South Africa sought to salvage international talks on tackling global poverty on Wednesday as finance chiefs from several leading economies skipped a gathering of Group of 20 nations in Cape Town held against a backdrop of foreign aid cuts.

China and Russia “cannot be moved away” from one another, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told his counterpart Vladimir Putin Monday, in their first phone call since US President Donald Trump upended American foreign policy with a sweeping pivot toward Moscow as he pushes for peace in Ukraine.

It is time for South Africa to emphasise its sovereignty and strategic autonomy in resisting external pressure and maintaining its non-aligned stance, says the writer.

China came out in support of U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to strike a deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, at a G20 meeting in South Africa on Thursday, while U.S. allies rallied around Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Wang, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks in his speech on Thursday at the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's plan to skip the Group of 20 foreign ministers' talks in Johannesburg next week could leave room for China to assume leadership of the group amid a dispute between South Africa and the United States,

Beijing backs all peace efforts, including US President's Donald Trump's latest bid to strike a deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday. In an address to Group of 20 (G20) foreign ministers,

Wang Yi’s visits to African countries maintains China’s solidarity and cooperation with Africa that goes back even before 1990.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 developed and developing nations gathered in South Africa on Wednesday for a two-day meeting marked by the absence of U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and several other high-profile figures.

China says supports US, Russia talks on Ukraine at G20 meeting China willing to continue to play a role in resolving crisis Beijing keen to involve itself in US, Russia talks, analyst says BEIJING ...

China Backs Trump's Ukraine Peace Bid at G20 as US Allies Rally Behind Zelenskiy By Joe Cash and Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) - China came out in support of U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to ...