Australia, India and South Korea will be invited as guest participants to the June meet, which will be the first in-person Group of Seven leaders summit in two years.
UK PM Johnson had extended an invitation to Modi during a phone call last year when India was chosen alongside South Korea & Australia as guest countries of the multilateral summit.
Growing tired of Covid restrictions is not unique only to the UK. What is different is that the UK govt’s messaging was mixed from the start as it was reluctant to curb liberties.
Politically, Johnson’s trip opens him up to charges of double standards. If his credibility as PM is damaged, his appeal to persuade UK population to get vaccinated could get affected.
While the vaccination program will provide relief, an overrun health service will only slow down the process, prolong lockdown restrictions and endanger more lives.
A team of scientists from WHO is scheduled to arrive in China this week to investigate the origins of the virus, which has killed nearly 2 million people since it first emerged.
Boris Johnson has traded on his relationship with Donald Trump and was thrilled about their joint mission of making leftish liberals miserable. These ties carry a cost now.
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
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