It is comforting to know that even the most important meetings in the world are also being affected by technical problems now. On Friday morning, the leaders of the most powerful countries in the world gathered for a virtual G7 summit to devise a global strategy to address crucial issues such as the coronavirus, the climate crisis and the global economy. But after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson opened the call by saying hello to the other world leaders and expressing his regret that they could not meet in person, he was suddenly interrupted by a German voice. “Can you hear us, Angela?” Johnson said, singling out German Chancellor Angela Merkel as the disruptive one. Johnson then said to her, “I think you need to be silent.”
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