The Group of 20 major economies has been instrumental in coordinating the response to crises like the COVID pandemic. But top officials from the U.S. and several other member states skipped the G20 finance ministers’ meeting in South Africa this week, raising questions about the group's continued relevance in a splintered global environment.

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 developed and developing nations have gathered in South Africa for a two-day meeting

Firefighters battled to extinguish a blaze that engulfed large tracts of Cape Town’s landmark Table Mountain on Wednesday before a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 nations.