G20 talks end without consensus amid escalating global tensions

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The failure to reach consensus at the G20 highlights widening fractures among major economies as ministers grapple with overlapping security, energy and supply-chain challenges. Discussions addressed energy security, global supply-chain resilience and geopolitical tensions affecting trade and economic stability, while the Ukraine crisis and U.S.-Iran conflict complicated efforts to produce a unified statement.[1][3] Other major developments included renewed violence surrounding cost-of-living protests in France and Germany, fighting involving Houthi forces in Yemen, and efforts by Ukraine and Türkiye to establish a new Black Sea grain corridor.[1][3][5]

Sources: Anadolu Agency, Nhan Dan, The Straits Times