Bach's praise of Xi coincide with leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations warning that China represents the world's greatest challenge to security and prosperity.

Source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1137189/ioc-president-bach-chinese-president-xi

Bloomberg reports that the ‘UK remains the only Group of Seven country that has yet to fully recover from the pandemic, with output last quarter 0.2% below its level at the end of 2019.’

Source: https://leftfootforward.org/2023/08/chart-sums-up-perfectly-just-how-bad-britains-economy-is-under-the-tories/

Britain is the only Group of Seven country whose economy has yet to recover its pre-pandemic size.

Source: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/britains-hunt-keep-tight-budget-eye-2024-election-1713831

China represents the world's greatest challenge to security and prosperity, but other leading economies should not seek to fully decouple from it, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday after a summit of the Group of Seven (G7) nations.

Source: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/china-poses-worlds-biggest-security-challenge-uk-pm-rishi-sunak-4053398

Kishida, the last Group of Seven leader to visit the country, had come under increasing pressure to make the trip, as Japan hosts the grouping’s summit this May.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/world/xi-putin-hail-new-era-of-ties-in-united-front-against-west.html

Outreach to the so-called “Global South”, shorthand for some low- and middle-income countries including India, has been a focus at this year’s Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima.

Source: https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/05/20/at-g7-japan-and/

Protesters confront riot police during a march against the Group of Seven (G7) meeting being held in Hiroshima, western Japan, Sunday, May 21, 2023.

Source: https://www.thenationalherald.com/g7-ends-with-ukraine-in-focus-as-zelenskyy-meets-world-leaders-and-russia-claims-disputed-gains/

Security has been also ramped up in Japan as senior diplomats from some of the world’s most powerful democracies arrive for Sunday’s Group of Seven foreign minister meetings.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/japan-pm-kishida-evacuated-after-blast-at-outdoor-speech-reports/article66739973.ece

Shiro Suzuki made the remark after the Group of Seven industrial powers adopted a separate document on nuclear disarmament in May that called for using nuclear…

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The Group of Seven advanced economies are expected to announce a new set of sanctions against to try to further hinder its war effort in during their summit in Hiroshima, Japan.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/russia-ap-japan-ukraine-eu-council-b2342514.html

The Group of Seven (G7) leaders, who will be joined this weekend by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, pledged to restrict any exports to Russia that could help it in its 15-month-old invasion of Ukraine.

Source: https://pragativadi.com/g7-nations-decide-to-stiffen-sanctions-against-russia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=g7-nations-decide-to-stiffen-sanctions-against-russia

The International Monetary Fund predicted this week that the United Kingdom would avoid falling into recession this year after previously expecting it to be one of the worst performing among the Group of Seven leading industrial nations.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1774167/germany-economy-recession-second-quarter

The meeting of Group of Seven (G7) energy and ministers ended Sunday without a deadline to halt new coal investments or the kinds of firm commitments that advocates have said are necessary to limit global warming.

Source: https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/economy/arid-41117746.html

The outcomes of the 49th Hiroshima Group of Seven Summit was discussed during a June 26 briefing.

Source: https://astanatimes.com/2023/06/kazakh-foreign-ministry-hosts-briefing-on-key-takeaways-from-g7-summit/

The prime minister will also hold talks with his counterparts in Italy, the United Kingdom and Canada as Japan prepares to host a Group of Seven summit scheduled for May 19 to 21 in Hiroshima.

Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/01/10/national/politics-diplomacy/kishida-biden-summit-preview/

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, walks to a car upon his arrival at Hiroshima Airport to attend the Group of Seven (G7) nations' meetings in Hiroshima, western Japan Saturday, May 20, 2023.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/world-news/ukraines-zelenskyy-arrives-in-hiroshima-for-g7-summit-as-world-leaders-sanction-russia-7029714

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the top Republican in Washington, hope to finalize a deal on the debt ceiling after Biden returns from the Group of Seven meeting in Japan on Sunday.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/factbox-biden-mccarthy-debt-ceiling-deal---whats-in-whats-out/article_07763f77-f5ea-5d39-a532-c77cbb53ba65.html

World leaders have ratcheted up pressure on Russia over its war against Ukraine, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the centre of a swirl of diplomacy on the final day of the Group of Seven (G7) summit.

Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/2023/05/21/world-leaders-rally-around-ukraine/