Critics say UN food summit is long on rhetoric and waste, short on help for world’s hungry

Critics say UN food summit wasteful, ineffective

Analysis: G-8 passes the baton to the G-20 with less than stellar results

PITTSBURGH — The world’s most exclusive club has just gotten bigger, and it is promising a lot of big things for the global economy. But it is likely to have just as much trouble delivering results as the smaller group it replaced.

Ascension of G-20 trades 20th-century alignment for the priorities of a new century

PITTSBURGH — For the world, apparently, eight is no longer enough.

World leaders gather for economic checkup; Britain’s Brown calls for greater role for G-20

PITTSBURGH — Turning from outright fear to cautious optimism, world leaders descended on the comeback city of Pittsburgh Thursday to debate how to nurture a recovering but still-wobbly global economy.

Doha round: G-8 pledge to get a deal meets reality of negotiators struggling to make process

GENEVA — The G-8’s pledge to complete a new global trade pact by the end of next year has been met with caution and skepticism by negotiators who have seen a string of similar promises fail to deliver over the last eight years.

Ending week of difficult summitry, facing hard fights at home, Obama enjoys Ghana raves

CAPE COAST, Ghana — For a new president, there inevitably comes that moment: the first time he hears a foreign crowd hoarsely chanting his name, or sees thousands of well-wishers surging forward, or realizes youngsters are running pell-mell beside his motorcade, desperate for a glimpse of his face.

Text of President Barack Obama’s news conference on Friday

Text of President Barack Obama’s news conference on Friday in L’Aquila, Italy, as provided by the White House:

Lackluster G-8 summit brings fresh pressure for expanding too-exclusive world leaders ‘club’

L’AQUILA, Italy — For all the smiles and upbeat talk, the just-ended Group of Eight summit showed how unwieldy the forum has become, run by Cold War-vintage powers while relegating the world’s fastest growing economies — China, India and Brazil — to observers.

Obama discusses abortion, stem cell research with the pope at the Vatican, then heads to Ghana

VATICAN CITY — President Barack Obama sat down with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Friday for frank but constructive talks between two men who agree on helping the poor but disagree on abortion and stem cell research.

Leaders of rich and poor countries launch new approach to world hunger, promise $20 billion

L’AQUILA, Italy — Leaders of rich and developing countries launched a new approach to global hunger Friday, saying they wanted to spend $20 billion on seeds, fertilizers, tools and other aid for small farmers over the next three years so poor nations could feed themselves.

Obama, Pope Benedict XVI meet for first time, discuss international aid and abortion

VATICAN CITY — President Barack Obama sat down with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Friday for frank but constructive talks between two men who agree on helping the poor but disagree on abortion and stem cell research.

UK PM’s wife’s profile rises as she blogs and tweets her way through G8 summit

L’AQUILA, Italy — The wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has kept a blog of her activities on the sidelines of the G-8 Summit, stepping up attempts to boost her public profile while her husband’s popularity is plummeting.

G8 reached partial deal on global warming, pushed for trade deal

L’AQUILA, Italy — Here is a look at key agreements at the Group of Eight summit in L’Aquila, Italy:

Obama, Pope Benedict XVI hold first meeting, White House looks for ‘frank’ talks between them

VATICAN CITY — President Barack Obama sat down with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Friday for a meeting in which frank but constructive talks were expected between two men who agree on helping the poor but disagree on abortion and stem cell research.

Russian president: WTO membership via customs union with Kazakhstan, Belarus “problematic”

L’AQUILA, Italy — Russia’s plans to join the World Trade Organization as a three-way customs union including Kazakhstan and Belarus could be “problematic,” President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday.

Obama meets with Pope Benedict at Vatican; Pope asks about G8 meeting

VATICAN CITY — President Barack Obama sat down with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Friday for a meeting in which frank but constructive talks were expected between two men who agree on helping the poor but disagree on abortion and stem cell research.

Medvedev reiterates threat to deploy missiles near Poland if US goes ahead with missile shield

MOSCOW — President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that Russia will still deploy missiles near Poland if the United States pushes ahead with a missile shield in Eastern Europe.

