China came out in support of U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to strike a deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, at a G20 meeting in South Africa on Thursday, while U.S. allies rallied around Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in South Africa for a two-day meeting of the Group of 20 nations, where top European diplomats are expected to reinforce their support for Ukraine

South Africa's rand strengthened against a weaker dollar on Thursday, as investors digested U.S. data and President Donald Trump's tariff plans.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Thursday he met Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a regular exchange of views on the economy and financial markets. Ueda also said he would likely attend the G7 and G20 finance leaders' meeting to be held next week in Cape Town,

G20, a film starring Viola Davis as fictional U.S. President Danielle Sutton. Sutton (Davis) attends a G20 summit alongside "the 20 most powerful world leaders," when they are attacked by a group intent on taking over global financial markets.

South Africa's G20 presidency was meant to be an opportunity to get rich, powerful nations to pay attention to poorer countries' concerns such as burgeoning inequality, crippling sovereign debt and a lack of progress in the fight against climate change.

U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said he saw no appetite for peace from Russia in Ukraine after listening to a speech by Russia's top diplomat at a tense Group of 20 meeting in South Africa on Thursday.

British Foreign Minister David Lammy said on Thursday he saw no appetite from Russia for peace with Ukraine after listening to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov talk at a closed-door meeting of the top G20 diplomats in South Africa.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will skip a two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the leading rich and developing nations that starts on Thursday after criticizing host South Africa's policies as anti-American.

EGOT winner Viola Davis ( The Woman King, Fences) steps into the U.S. presidency in G20, an upcoming thriller directed by Patricia Riggen. Davis plays President Danielle Sutton, a veteran on her way to the G20 Summit with her husband (Anthony Anderson,

In the trailer for Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming thriller “G20,” EGOT winner Viola Davis plays the president of the United States as she fights to survive during a siege of the G20 international summit.