Former prime minister Jean Chretien says dignitaries attending next week's G7 leaders summit in Alberta should avoid engaging with the "crazy" from U.S. President Donald Trump.

BERLIN (Reuters) -The upcoming Group of Seven (G7) meeting in Canada will be about the extent to which the EU and U.S. align on sanctions against Russia, a German government official said on Thursday.

World leaders may face smoke warnings when they gather next week in Alberta as wildfires burned out of control across much of Canada and caused the country's second-worst fire season in decades.

The news is about to be flooded with the latest from the Group of Seven as some of the world's most powerful leaders travel to the Canadian Rockies next week for high-level meetings on major issues.

The upcoming Group of Seven summit will open Monday in Canada, a day later than planned, a senior official of the host country sai

DUBAI (Reuters) -Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's crown prince and de facto leader, will not attend next week's Group of Seven summit in Canada, a senior diplomat briefed on plans told Reuters on Thursday. The crown prince, widely known as MBS, did not give a reason for declining Canada's invitation to the annual gathering, the diplomat said.

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Canada, the government said on Thursday (12 June) that the meeting would be an important opportunity to reset the strained relationship between the two countries, the Times of India reported. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Canada next week for the first time in nearly a decade.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has arrived in Fiji on his way to the G7 Summit in Canada. When landing in Nadi, Prime Minister Albanese did not make comments regarding the Israel-Iran war on the tarmac.

G7 leaders will gather in Kananaskis from June 15 to 17, marking a half-century of international co-operation among some of the world’s most-advanced economies.