Topic: G20

South Korea had the world's 10th largest economy in 2020 and its per capita GDP surpassed Italy's for the first time.

Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Mark Warner, D-Va., introduced a plan to increase taxes on U.S. multinational corporations by overhauling provisions included in the 2017 Republican tax bill.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday called for an end to global "tax competition," which she said distorts the economic playing field and pressures governments to erode their own tax base.

President Joe Biden held his first bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as they reaffirmed their commitment to work together to combat COVID-19 and climate change.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday urged for the creation of a global vaccination plan while chastising the "widely uneven and unfair" distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.

North Korean diplomats met with the former South Korean ambassador to the Holy See in Rome in 2019, at a time when Pope Francis had indicated interest in visiting North Korea, according to reports.

President Joe Biden inherits from Donald Trump a United States that was simultaneously isolated from the rest of the world and openly hostile toward parts of it.

People around the world have become more affected by stress over the past 15 years, Gallup said in a survey Monday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a secret trip to Saudi Arabia to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the first time, as well as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

The G20 leaders closed the 2020 summit in Saudi Arabia by pledging to undertake a global effort to ensure "affordable and equitable access" to a COVID-19 vaccine for all people.