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Indonesia on Tuesday will host the G20 leaders' summit, gathering the globe's most powerful figures together on the resort island of Bali instead of the traffic-clogged capital Jakarta.Seventeen world leaders -- bar Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the leaders of Mexico and Brazil -- will seek solutions to myriad global crises on the Muslim-majority country's mostly Hindu "Island of Gods".

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G20 Leaders start arriving at main venue in Bali for summit

Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies have started arriving at themainvenue for the official start of the 2022 summit hosted by Indonesia on the resort island of Bali on Tuesday.

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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) meets Indonesia's President Joko Widodo as she arrives for theG20leaders' summit in Nusa Dua, on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on November 15, 2022. Credit: AFP Photo

Cambodia PM cancels G20 meetings after testing positive for Covid-19

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G20 statement to show 'most' members strongly condemn Russia's Ukraine war: US

TheG20will issue an end-of-summit statement in which "most" members will strongly condemn Russia's war against Ukraine, a senior US official said Tuesday in Bali.

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Macron calls for China, France to unite against Ukraine war

French President Emmanuel Macron called for Paris and Beijing to unite against the war in Ukraine as he began a meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping in Bali on Tuesday.

The two leaders shook hands as they began discussions on the sidelines of theG20summit, which is expected to pile pressure on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine and address the global fallout from the war.

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Macron, Xi shake hands as talks start in Bali

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Biden to speak on energy security, cap on russian oil prices at G20

G20 expected to take steps to address food security, debt relief: US Official

Nuclear wars cannot be fought in Ukraine: China's Xi

Chinese President Xi Jinping, discussing Ukraine with USPresident Joe Biden during their meeting on Monday in Indonesia, said nuclear weapons cannot be used and nuclear wars cannot be fought, according to a statement by the Chinese foreign minister.

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Sunak says Putin's regime will hear chorus of global opposition to its actions

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime will hear the chorus of global opposition to its actions.

"As we give the Ukrainian people the support they need, we are also harnessing the breadth and depth of UK expertise to protect ourselves and our allies," Sunak said at the G20 summit in Indonesia.

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Russia faces blame as G20 tackles Ukraine war, soaring food prices

The United States and allies will heap pressure on Russia Tuesday to end the Ukraine war, pinning painfully high global food and fuel prices squarely at Vladimir Putin's door during aG20summit.

Leaders from the world's 20 largest economies will gather in Bali, Indonesia to discuss soaring inflation that has driven millions more into poverty and tipped several nations toward recession.

On the eve of the talks, Putin's critics forged a united front, blaming his eight-month-old war for the global economic tumult.

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Xi to Biden: Knock off the democracy vs autocracy talk

US President Joe Biden has frequently referred to the current state of global politics as an "inflection point" - a moment, he says, when people need to choose between democratic systems of government and dictatorships, or find the world forever changed.

Chinese president Xi Jinping, whose consolidation of his own power as head of the world's second largest economy has raised concerns he plans to be a ruler for life, has had enough.

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Brazil's Bolsonaro, silent after election loss, to skip G20

Brazil's outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro will not participate in theG20summit in Indonesia, the foreign ministry said Monday, without explaining his unusual absence from the meeting.

Aside from a brief speech two days after his razor-thin election loss to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva late last month, the far-right Bolsonaro has all but disappeared from public view, and is unusually silent on social media, with his official agenda empty.

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G20 members imposed export restrictions at increased pace: WTO report

Ahead of the G-20 summit in Indonesia, a WTO report on Monday said that the G20 countries introduced export restrictions at an increased pace during mid-May and mid-October 2022 in the back of global economic uncertainties.(PTI)

UK PM Rishi Sunak calls for global action against ‘rogue state’ Russia at G20

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called for coordinated global action to address international economic instability and fight back against actions of a “rogue state” like Russia as he landed in Indonesia on Monday for the G20 Summit.(PTI)

PM Modi arrives in Bali for G20 Summit and bilateral meetings with key world leaders

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Monday for the G20 Summit and bilateral meetings on its sidelines with key leaders attending this annual conference of the world's major economies.(PTI)

UK's Sunak says he hopes to meet Xi on G20 sidelines

Rishi Sunak said on Monday he hopes to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit, as Britain's prime minister arrived in Indonesia for the global gathering.(AFP)

Saudi crown prince leaves to attend G20 meetings in Bali

Biden warns Xi about 'coercive' Taiwan actions in three hour meeting

Biden brought up a number of difficult topics in his conversation with Xi, including objections to China's "coercive and increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan", Beijing's "non-market economic practices", and practices in "Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong, and human rights more broadly". (Reuters)

UN chief urges G20 nations to work together on climate

UNSecretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday heaped pressure on G20 nations to work together to slow global warming, saying their action, or inaction, would dictate the fate of the planet.(Reuters)

Macron to call Putin after G20

President Emmanuel Macron will call counterpart Vladimir Putin after a Group of 20 summit in Bali where the Russian leader is expected to face strong pressure, a French official said Monday.

Macron "will call him after the G20," the senior Elysee official told reporters, lamenting Putin's "isolation" over the invasion of Ukraine.(AFP)

Lavrov 'in good health' after hospital checks on G20 summit eve: Indonesia

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is in good health after two health checks at a hospital in Bali, an Indonesian health ministry official said Monday, as Moscow denied the top diplomat had been hospitalised.(AFP)

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives in Bali for G20 summit

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrived at the G20 Summit in Indonesia on Monday, a Downing Street spokesperson said in a statement late Sunday.(Reuters)

Xi says state of China-US relations not in both countries' interest

Chinese leader Xi Jinping said during a meeting with USPresident Joe Biden on the Indonesian island of Bali that the current state of China-USrelations was not in the interests of both countries and that they needed to 'steer the rudder', according to state broadcaster CCTV.(Reuters)

Germany's Scholz: G20 consensus statement on war in Ukraine to be 'tough ride'

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday that it would be difficult to come up with a clear statement on global issues and the war in Ukraine at the G20 meeting in Indonesia later this week.

