by Najlaa Habriri | Sep 6, 2016 | World
Hangzhou – International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde described the conclusion of G20 summit as “a very successful meeting,” and said that the IMF looks forward to implementing the agreements reached at the summit. Lagarde was speaking during a...
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Sep 6, 2016 | Opinion
Statements made after the meetings of G20 leaders promise a solution to the war in Syria. The new term being used is “solution to the violence” there. It is neither a political solution nor reconciliation between Syrian powers, but a way of bandaging the crisis that...
by Najlaa Habriri | Sep 5, 2016 | World
Hangzhou- Chinese Authorities assigned up to one million volunteers to serve members of delegations participating in the G20 Summit and around 4,500 local and foreign journalists who arrived in Hangzhou last Friday. A source close to Hangzhou Mayor Zhang Hongming told...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 5, 2016 | World
North Korea fired three ballistic missiles off its east coast Monday, South Korea’s military said, in a new show of force that comes as the leaders of the Group of 20 major economies held a summit in China, the North’s main diplomatic ally. The missiles were...
by Najlaa Habriri | Sep 4, 2016 | World
Hangzhou – Hangzhou city in southwest of Shanghai had changed in the past few months as it prepared for the G20 summit. The Chinese city felt like a ghost town ahead of the arrival of leaders from the world of the 20 countries after the government encouraged residents...
