Divisions on China emerge among world leaders in tense G7 meeting

A bronze sculpture of a tin miner overlooks a short strip of budget food and clothing stores, and boarded up businesses in Cornwall’s Redruth. It’s a celebration of the town’s proud mining history, but also a reminder of its decline. A surgical mask on the statue’s face symbolizes the town’s sense of community — and its collective anxiety over how it will pull through the pandemic.

Just a 20-minute drive away, leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) nations — which together account for 40% of the world’s GDP — are staying in luxury accommodation on the glorious Carbis Bay, flying in on…