G-7 fails to adopt formal declaration as discord overshadows summit

The leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized nations on Monday failed to adopt a comprehensive joint declaration of the type customarily issued in decades past, leaving unresolved some globally critical issues at the conclusion of their three-day talks.The G-7 managed to issue a concise "declaration" summing up their discussions on five topics -- trade, Hong Kong, Iran, Ukraine and Libya -- but the document is a different format compared with what has been released since the late 1970s.Before the leaders met, French President Emmanuel Macron, this year's G-7 host, indicated a post-summi…READ FULL ARTICLE