Obama: World has averted economic disaster but full recovery ’still a ways off’

L’AQUILA, Italy — Lasting worldwide recovery “is still a ways off,” President Barack Obama declared Friday, but he also said at the conclusion of a global summit that a disastrous economic collapse apparently has been averted.

France’s Italian-born first lady donates $70,000 to L’Aquila quake survivors

L’AQUILA, Italy — France’s Italian-born first lady has pledged a personal donation of euro50,000 ($70,000) to a hospital treating quake survivors.

Obama says summits can work better than UN does, but right combination is needed

obama3

Obama says concerns were heard about Iran elections, nuclear program at G-8

L’AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama said Friday the international community is “not going to just wait indefinitely” for Iran to renounce an interest in developing nuclear weapons.

Obama : world’s full economic recovery ’still a ways off’

obama-climate-legislation

Obama hails closing G-8 summit, calls it a productive session to confront difficult challenges

L’AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama is hailing “candid and spirited discussions” at the G-8 summit, saying the world must come to grips with chronic problems like economic stagnation and climate change.

World leaders to provide $20 billion to boost agriculture in poor countries

agriculture

Armenia and Azerbaijan urged by US, France and Russia to resolve Nagorno-Karabakh dispute

L’ACQUILA, Italy — The United States, France and Russia called mutually Friday for the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to settle a long-running dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

World leaders launch $15 billion initiative to promote agriculture in poor countries.

agriculture_field_at_thanjavur

Rich and poor divide at G-8 climate talks shows tough road to cut carbon emissions

L’AQUILA, Italy — The chasm between rich and poor on how to address climate change burst into the open at the G-8 summit Thursday, showing how difficult it will be to persuade the world to make lifestyle and economic sacrifices needed to save the planet from global warming.

Rich and developing countries want to restart world trade talks, discourage protectionism

L’AQUILA, Italy — Leaders of the exclusive club of eight industrialized leaders plus five of the fastest developing nations are calling for open markets and a battle against protectionism as the answer to the world’s economic meltdown.

Clooney at G-8, tours ruins, says he’ll shoot film in Italy quake area

L’AQUILA, Italy — George Clooney has toured the ruins of Italy’s recent earthquake and told the survivors he’ll shoot a film in their mountain region.

Analysis: Obama advancing agenda but finding his global reach only goes so far

L’AQUILA, Italy — Barack Obama is finding that even the reach of a globally popular president goes only so far, leaving him to snatch partial victories as he can. For all his effort, his strategy also banks heavily on the commodity that helped get him elected: hope.

Poll

Does a rapist marrying the rape-victim right the wrong?
Loading ... Loading ...

Latest Tweets

G-8 Summit

  • jessearg other best part of 2012 is the 2 second shot of a black block outside a G-8 summit.

Latest Friend Feeds

G-8 Summit

  • intellibitz G-8 leaders skip UN hunger summit; draft dilutes targets
  • indexhu Obama to Hold Jobs Summit in December: He has also attended G20 and G-8 meetings abroad as well as Russia, Mexi.. https://bit.ly/2KzEJR
  • ikushka G-20 to Replace G-8 as Primary International Economic Summit: The G-20 will announce Friday that
  • mexcan @UliBeudgen This case still on the Canadian gov, our PM brought out on the G-8 summit , Iran offer compensation to the family but was reje
  • randomnescence Analysis: Can G-20 succeed where G-8 failed - Atlanta Journal Constitution
  • wordwritepr Good Morning & Happy Friday! More #G20 coverage from CNN: G-20 to supplant G-8 as international economic council https://bit.ly/qr5L7
  • alltimetvclassics alltimetvclassicscom Officials: Deal will have G-20 eclipse G-8: Leaders of the G-20 econom.. https://bit.ly/2uxJas
  • alltimetvclassics stopthesobs.com Officials: Deal will have G-20 eclipse G-8: Leaders of the G-20 economic summit .. https://bit.ly/2uxJas
  • donlemonfans Officials: Deal will have G-20 eclipse G-8 https://bit.ly/2uxJas - Your Thoughts
  • afbrat1 G-20 would essentially eclipse the more elite G-8: PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Leaders of the G-20 econom.. https://bit.ly/O1TFA
Protected by Comment Guard Pro