The queen delivered her address by video, after doctors advised her not to travel to the conference. Prince Charles attended and reminded leaders that 'the eyes and hopes of the world are upon you.'

About 9,000 municipal employees, less than 6 percent of the work force, were placed on unpaid leave for refusing to get vaccinated. Mayor Bill De Blasio said that there were no disruptions to city services.

Twenty jurors will be selected for the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, who fatally shot two men and wounded another during protests in Kenosha, Wis., in August 2020.

India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, committed to five measures to fight climate change during the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, including plans to ensure that half of the nation's energy mix comes from sources other than fossil fuels by 2030.

António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, called on world leaders to escalate climate action, equating the world's current track to 'digging our own graves' during the opening ceremony of the COP26 summit in Glasgow.

President Biden said he encountered a 'real eagerness' for American leadership in confronting global challenges during his meetings with world leaders at the Group of 20 summit in Rome.

President Biden delivers remarks after meeting with other world leaders at the Group of 20 summit in Rome.

Several thousand people marched in Rome as the Group of 20 summit was underway. The demonstrators included a broad range of groups, including climate activists, vaccine skeptics and labor union members.

Leaders of the world's largest economies were joined by first responders as they posed for photographs at the start of the two-day Group of 20 summit in Rome.

Mario Draghi started the Group of 20 meeting in Rome with a message that advocated multilateralism and the fair disbursement of vaccines between rich and poor nations.