China and Ukraine to dominate discussion as G7 foreign ministers meet in Japan


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THE G7′S TOP diplomats have arrived in the Japanese resort town of Karuizawa for talks set to be dominated by twin crises: China’s growing pressure on Taiwan, and Russia’s war in Ukraine. There will be no shortage of diplomatic and security challenges to discuss for the foreign ministers, but recent regional events are likely to sharpen the focus on Asia. The meeting comes days after China concluded major military drills around self-ruled Taiwan, and with Beijing barring ships from an area north of the island on Sunday. On Thursday, North Korea launched what it said was a new solid-fuel intercontinental...