Trump, Putin discuss expansion of G7 summit, oil markets over phone

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over the phone on Monday and discussed plans of expanding the Group of 7 to include a more diverse gathering of countries, such as India and Russia, that would better represent the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The development comes two days after Trump said he would invite Putin to attend a G7 summit in the United States in September, the latest instance of a renewed round of personal diplomacy between the two leaders this year, according to The New York Times. Hours after the Kremlin first described the call on its website, the White House released a statement saying that the men had...