Tag: Summits
Swiss detail extra security measures for Biden-Putin summit
GENEVA — Swiss authorities will temporarily restrict airspace over the city of Geneva and deploy up to 1,000 troops to the area to help...
Greece willing to back ‘positive’ EU agenda for Turkey
ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s prime minister said Friday that his government is willing to back the European Union’s “positive” agenda for relations with Turkey,...
EXPLAINER: Curbing tax avoidance by multinational companies
FRANKFURT, Germany — How can governments keep multinational companies from avoiding taxes by shifting profits to subsidiaries in low-tax countries?
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Biden sells G-7 on global tax, but U.S. Congress is a hurdle
President Joe Biden might have persuaded some of the world's largest economies to hike taxes on corporations, but the U.S. Congress could be a...
G-7 nations gather to pledge 1B vaccine doses for world
CARBIS BAY, England — World leaders from the Group of Seven industrialized nations are set to commit at their summit to share at least...
Lucky number: Biden is 13th US president set to meet queen
LONDON — Imagine trying to make an impression on someone who’s met, well, almost everyone.
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Biden to lay out vax donations, urge world leaders to join
MAWGAN PORTH, England — One year ago, the U.S. was the deadliest hotspot of the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing the cancellation of the Group of...
The new guy? Biden debuts at democracy’s most exclusive club
WASHINGTON — Angela, Boris, Emmanuel, Justin, Mario, Yoshihide and a relative newcomer: Joe.
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Allies hope to bond, look beyond virus at G-7 summit in UK
LONDON — There will be roundtable meetings, one-on-one chats and a group photo against a picturesque backdrop. When leaders of some of the world’s...
Asia welcomes US vaccine donations amid cold storage worries
SEOUL, South Korea — Health officials and experts in Asia have welcomed U.S. plans to share 500 million more doses of the Pfizer vaccine...