- Obama urging governments to action at UN climate summit https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/barack-obama-paris-scotland-glasgow-joe-biden-b1953537.html 11 comments politics
- Apple CEO calls for stricter corporate, government climate goals at U.N. summit https://uk.reuters.com/article/apple-climate/apple-ceo-calls-for-stricter-corporate-government-climate-goals-at-u-n-summit-idukkbn28m0oh 32 comments technology
- Chinese government orders fishing boats to behave during G-20 summit https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/30/china-orders-fishing-boats-to-behave-during-g-20-summit.html 8 comments worldnews
- Trump expected to attend G7 summit - Canada government official https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-g7-summit/trump-expected-to-attend-g7-summit-canada-government-official-idukkcn1j12e8?rpc=401& 8 comments politics
- British government to host summit on why other countries should join the EU https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-uk-summit-why-join-eu-balkans-serbia-albania-berlin-process-a8347111.html?fbclid=iwar1foz8hwwcfgkbatixl2bqczury5gd5adrs-mdin2rkhoy4hpji8zvfqxq 208 comments europe
- Brexit: UK government to host summit on why other countries should join the EU https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-uk-summit-why-join-eu-balkans-serbia-albania-berlin-process-a8347111.html?utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#link_time=1526215806 3 comments worldnews
- Brexit: UK government to host summit on why other countries should join the EU https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-uk-summit-why-join-eu-balkans-serbia-albania-berlin-process-a8347111.html 9 comments worldnews
- Brexit: UK government to host summit on why other countries should join the EU https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-uk-summit-why-join-eu-balkans-serbia-albania-berlin-process-a8347111.html 11 comments europe
- Polish government considers blocking conclusions of Thursday's European Council summit in case Donald Tusk wins reelection [translation in comments] http://wpolityce.pl/polityka/330706-nasz-news-znamy-polski-plan-b-na-wypadek-proby-silowego-przeforsowania-kandydatury-tuska-na-szefa-rady-europejskiej 4 comments europe
- Australian government seen globally as climate 'denialist', UN summit observers say https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/25/australian-government-seen-globally-as-climate-denialist-un-summit-observers-say 5 comments worldnews
- Sweden may miss EU summit due to ongoing government crisis https://www.thelocal.se/20181207/sweden-may-miss-eu-summit-due-to-ongoing-government-crisis 25 comments europe
- Brexit: UK government to host summit on why other countries should join the EU | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-uk-summit-why-join-eu-balkans-serbia-albania-berlin-process-a8347111.html?utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#link_time=1526215806 3 comments europe
- Trust Is Hard to Find at the U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow - Young activists are right to doubt the pledges of governments, financial firms, and the fossil-fuel industry https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/trust-is-hard-to-find-at-the-un-climate-summit-in-glasgow 6 comments politics
- Supporters of Cuba’s government aggressively heckled dissidents from the communist-run island at the start of the Summit of the Americas in Panama. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/cuban-dissidents-heckled-at-americas-summit/2015/04/08/fd5ed56c-de4c-11e4-b6d7-b9bc8acf16f7_story.html 4 comments worldnews
- All of the major internet organisations have pledged, at a summit in Uruguay, to free themselves of the influence of the US government. http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-10/12/us-internet-control 16 comments politics
- All of the major internet organisations have pledged, at a summit in Uruguay, to free themselves of the influence of the US government. http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-10/12/us-internet-control 358 comments technology
- Copenhagen Summit: Leaked draft text proposed by the Danish host government would disadvantage poorer nations. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8402502.stm 3 comments worldnews
- Steve Kokinos, CEO of Algorand Inc., will speak at the International Tech Summit 2022! Hosted in partnership with the Government of Bermuda and Canadian Consulate General https://www.internationaltechsummit.com/ 7 comments cryptocurrency
- Cop26 delegates will not need Scottish Government’s vaccine passports - Around 30,000 people are expected to visit the city in November for the international summit on climate change. https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19626766.vaccine-passports-cop26-delegates-will-not-need-proof-vaccination/ 7 comments worldnews
- Dementia poses threat to health similar to HIV and Aids, summit told - Dutch government warns there will be 75 million people with condition worldwide by 2030 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/oct/18/dementia-similar-threat-global-health-hiv-aids-world-summit 27 comments worldnews
- Donald Trump sees Kim Jong Un summit as TV ratings gold, wanted it as distraction from government shutdown: Report https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-kim-jong-un-summit-tv-ratings-gold-distraction-shutdown-1343177 26 comments politics
- Iceland's government: positive on hosting Trump-Putin summit in Reykjavik within weeks of the inauguration http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2017/01/15/trump_wants_reykjavik_summit_with_putin/ 3 comments worldnews
- India predicts it will exceed Paris renewable energy target by half - Government forecasts 57% of electricity will come from renewable sources by 2027, above 40% target agreed at climate summit https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/21/india-renewable-energy-paris-climate-summit-target 20 comments technology
