Topic: G20

An excerpt from former national security adviser John Bolton's upcoming book states that President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to help him win the 2020 presidential election by buying farm goods.

The coronavirus death toll in the original epicenters in the world, including China, Italy and Washington state, have subsided tremendously as hotspots emerge elsewhere as the fatalities neared 250,000.

World leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined in the WHO announcement Friday to begin the "landmark collaboration."

U.S. oil is suffering unprecedented distress, as demonstrated by the benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude price crashing into negative territory.

Global oil producers on Sunday reached a deal to cut production worldwide by 10 percent in response to a drop in demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic and a price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia.

Japanese scientists say they have developed plastic that can disintegrate at sea within 30 days.

Eight countries including China, North Korea and Russia are demanding the easing of sanctions in response to the global coronavirus pandemic, according to a Russian press report.

Leaders of the G20 nations on Thursday said they would inject $5 trillion into the global economy in an attempt to soften the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.

The International Monetary Fund said it expects the coronavirus pandemic to cause a global recession this year on par with or worse than the one experienced during the global financial crisis.

Saudi Arabia executed 184 people in 2019 the most in six years, human rights organization Reprieve said on Monday.

More than 8,000 people die annually from antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Japan.

China's Foreign Ministry condemned the United States' decision to bar China Nuclear Power Corp and three of its subsidies from doing business with U.S. companies as an abuse of export control.

The government in Beijing said Thursday it will retaliate for a new round of U.S. tariffs for Chinese exports to the United States, even though President Donald Trump withdrew some and delayed others.

North Korea experienced worsening drought through July.

The United States and China resumed trade negotiations Tuesday in Shanghai, for the first talks away from the capital cities of Washington and Beijing.