U.S.-China Covid Clash; Europe Seeks Climate Coalition: UN Wrap

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There’s one thing most world leaders, CEOs and aid workers seem to agree on as they meet virtually at the United Nations General Assembly: World powers have failed to come together to address the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving the world’s most vulnerable at risk.

That divide was clear on Thursday as a virtual UN Security Council meeting to discuss the global response to the virus descended into a blame game putting the U.S. against China and Russia.