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G7 FOREIGN MINISTERS have warned that those helping Russia wage war in Ukraine would face “severe costs”, as they offered a united front on another key policy challenge: China. After two days of talks in the Japanese mountain resort town Karuizawa, the top diplomats from leading economies unveiled no new sanctions on Moscow over its invasion but pledged to crack down on those helping Russia evade the measures and acquire weapons. The ministers also put Beijing on notice over its “militarisation activities” in the South China Sea and insisted their Taiwan policy was unchanged despite recent controversial comments from France’s...
