G20

Trump says Syrian rebel aid program was dangerous

Washington - Muslimchronicle

US President Donald Trump on Monday announced he had ended a program to support rebels fighting against Syrian President Bashar Assad because it was “massive, dangerous, and wasteful.” The comments came days after Gen. Tony Thomas, the head of US special operations, confirmed that the four-year-old operation was brought to a close but denied the decision was motivated by aRead more

A new round of Geneva launched on Monday

Damascus - Noura Khowam

Combat was halted in the three southern provinces covered by the truce - Daraa, Quneitra, and Sweida - after the ceasefire started at noon local time, a monitor said, adding, "The main fronts in the three provinces between regime forces and opposition factions have seen a cessation of hostilities and shelling since this morning, with the exception of a fewRead more

German trade surplus swells in May

Frankfurt am Main - AFP

Germany's trade surplus widened in May, official data showed Monday, just days after a stormy G20 summit that saw clashes with the United States over protectionism. Exports from Europe's largest economy grew 1.4 percent compared with April adjusting for seasonal effects, reaching 107.9 billion euros ($123.02 billion), according to federal statistics office Destatis. With exports gaining 1.2 percent to reachRead more

Stormy G20 ends with opt-outs for Trump on climate, trade

Hamburg - Muslimchronicle

World leaders made concessions on trade and climate language to Donald Trump Saturday at the end of the most fractious and riot-hit G20 summit ever, in exchange for preserving a fragile unity of the club of major industrialised and emerging economies. But the gesture opened the door for others, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warning that Ankara was nowRead more

G20 draft statement shows 19-against-US split on climate

Hamburg - AFP

World leaders at the G20 summit acknowledged US President Donald Trump's divergent stance on climate change, according to a draft communique seen by AFP Friday. The draft underlines that the 2015 Paris climate accord is "irreversible" and affirms that other G20 nations are committed to the deal while taking note of Washington's decision to quit the agreement. Ahead of theRead more

G20 sees three-way steel battle between EU, US and China

Beijing - Muslimchronicle

While battles between police and protestors smoulder outside, leaders of the European Union, United States and China appear close to a trade war cliff edge at the G20 summit in Hamburg. "We are already hearing that some parties are considering introducing protective measures against steel imports in the near future. If this does happen, the European Union will know howRead more

Pope warns of 'dangerous alliances' among G20 powers

MILAN - Muslimchronicle

Pope Francis said Saturday that the G20 summit in Germany "worries" him because of the potential for "very dangerous alliances" among world leaders, with particularly dire consequences for migrants. "I worry about very dangerous alliances between powers which have a distorted vision of the world: America and Russia, China and North Korea, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and (Syria's Bashar al-)Read more

Trump versus the rest as violent G20 wraps up

Hamburg - Muslimchronicle

US President Donald Trump heads Saturday into the final day of a fractious and violent G20 summit in Germany at odds even with America's traditional Western allies. Negotiators from the world's 20 top economies were expected to have worked all night trying to hammer out a final summit statement that at least gives the impression of unity. Hamburg authorities meanwhileRead more

G20 to press Trump to rejoin climate deal

London - Muslimchronicle

G20 leaders meeting in Hamburg will seek to persuade US President Donald Trump to rejoin the 2015 Paris climate change accord, British Prime Minister Theresa May said Friday. "I believe it is possible. We're not renegotiating the Paris Agreement -- that stays. But I want to see the United States looking for ways to rejoin it," May told the BBCRead more

Trump, Putin in first showdown at fractious G20

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Hamburg - Al Maghrib Today

US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin shook hands as they met for the first time Friday at a G20 summit marred by violent protests and a rift between America and its Western allies over climate change and trade. The handshake in Hamburg came hours before the brash property tycoon and the ice-cool ex-KGB agent were due toRead more