Britain wants Australia to commit more on tackling climate change, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said on Saturday, stepping up the pressure on several countries before the United Nations climate summit next week.
World Bank President David Malpass on Saturday called on leaders of the Group of 20 rich nations to speed up work on debt restructuring for low-income countries, including a freeze on debt payments and mandatory participation of private creditors.
A group of former Lebanese prime ministers on Saturday called on Information Minister George Kordahi to resign after comments by him that stirred a widening diplomatic row with Saudi Arabia.
Qatar on Saturday denounced recent comments by Lebanese information minister George Kordahi that stirred a growing diplomatic rift with Gulf Arab countries, a statement from the media office of the Qatari foreign ministry said.
The World Health Organization and Norway's prime minister called on Thursday on G20 leaders meeting in Rome this weekend to use their financial and political power to fund the ACT Accelerator programme's latest $23.4 billion plan to end COVID-19.