G20 Summit: Bloc Breaks Tradition, Ignores US Pressure in South Africa; Sends Clear Message to Trump

Africa: World Backs South Africa As G20 Deal Passes Without the Usa

South Africa pushes ahead at the G20 summit after the United States walks out of all talks and rejects climate change in the final declaration. President Cyril Ramaphosa says skipping the summit undermines the first African G20 presidency and warns he will "hand over to an empty chair".

G20 grapples with splintering world order

Johannesburg (AFP) -- G20 leaders gathered Sunday in South Africa hailed multilateralism -- even as they struggled to adapt to a changing world order beset by go-it-alone US policies, wars and deepening geopolitical rivalries.

The G20 summit in South Africa ends with the glaring absence of the US after Trump's boycott

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Group of 20 summit in South Africa ended Sunday with the glaring absence of the United States — the next country to lead the bloc — after the Trump administration boycotted the two days of talks involving leaders of the world’s richest and top developing economies. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa declared the summit in Johannesburg closed by banging a wooden gavel on a block like a judge would, in a G20 tradition.…

Albo joins global Trump rebuke

Anthony Albanese says a declaration rebuking Donald Trump is “a good thing”.

G20 adopts declaration despite US boycott

It is unusual for world leaders to adopt a declaration at the start of the G20. Officials from G20 summit host South Africa said Washington had pressured them not to adopt a declaration in its absence.

U.S. foreign policy causes shift for G20, Ukraine allies at South Africa summit

JOHANNESBURG — The world's most influential nations gathered in South Africa to work around Washington's disruptive foreign policy Saturday, reaching consensus on issues like climate change and gender equality while pushing back on a Ukraine deal tha