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The U.S. ambassador has enthusiastically embraced his host country. But critics say he has overstepped diplomatic bounds with his advocacy on equality.

Since taking up his post as U.S. ambassador to Japan last year, Rahm Emanuel has lavished his host country with enthusiastic tweets about riding the world-class bullet trains and subways, hiking Mount Fuji or sampling local delicacies and festivals.

Leaving the door open for new gas infrastructure directly contradicts the 2022 G7 pledge to end international public finance for fossil fuel.

Hundreds of civil society organisations from dozens of countries have taken to the streets around the world to demand that the G7 stop peddling fossil fuels to developing countries and stop promoting false solutions to the climate crisis.

China’s bid to position itself as a peace broker when it comes to Ukraine and Russia presents a “daunting challenge” for Beijing, political analysts say.

China said it is willing to help bring about a ceasefire in Ukraine, but insisted "there is no panacea to resolve the crisis."

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China's bid to position itself as a peace broker when it comes to Ukraine and Russia presents a "daunting challenge" for Beijing, political analysts say.

This weekend G7 leaders will meet in Hiroshima, a month after G7 ministers left the door open to new gas investments, falsely claiming to have ended fossil fuel finance. Civil society organizations in Japan and around the world are urging G7 countries to hold fast against pro-fossil fuel language in the outcome of the Leaders Summit, and instead reaffirm and strengthen the 2022 commitment to end international public finance for fossil fuels and shift this public money to clean energy.