London, United Kingdom — Joe Biden will make his presidential debut on the world stage on Friday as America’s G7 partners re-focus their collective heft on pandemic recovery and climate change after the psychodramas of the Trump era.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, this year’s G7 chairman who hopes to host the grouping’s leaders in Britain in June, will use the virtual talks to urge the development of new vaccines in just 100 days.
That would represent a dramatic decrease on the 300-odd days that were needed to come up with jabs against the coronavirus — in itself a breakneck achievement.
Following the summit, Biden, Johnson and European Union leaders in the G7 will join ano…
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