Uncertain how firm the group’s commitments will be on coronavirus vaccines
Leaders mingled with Queen Elizabeth II at a royal reception on their first evening
Updated 13 June 2021
June 13, 2021 06:46
FALMOUTH, England: The Group of Seven leaders aim to end their first summit in two years with a punchy set of promises Sunday, including vaccinating the world against coronavirus, making huge corporations pay their fair share of taxes and tackling climate change with a blend of technology and money.
They want to show that international cooperation is back after the upheavals caused both by the pandemic and the unpredictability of former US President Donald Trump. And they want to convey that the club of wealthy democracies Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States is a better friend to poorer nations than authoritarian rivals such as China.
``He had a reputation for being extremely violent, beheading captured innocent civilians and security forces alike, a military commander, Maj. Gen. William Gonzales, said of Yadah.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) Philippine troops killed four Abu Sayyaf militants in a gunbattle Sunday in the country’s south, including a commander blamed for beheadings and a suspected would-be suicide bomber, military officials said.