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The Russian embassy in Jakarta confirms that President Vladimir Putin will not attend the G20 summit in Bali on November 15–16. However, the embassy intends to have Putin attend the summit virtually.
2022-11-10

Lawmakers in Germany draft a plan to legalize the recreational use of small amounts of cannabis, pending formal approval by the Bundestag in 2024.
2022-10-26

President Joko Widodo visits China for diplomatic talks, formally inviting President Xi Jinping to the G20 summit in Bali. Widodo will also visit Japan and South Korea on the trip.
2022-07-26

G20 finance leaders end a meeting in Bali without a joint communique, as consensus could not be reached on multiple issues due to tensions caused by ongoing conflicts between the countries.
2022-07-16

Russian President Vladimir Putin accepts an invitation to the upcoming G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is also invited to the summit.
2022-04-29

In his speech at the G20 summit in Rome, president Alberto Fernández says that huge debts "condemn generations" and that the "current system prioritizes speculation over the development of the peoples", while also condemning the previous administration of Mauricio Macri for accepting a $46 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund.
2021-10-30

Russian President Vladimir Putin tells G20 leaders that his country is ready to provide their Sputnik V vaccine to other countries who need it.
2020-11-21

Legal sales of recreational-use marijuana, authorized by Alaska ballot measure 2 in 2014, begin in Juneau, the state capital of Alaska.
2016-11-25

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qi-shan has held talks with US Treasury, Secretary Timothy Geithner at Qingdao Airport, east China's Shandong province. They exchanged views on Sino-US economic relations, and preparations for the upcoming G20 Summit.
2010-10-24