"We are working very hard to ensure that we not only make clear, important statements on all the issues that affect the world together ... but also on the issues of peace and the consequences of the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine," he said during a joint news conference with Singapore's prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong.(Reuters)

Russia's Lavrov junks reports of being hospitalised at G20

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday dismissed a report that he had been taken to hospital with a heart condition, scolding Western journalists for what he cast as false reporting.(AP)

Singapore Prime Minister hopes for consensus on key issues at G20

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday the difficult issues at the G20 summit include climate change, global economy, security, and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Lee added he does not expect breakthrough on any of key issues at G20, but hope to reach consensus on most issues on the general direction to move ahead.(Reuters)

Xi during meet with Biden says US and China should take history as mirror, let it guide future

US president Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart, Xi, met during the G20 summit in Indonesia where the Chinese president said the two countries should take history as a mirror and let it guide the future.

Biden, upon meeting Xi, had said that both countries had the responsibility to find common ground despite their differences.(With Reuters inputs)

Biden says he and Xi have 'responsibility' to show US, China can 'manage our differences,' find areas of cooperation

US President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping met at the G20 summit amid heightened tensions between the two countries. Biden said that the two have a 'responsibility' to show that US and China can manage differences and find areas of cooperation.(AP)

Biden, Xi shake hands as they meet amid superpower tensions

President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping opened their first in-person meeting Monday since the US president took office nearly two years ago, amid increasing economic and security tensions between the two superpowers as they compete for global influence.(AP)

Indonesia asks European Commission, G7 to "provide support and flexibility" so G20 summit can produce declaration

Indonesian President Joko Widodo asked the European Commission and the G7 bloc to lend "support and flexibility" so that this week's Group of 20 (G20) summit can produce a declaration, he said in a statement on Monday.

"I want concrete results of theG20's work, which the world awaits, to still be achieved," he said during a meeting with Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, ahead of the summit to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday.

France's Macron arrives in Bali for G20 summit

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived Monday in Bali, Indonesia for a summit of the Group of 20 major economies, the first since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Macron hopes leaders at the summit, from which Russian President Vladimir Putin is conspicuously absent, will call on Moscow to enter into "the mindset of de-escalation," a French official said.

China says hopes to bring relations with US 'back on track' at G20

China said on Monday it hopes a meeting between President Xi Jinping and his American counterpart Joe Biden ahead of theG20summit will bring relations "back on track".

Asked by AFP at a regular press briefing what China's expectations were from the face-to-face talks in Bali, foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said Beijing strived for "mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation" with Washington.

"We hope the US will work together with China, appropriately keep differences in check, promote mutually beneficial cooperation and avoid misunderstandings and misjudgments in order to push US-China relations back on track for healthy and stable development," she said.

Xi arrived in Bali on Monday afternoon on only his second overseas trip since the pandemic, after a visit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in September.

Biden earlier said he was hoping to set "guardrails" for relations between the world's two largest economies as they vie for international primacy.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives at Ngurah Rai International Airport ahead of the G20 Summit in Bali

Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrives in Indonesia

For host Indonesia, a G20 summit dogged by Russia-Ukraine rancour

Group of 20 leaders meet on Tuesday under very different circumstances than those host Indonesia envisioned when it began planning the summit last year, with Russia's invasion of Ukraine hanging over proceedings even in the absence of Russia's leader.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrives in Indonesia's Bali for G20 summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday arrived in the Indonesian resort island of Bali to attend theG20leaders' summit, which officially kicks of on Tuesday.

Xi is due to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden later on Monday.

Biden, Xi prepare to meet ahead of G20 summit overshadowed by Ukraine

Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived on the Indonesian island of Bali on Monday for a long-awaited meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, ahead of a Group of 20 (G20) summit set to be fraught with tension over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The two leaders are expected to discuss Taiwan, Ukraine and North Korea's nuclear ambitions, issues that will also loom over theG20that opens on Tuesday without Russian President Vladimir Putin in attendance.

Biden to set 'guardrails' in Xi superpower summit

US President Joe Biden meets China's Xi Jinping in Bali on Monday hoping to set "guardrails" for relations between the world's two largest economies as they vie for international primacy.

The US-China superpower sitdown, on the sidelines of theG20summit, will be the first face-to-face between the pair since Biden took office.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi departs for Bali to attend the G20 summit

China, Australia to hold first summit in years

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he will hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Bali, Indonesia on Tuesday, the first leaders meeting between the two countries after years of soured relations.

Australia PM Albanese to meet with China's Xi on Tuesday

Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday he would hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, in what would be the first meeting between leaders of the two nations after years of strained ties.

Albanese and Xi are in Bali, Indonesia, for a meeting ofG20leaders.

Britain to urge G20 to take coordinated action on economic instability

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will call on the Group of 20 (G20) for coordinated action to address international economic instability and the rising cost of living in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, his government said on Monday.

Sunak is due to attend aG20summit on the Indonesian island of Bali on Tuesday.

"Every household on the planet is feeling the impact of Putin's war," the British government said in a statement issued by its embassy in Indonesia, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin and pointing to sky-rocketing energy bills that are weighing on global growth.