Global Challenges Face President-Elect Biden: Weekend Reads
President-elect Joe Biden speaks to the media after receiving a briefing from the transition COVID-19 advisory board on Nov. 9 in Wilmington, Delaware.
Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesThe coronavirus pandemic, a battered global economy, climate change, racial injustice, frayed international alliances and tensions with China: Joe Biden certainly has his work cut out for him as he prepares to become the 46th U.S. president.
Elsewhere, China intensified its crackdown on the opposition in Hong Kong, and in the U.K., the government is coming under increasing pressure after two of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s key aides departed.
And in Peru, there’s growing concern about unrest after congress ousted the nation’s president on corruption charges.
We hope you enjoy these and other of our top stories from the past seven days in this edition of Weekend Reads.