Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and his G20 delegation, who were stranded in India due to technical issues with their aircraft, will leave Delhi by late Tuesday afternoon at the earliest, according to PTI. A Canadian news agency said that a replacement plane by the Canadian Armed Forces is on its way to Delhi to pick up Trudeau, and the country’s armed forces are continuing with their best efforts to bring the delegation back home.
In its first official reaction to the G20 Summit, China welcomed the ambitious new India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) plan unveiled on Saturday but said it should not become a “geopolitical tool.” The plan announced by India, the US, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, France, Germany, Italy and the EU is seen as a counter to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). China also welcomed the New Delhi Declaration, which “reaffirmed” that the G-20 was a forum for “economic cooperation” and “not a platform to resolve geopolitical and security issues.”
On Monday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s trip to Russia and talks with President Vladimir Putin will be a full-scale visit. According to Peskov, the primary focus of the discussions will be bilateral relations between neighbouring countries. “We will continue to strengthen our friendship,” he added.
The US President Joe Biden’s administration is close to approving the transfer of longer-range missiles packed with cluster bombs to Ukraine, allowing Kyiv the potential to cause significant damage deeper within Russian-occupied territory, as stated by US officials.
On Tuesday, Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa was acquitted of her final tax evasion charge. Ressa, a vocal critic of former President Rodrigo Duterte and his deadly war on drugs, has long maintained that the lawsuits against her and the news website Rappler were politically motivated.
TEPCO, the operator of the earthquake-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, announced on Monday that it had safely finished the first round of release of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. It will inspect and clean the facility before beginning the second phase in a few weeks.