Group of Seven leaders are expected to agree to ramp up pressure on China to curb its growing military assertiveness on the second day of sessions at a summit in Italy on Friday, while condemning the deepening ties between Russia and North Korea. G7 members are gathering amid fears that China’s military activities and Moscow’s prolonged invasion of Ukraine as well as North Korea’s missile and nuclear development are a threat to security in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. The leaders are slated to issue a communique after concluding substantial discussions in Fasano, southern Italy, before …