Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, May 1

ROME -- Environment ministers from the Group of Seven (G7)nations committed themselves on Tuesday to phasing out the use of coal by 2035 as part of a wider effort to reduce and eventually eliminate the use of fossil fuels.

Climate, energy, and environment ministers gathered in Reggia di Venaria, just outside the northern Italian city of Turin, for the latest working session for the G7, which is headed by Italy t