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G7 leaders to meet in person for first time in two years - here s what they re expected to discuss
Representatives of the world s richest countries will meet face-to-face this week for the first time in two years.
The G7 meeting in London begins today, with attendees from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US and the UK.
Representatives from the European Union will also attend, as will India s external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.
Australia, India, Japan, South Korea, and South Africa have also been invited.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gestures as he disembarks after landing at Stansted Airport, Britain May 2, 2021 ahead of the upcoming G7 foreign ministers meeting. Ben Stansall/Pool via Reuters
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LONDON, May 3 Britain this week hosts the first face-to-face meeting of G7 foreign ministers in two years, joined by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as world powers tackle pandemic recovery plus growing tensions with Russia and China.
The Covid-secure gathering in London will prepare the ground for a G7 summit in southwest England next month, which will mark Joe Biden’s inaugural visit to Europe as US president. Both events will also be joined by Indian leaders.
Britain this week will host the first face-to-face meeting of G7 foreign ministers in two years, joined by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as world powers tackle pandemic recovery plus growing tensions with Russia and China.
The COVID-secure gathering in London will prepare the ground for a G7 summit in southwest England next month, which will mark Joe Biden s inaugural visit to Europe as US president. Both events will also be joined by Indian leaders.
Many of the G7 nations have rallied to India s aid as the world s most populous democracy confronts a terrifying surge of coronavirus cases, although the pandemic is ebbing elsewhere in the West thanks to mass vaccination drives.
A leading Indian industry body has urged authorities to take the “strongest national steps” and to curtail economic activity to save lives as the country battles surging coronavirus cases that have overwhelmed the healthcare system.
The rate of new infections dipped marginally on Sunday but deaths kept climbing. Authorities reported 392,488 new cases in the previous 24 hours, pushing total cases to 19.56 million. Deaths jumped by a record 3,689, taking the overall toll to 215,542.
Billionaire Uday Kotak, the managing director of Kotak Mahindra Bank, said on Sunday a “maximal response measure at the highest level is called for to cut the transmission links”, as building healthcare infrastructure will take time.
COVID-19: England may scrap social distancing next month ― British PM
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England could see its one metre social distancing rule scrapped from next month, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday.
He was visiting a northern England town ahead of a by-election on Thursday when he was asked about how well the nation was doing at combatting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) since restrictions were loosened on April 12.
He told reporters that Britain had just given 50 million coronavirus jabs to people living in the four nations and said it was likely England would be able to further loosen restrictions in the weeks ahead.