Toyako, Japan - Under pressure to deliver, the leaders of the world's seven richest countries and Russia will meet in Japan on Monday and Tuesday to discuss the impact of spiralling food and oil pr

Toyako, Japan - The Group of Eight (G8) summit opened Monday on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido with a meeting with African leaders, amid concerns that the world's richest nations may bac

Toyako, Japan - The European Union urged Group of Eight (G8) leaders meeting in Japan on Monday to approve "meaningful," "ambitious" and "binding" long-term goals to combat climate change.

Toyako, Japan - The European Union is to provide an extra 1 billion euros (1.57 billion dollars) in aid to help farmers in poor countries as part of its response to the global food crisis, Europea

Tokyo - As the leaders of the world's largest economies gathered in the northern island of Hokkaido Monday for the Group of Eight (G8) summit, an estimated 150 people set out on a protest rally fr

Tokyo - Japan's foreign reserves exceeded 1 trillion dollars in June on rises in the appraisal value of the nation's euro-denominated assets and gold holdings, the Finance Ministry said Monday.