US President Donald Trump on Saturday praised German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the “fantastic job” organizing the G20 summit, despite violent protests that blocked his wife Melania for hours. Merkel organized the summit “so professionally and without much interruption despite a few people (who) seemed to follow your G20s around,” ...
King Salman of Saudi Arabia has cancelled attendance at this week’s G20 summit in Hamburg, the German government said Monday, as Riyadh is engaged in a diplomatic standoff with Qatar. “The government has received official notification that King Salman will not travel to the G20 summit,” a spokesman told AFP.