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The ILO found that child labor increased in 2020 for the first time in two decades. The WHO warns that the Delta variant, first discovered in India, is “poised to take hold” in Europe. President Macron ends Operation Barkhane, the French-led multinational counterterrorism operation in the Sahel.

Condition Updates

A rundown of important global developments in markets, in business, and region-by-region, as well as statistical risk assessments by country and by US state.

What to Watch at the G7 Leaders’ Summit

Leaders of the Group of 7 (G7) countries – the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan – will meet today in Cornwall for their first in person summit since the start of the pandemic, offering an opportunity for the seven allies to reaffirm alignment on key geostrategic issues, build momentum for climate action and issue new pledges to support the global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines.

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