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African Climate Summit Starts in Nairobi Amid Anger at Event’s “Western Agenda”
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TRANSLATION: Risks and Benefits if Indonesia Aligns With BRICS
The following is a summary translation of an article published in Bahasa on the Indonesian news website Tirto.id, written by reporter Andrian Pratama Taher, that combines several Indonesian analysts’ perspectives on the potential benefits and risks of Indonesia joining BRICS. ...
The Starkly Different Responses by the U.S. and China to Zimbabwe’s Controversial Election
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