G-7 foreign ministers start talks, focus on Indo-Pacific, COVID-19

Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven industrialized nations started a three-day meeting Monday in London, focusing on ways to achieve a free and open Indo-Pacific and on action to curb the coronavirus pandemic.The first in-person G-7 foreign ministers' meeting in two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the gathering is expected to showcase the unity of democratic nations in dealing with global issues, an apparent rebuke of China and Russia which U.S. President Joe Biden has labeled as autocratic regimes.During a working dinner that marked the beginning of the gathering, the ministers "ag…READ FULL ARTICLE