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Russia to launch first lunar mission in nearly half a century Friday
Moscow (AFP) – Russia said Monday it plans to launch a lunar lander this week after multiple delays, hoping to return to the Moon for the first time in nearly fifty years.
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Lukashenko shares thoughts on future of Ukraine
Kiev should sue for peace before it loses the remnants of its sovereignty, the leader of Belarus said in an interview
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Anarchy unbound: the new scramble for Africa
Caught between climate change, migration and social upheaval, Niger and the Sahel are the crucible of Western failure.
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BRICS club boom: What to expect in Johannesburg
Global South versus Global North? The BRICS summit in South Africa is set to be all about the group's plans to expand and how to deal with sanctions.
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Size, population, GDP: The BRICS nations in numbers
Officials from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa gather in Johannesburg on Tuesday for a three-day BRICS summit, a five-nation club comprising 40% of the world’s population and more than 25 percent of global GDP that positions itself as an economic counterweight to the West. Almost 15 years on from the group’s founding, FRANCE 24 takes a look at the BRICS nations in numbers and their relative weight in the global economy.
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BRICS bloc includes 2 of world's biggest economies and 40% of its population but struggles to wield influence
Putin won't attend BRICS summit this week because he could face arrest over alleged war crimes in Ukraine
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China’s Xi unexpectedly skipped a key BRICS event. No one is saying why
The Chinese leader has flown out to South Africa for the summit but asked his commerce minister to read out his remarks.
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Expansion and a common currency on agenda at BRICS summit
Leaders of some of the developing world's most important economies turned Wednesday to the main business of their summit in South Africa, a day after a speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the gathering an anti-Western tinge that officials had been hoping to avoid.
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Prigozhin Built a Russian Empire in Africa. Can It Survive Him?
Paramilitary group has an estimated 5,000 men and lucrative businesses across at least four African nations.
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Prigozhin’s death in plane crash confirmed – Moscow
DNA testing shows that all those listed on the flight manifest were indeed on board, the Investigative Committee has said
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NATO’s Ukraine strategy has failed – ex-Italian PM
Western efforts to arm Kiev and break the Russian economy are getting nowhere, Giuseppe Conte has said
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Army seizes oil-rich state in shock coup
There is a crisis unfolding in one African state with the president under house arrest.
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NATO envoy names conditions for Ukraine to join
Membership will only be possible when the country's borders are “stable,” a Czech official has said
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Threats, insults, and Kremlin 'robots': How Russian diplomacy died under Putin
- Russia's diplomats were once a key part of President Putin's foreign policy strategy. But that has all changed.
- In the years leading up to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, diplomats lost their authority, their role reduced to echoing the Kremlin's aggressive rhetoric.
- BBC Russian asks former Western diplomats, as well as ex-Kremlin and White House insiders, how Russian diplomacy broke down.
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War in Ukraine expected to block consensus at G20 as Trudeau visits Asia
Observers say divisions over Ukraine, climate change make join G20 communique unlikely
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Putin comments on grain deal after meeting with Erdogan
Moscow will return to the Black Sea initiative only after the West lifts restrictions on Russian agricultural exports, the president has said
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BRICS expansion: What’s in it for Africa?
Following the Johannesburg summit, the continent will become a major focus for the organization
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Putin Issues Demands for Reviving Ukraine Grain Deal
The Russian president said the West needs to facilitate Moscow’s own agricultural exports before he will join a pact that guaranteed security for Kyiv’s Black Sea exports.
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Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un plan to meet in Russia, U.S. officials say
North Korea's Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin, a US official has told the BBC's US partner CBS.
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