The White House said Friday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy should take part in a Group of 20 summit in Bali if Vladimir Putin attends, after Indonesia’s leader said the Russian president would probably join. “As President Biden has said publicly himself, he does not think...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will attend the upcoming Group of 20 summit, the leader of host nation Indonesia said in an interview published Friday. The pair's attendance would set the stage for showdown talks with US President Joe...
Rehabilitating the old Agus-Pulangi hydropower plants in Mindanao will allow the Marcos administration to kill two birds with one stone, says Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte. Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo "Pulong" Duterte (PNA) According to Duterte, rehabilitating the decades-old...
The Marcos administration will continue pursuing a whole-of-nation approach in mitigating climate risks, committing the Philippines to be at the forefront of global climate action, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. At a recent G20 high-level breakfast discussion on climate change mitigation,...
BALI, Indonesia -- Western finance chiefs condemned Moscow's invasion of Ukraine at G20 talks in Indonesia Friday, accusing Russia of sending a "shockwave" through the world economy and its technocrats of complicity in the war's alleged atrocities. Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani (C...
BALI, Indonesia - Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs from top economies met in Indonesia Friday for talks on the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with the host warning them failure to tackle energy and food crises would be catastrophic. IndonesiaÂ’s Finance Minister...
BALI, Indonesia - Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs from top economies will meet in Indonesia Friday for talks on the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has roiled markets, spiked food prices and stoked breakneck inflation. The two-day meeting takes place on the...
The Philippines’ accelerated Covid-19 vaccine deployment was hailed as among the most laudable by G20 (Group of Twenty), an influential intergovernmental forum comprised of 19 countries and the European Union (EU). Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. presents updates on the Covid-19 vaccination...
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong; International Monetary Fund (FMI) Managing director Kristalina Georgieva; Director General, World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez; Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi; Australian Prime Minister...
Participants attending the Group of Twenty (G20) Leaders' Summit pose for a group photo in Rome, Italy, Oct. 30, 2021. (Xinhua) ROME, Italy -- The G20 Summit in Rome ended on Sunday with the adoption of a declaration reaffirming the crucial role of multilateralism and international cooperation in...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve heard a lot about global solidarity. Unfortunately, words by themselves will not end the pandemic – or curb the impact of the climate crisis. Now is the moment to show what solidarity means in practice. As...
