the Ukraine war and how to tackle climate change have long made it hard for the G20 grouping to make serious progress on global challenges, but the latest no-shows risk further undermining its credibility. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent did not attend.

Bessent's absence follows a boycott of a G20 foreign ministers meeting in South Africa last week by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio as the Trump administration has been openly critical of the ...

G20 meeting in South Africa, highlighting deepening global divisions on climate finance and economic policies. With notable absences from key nations and against a backdrop of foreign aid cuts, the me

Officials from US, China, Japan, India and Brazil among those who will not attend this week’s meetings in Cape Town

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 developed and developing nations gathered in South Africa on Wednesday for a two-day meeting marked by the absence of U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and several other high-profile figures.