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PACIFIC rim leaders flew to Bangkok on Thursday for a summit on pandemic recovery and the global economic turmoil unleashed by the war in Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will join rulers from the 21 members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum for the high-level talks. The gathering follows a meeting of the G20 in Indonesia that was upended by fears that a deadly missile strike on Poland signaled a dangerous escalation of Russia's war in Ukraine. Western leaders have moved to dial down the alarm, saying the blast was probably...
