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1 September 2026

US irks Germany, Europe with Russian G20 invite, press bans

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US irks Germany, Europe with Russian G20 invite, press bans

Russia's finance minister is at the G20 meeting in Asheville but some key US press corps members are not. The mood was already tense amid the lengthy Iran war and Trump's renewed beef with neighbor Canada.

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