Unmute, please: Echoes, glitches resound in virtual summit

By SETH BORENSTEIN

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, speaks as the screen showing world leaders at the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, on April 22, 2021. — Yonhap via AP

WASHINGTON: Climate. Climate. Macron. Macron again. Beep. Beep. Beep. Can someone please tell Vladimir Putin he’s on live? Mr. President, Mr. President?

And please unmute yourself, Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

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