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European Council President Charles Michel (from left), Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, President Emmanuel Macron, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, President Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at a monument for atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima, Japan, Friday.

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Japan's atomic bomb survivors hope G-7 firms up support for nuclear disarmament

6:13am May 21, 2023

by Anthony Kuhn

As President Biden and Group of Seven leaders gathered in Hiroshima, people in Japan wanted the setting to act as a powerful symbol for consensus toward banning nuclear arms.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appears on screen to speak at the opening of the 4th Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe on May 16. Ukraine announced on Friday that Zelenskyy will travel to Japan this weekend to attend the Group of Seven leading industrial nations' summit.

Zelenskyy expected to attend G-7 summit as leaders agree to new sanctions on Russia

11:03am May 19, 2023

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to meet with the group of seven leading industrial nations' meeting in Japan this weekend, as member states intensify sanctions on Russia.

President Biden arrives at an event at the White House on May 11, 2023. This week he will travel to Hiroshima, Japan for the G-7 summit.

Biden is going to Hiroshima at a moment when nuclear tensions are on the rise

5:10am May 15, 2023

by Scott Detrow

President Biden will be the second sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, Japan, the site of the first atomic attack. He is going there for a meeting with G-7 leaders.

An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis complex, part of Chernomortransneft JSC, a subsidiary of Transneft PJSC, in Novorossiysk, Russia, Oct. 11, one of the largest facilities for oil and petroleum products in southern Russia. The deadline is looming for Western allies to agree on a price cap on Russia oil.

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What to know about the West's new efforts to slash Russia's oil revenue

3:14pm December 02, 2022

by Jackie Northam

Plans take effect next week that would ban most Russian oil imports from Europe and put a price cap on the oil going elsewhere. But Russia could still make money off oil to fund its war in Ukraine.

A woman reacts as rescuers evacuate the body of her husband, who was killed in a rocket attack on a residential area in Kharkiv on Monday. The head of Kharkiv's regional administration said a Russian strike on Ukraine's second-largest city killed at least

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (June 27)

4:59pm June 27, 2022

by NPR Staff

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Last year, President Biden announced "Build Back Better World," meant to compete with China's Belt and Road Initiative. This year at the G-7, Biden will unveil the first projects.

Biden said the G-7 would counter Chinese influence. This year, he'll try again

3:42pm June 24, 2022

by Tamara Keith

At the last G-7, President Biden announced a plan for the West to counter China's influence in low- and middle-income countries. But not much has happened since. This year, there's a relaunch.

Annalena Baerbock, Foreign Minister of Germany, welcomes Jean-Yves Le Drian, Foreign Minister of France, for bilateral talks at the Schlossgut during the the summit of foreign ministers of the G7 Group of leading democratic economic powers at the Weissenh

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G7 warn of Ukraine grain crisis, ask China not to aid Russia

3:59am May 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Group of Seven leading economies warned Saturday that the war in Ukraine is stoking a global food and energy crisis which threatens poor countries.

President Biden departs the White House on Wednesday for his trip to Brussels and Poland, where he plans to work to keep allies unified on their response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Biden and U.S. allies plan to step up sanctions on Russia over its war in Ukraine

9:22am March 23, 2022

by Tamara Keith

President Biden will meet with NATO allies and G-7 leaders on Thursday before heading to Poland — a nation grappling with millions of Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia's war in their country.

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President Biden waves as he prepares to depart the airport after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, on June 16.

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Opinion: We Don't Need A Biden Doctrine Dividing The World Into Good And Bad

6:10pm June 22, 2021

President Biden sees foreign policy as a battle between democracies and autocracies — and that's a flawed doctrine, according to analysts Aaron David Miller and Richard Sokolsky.

President Biden meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of the G-7 summit. A White House official said Biden did a lot of "diplomatic speed-dating" with world leaders.

Biden Pushes G-7 Allies To Take A Tougher Stance On China

2:59pm June 13, 2021

by Franco Ordoñez

President Biden has said China poses one of the biggest strategic challenges to the United States. At the G-7, he convinced key allies to help push back against Beijing.