World leaders hope for fresh start after Biden win

World leaders are cheering Joe Biden’s election as U.S. president as a chance to fortify democracy and cooperation on climate change, the coronavirus and other problems. Trump has yet to concede defeat, but Western and Asian allies say they want a fresh start after four years of “American First” policies, withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement and disdain for NATO and the World Health Organization. In Asia, a region on edge about the strategic ambitions of China’s ru