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President-elect Joe Biden plans to start transforming America's stance on the global stage with a series of day-one executive actions. CNN reports Biden's transition team is beginning to turn his campaign-trail promises into plans he can implement early in his presidency. Sources say Biden's first focus is likely to be the worsening coronavirus pandemic. He is set to name a 12-person coronavirus task force on Monday. Biden intends to rejoin the Paris climate accord, a landmark international deal to combat climate change that Trump exited in 2017. The president-elect has also said he would rejoin the World Health Organization, which President Donald Trump moved to withdraw from this year.
Humanity must "cooperate or perish" in the face of accelerating climate change impacts, UN chief Antonio Guterres tells world leaders at talks in Egypt on curbing global warming. SOUNDBITE
Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, United Arabic Emirates President arrives at the COP27 World Leaders Summit and is welcomed by Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. IMAGES
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrives at the COP27 World Leaders Summit. COP27 kicked off Sunday in Egypt with warnings against backsliding on efforts to cut emissions and calls for rich nations to compensate poor countries after a year of extreme weather disasters. IMAGES
A view of the UN Headquarters in the New York skyline as world leaders meet for a climate summit before the start of the UN General Assembly. IMAGES
The G7 vows to donate one billion coronavirus vaccine doses to poorer countries, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced, as the group of leading economies try to redress stark global inequalities in vaccinations. SOUNDBITE
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