Bidens to have tea with Queen Elizabeth as G7 ends
By Dylan Martinez
U.S. President Joe Biden and his wife Jill will have tea with Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle on Sunday at the end of the G7 summit ...
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France’s Macron tells UK’s Johnson: keep your word on Brexit deal
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