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Trade ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations agreed to cooperate in eliminating forced labor from international supply chains at a meeting held in London on Friday, marking the first time the G7 has presented a concrete policy to eliminate such practices.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga had agreed to hold talks on the sidelines of the G-7 summit in England, but Japan unilaterally called the meeting off, citing the Dokdo issue, according to the Foreign Ministry on Monday.

SEOUL/CORNWALL, England -- South Korea will provide $200 million in aid through next year to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines in lower-income countries, President Moon Jae-in said Saturday.

Chinas embassy in the United Kingdom said that international decisions can no longer be dictated by a small cadre of global elites, after leaders at the meeting of the G7 group of wealthy nations, which concluded on Sunday, unveiled a new infrastructure plan intended to compete with Chinas cross-border development plan the Belt and Road Initiative.

Faith leaders from around the world, including Tibetan spiritual head the Dalai Lama, have written an open letter to Boris Johnson and G7 leaders ahead of their summit on Friday, calling for vaccine patents to be waived and an increase in funding to ensure vaccines reach the poorest countries and prevent the spread of further Covid variants.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed his economic team to study the effects as well as opportunities from the G7’s move to reform global corporate tax, government spokesperson Anucha Burapachaisri said on Tuesday.

The Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned a joint statement from G7 leaders released on Wednesday that included criticism of Beijings handling of international and domestic affairs.

Global finance ministers and central bank chiefs backed debt relief for the world's poorest nations as part of a coordinated response to the deepening global recession on Tuesday.

The baht opened at Bt31.43 to the US dollar on Tuesday (March 3), weakening from Monday's close of Bt31.37.

A growing number of congressional Republicans expressed exasperation Friday over what they view as President Trump’s indefensible behavior, a sign that the president’s stranglehold on his party is starting to weaken as Congress hurtles toward a historic impeachment vote. 

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven called Tuesday for a "transparent" probe into the disappearance of a Saudi journalist and regime critic, saying they were "very troubled" by the case.