G7 Leaders Take On China, Covid And Climate

At their concluding session, Joe Biden and his colleagues were set to promise more financial support for developing countries on the sharp edge of climate change.

G7 leaders on Saturday confronted China and the threat of future pandemics as the elite club of wealthy nations advertised a newfound Western unity at its first physical summit since 2019. After an informal evening get-together -- featuring a Royal Air Force aerobatics display, beach barbecue, firepit marshmallows and a Cornish troupe singing sea shanties -- the leaders were to wrap up their three-day summit on Sunday. At their concluding session in Cornwall, southwest England, US President Joe Biden and his colleagues were set to promise more financial support for developing countries on the sharp edge of climate change. The G7 has been rallying behind collective action on the planetary crisis in the buildup to the UN's COP26 climate summit in Scotland in November.