G-7 Foreign Ministers Meet in London as Russia, China Top Agenda  

LONDON - Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G-7) industrialized nations are meeting in London this week, with climate change, Russia and China among the challenges topping the agenda. It is the first face-to-face G-7 meeting in two years, after the coronavirus pandemic forced the Pittsburgh 2020 foreign ministers' meeting to be held via video link. 

Russia was ejected from what was then the G-8 in 2014, after its forceful annexation of Crimea.   U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday condemned Moscow's recent deployment of troops on Ukraine's border.  “We are focused very much on Russia's actions and what course it chooses to take,” Blinken told reporters in London. “President Biden has been very clear for a long time, including before he was president, that if Russia chooses to act recklessly or aggressively, we'll respond. But we are not looking to escalate. We would prefer to have a more stable, more predictable relationship.”