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Can the world move on without the US? G-20 leaders gave it a shot
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The retreat by the US at the G-20 summit has allowed other nations to look past their problems with each other.
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John Eligon
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JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa could not contain his laughter.
A reporter asked him to confirm reports that the United States had dropped its boycott and asked to participate in the Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg just two days before it was set to start. The South African leader barely uttered a word before breaking down in laughter, eventually composing himself and saying he had received a note from the Americans “about a change of mind”.
