President Donald Trump was asked to clarify his sentiments to Russian President Vladimir Putin when he appeared to make light of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
A Brazilian Air Force officer traveling with President Jair Bolsonaro's G20 contingent was arrested late Tuesday, after he was caught with 39 kilograms (roughly 86 lbs) of cocaine.
Larry Kudlow, President Donald Trump's top economic adviser, said Sunday there is a "strong possibility" Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 economic summit in Japan next month and said he expects China to retaliate against the US for its increase last week in tariffs on Chinese goods as Beijing has indicated it would.
Ahead of a high stakes meeting between Chinese and US leaders at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, a top US security official has demanded the release of two young Americans who say they've been prevented from leaving China.
A meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will go ahead on Saturday on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Argentina, the Kremlin said Thursday.
President Donald Trump once mocked his predecessor as he confronted Russia's 2014 aggression in Ukraine, saying Russian President Vladimir Putin was "having a great time toying with the President."
President Donald Trump will head overseas after November's midterm elections, the White House said on Friday, making stops in Europe and South America even as he forgoes yearly summits in Asia usually attended by the US leader.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is "very hopeful" the U.S. can make progress brokering separate free trade deals with the European Union and Japan during a weekend summit in Buenos Aires.
Frictions over global trade are likely to escalate as finance chiefs of the Group of 20 nations arrive in Buenos Aires on Monday.