- More than 2 million residents of the Chinese city of Hangzhou have gone on subsidized vacation ahead of the G20 summit. Government has distributed travel coupons worth more than $1.5 billion and free admission in scenic spots across China for the city's residents. http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/residents-of-hangzhou-leave-on-vacation-ahead-of-g20-summit/article/473962 793 comments worldnews
- Cape Town Nobel summit cancelled, after the event was hit by a boycott over the South African government's refusal to grant the Dalai Lama a visa http://news.iafrica.com/sa/963474.html 3 comments worldnews
- President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that China had probably taken advantage of his absence from a summit in Asia this week and he warned that the government shutdown and fiscal debate were hurting U.S. credibility abroad. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/08/us-usa-fiscal-obama-asia-idusbre99715q20131008 64 comments worldnews
- Eurozone Has Only Days --- Ten days, to be exact. Until summit on December 9. And it can only survive if governments make ECB lender of last resort, issue eurobonds, and create fiscal union. Which they won't. So that's about it for the single currency http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d9a299a8-1760-11e1-b00e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1evzcq63k 23 comments worldnews
- UAE- Elon Musk's plan for life on Mars a 'dangerous delusion', says astrophysicist Lord Martin Rees at World Government Summit https://menafn.com/1101734100/uae-elon-musks-plan-for-life-on-mars-a-dangerous-delusion-says-astrophysicist-lord-martin-rees-at-world-government-summit 288 comments worldnews
- EU set to sanction Turkey over ships in disputed East Med exploration area - ministers agreed to leave any decision to EU government leaders, who are set to meet for a two-day summit from September 24. https://www.ekathimerini.com/256343/article/ekathimerini/news/eu-set-to-sanction-turkey-over-ships-in-disputed-east-med-exploration-area 5 comments europe
- Climate crisis is 'challenge of civilisation', says pope | The climate emergency is a “challenge of civilisation” requiring sweeping changes to economic systems, but political leaders have not done enough, the pope has said in a message to governments at the annual climate summit in Madrid https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/dec/05/climate-crisis-is-challenge-of-civilisation-says-pope 5 comments worldnews
- Not just Greta Thunberg, this young Indian climate activist is also taking on govts | Eleven-year-old Ridhima Pandey is one of the 16 petitioners who filed a complaint to protest the lack of government action on the climate crisis at the UN Climate Action Summit. https://theprint.in/india/not-just-greta-thunberg-this-young-indian-climate-activist-is-also-taking-on-govts/297956/ 106 comments india
- ITC, Tatas, others tapped for J&K’s first investors summit. Government also plans to bring in investors from Middle East, Malaysia and Singapore. https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/itc-tatas-others-tapped-for-jks-first-investors-summit/amp_articleshow/70562327.cms 48 comments india
- Global investors managing $32tn issued a stark warning to governments at the UN climate summit on Monday, demanding urgent cuts in carbon emissions and the phasing out of all coal burning. Without these, the world faces a financial crash several times worse than the 2008 crisis, they said. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/10/tackle-climate-or-face-financial-crash-say-worlds-biggest-investors 15 comments worldnews
- Apple and Google Just Attended a Confidential Spy Summit in a Remote English Mansion | The three-day conference included current or former spy chiefs from seven countries, including the US and UK, plus academics and journalists to discuss government surveillance in the aftermath of Snowden’s leaks https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/22/apple-google-spy-summit-cia-gchq-ditchley-surveillance/ 35 comments worldnews
- Apple and Google Just Attended a Confidential Spy Summit in a Remote English Mansion | The three-day conference included current or former spy chiefs from seven countries, including the US and UK, plus academics and journalists to discuss government surveillance in the aftermath of Snowden’s leaks https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/22/apple-google-spy-summit-cia-gchq-ditchley-surveillance/ 342 comments technology
- Gorbachev calls for U.S.-Russia summit to defrost ties "This is extremely dangerous, with tensions as high as they are now. We may not live through these days: someone could lose their nerve," he wrote in a commentary entitled "To unfreeze relations" for government daily Rossiyskaya Gazeta. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/10/us-ukraine-crisis-gorbachev-iduskbn0jo1f320141210 352 comments worldnews
- More than 400 protesters stuck their heads in the sand on Sydney's Bondi Beach on Thursday. The stunt was meant to mock the Australian government's reluctance to put climate change on the agenda of this weekend's G20 summit, being held in the country. http://www.cbc.ca/news/australians-bury-heads-in-sand-to-mock-government-climate-stance-1.2833630 50 comments worldnews
- The White House will host more than 40 African heads of state for a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit next week, the first event of its kind and the largest such event any U.S. president has held with African governments. http://www.whitehouse.gov/us-africa-leaders-summit 9 comments worldnews
- Latin American leaders slammed European governments on Wednesday for diverting Bolivian President Evo Morales' plane on rumors it was carrying a wanted former U.S. spy agency contractor, and announced an emergency summit in a new diplomatic twist to the Edward Snowden saga. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/04/us-usa-security-latinamerica-idusbre96214k20130704 10 comments worldevents
- Governments must not censor internet, says William Hague, UK Foreign secretary, in challenge to China and Russia, tells cyber summit global treaties to police web would be counter-productive (while the UK has started to censor porn) http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/nov/01/governments-must-not-censor-internet 10 comments worldnews