s looking to dramatically ramp up trade with the United States

Joe Biden on Saturday said it would have been nice to have China's President Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit, but it was «going well».