G7 Summit: UK to set up new vaccine centre as world leaders pledge to quash future pandemics

G7 Summit: UK to set up new vaccine centre as world leaders pledge to quash future pandemics

Britain will set up a new animal vaccine development centre that will aim to stop viruses jumping into the human population as part of a landmark global health declaration to be agreed by G7 world leaders at Carbis Bay in Cornwall on Saturday. The so-called “Carbis Bay Declaration” will see the world’s leading democracies commit … Read more

From Covid-19 vaccines to climate, G7 hopes to show the West is not over yet

From Covid-19 vaccines to climate, G7 hopes to show the West is not over yet

The Group of Seven rich democracies will try to show the world at a summit this week that the West can still act in concert to tackle major crises by donating hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries and pledging to slow climate change. U.S. President Joe Biden, on his first foreign trip … Read more

PM Narendra Modi will not attend G7 summit in person: MEA

PM Narendra Modi will not attend G7 summit in person: MEA

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not travel to the UK to attend a summit of the G7 grouping in person in view of the prevailing coronavirus situation, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday. The G7 summit is scheduled to take place in Cornwall in the UK next month. “While appreciating the invitation … Read more