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The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Russia’s ‘General Armageddon’ removed from post – having not been seen in public since Wagner mutiny

Sergei Surovikin has not been seen in public since the short-lived rebellion by Yevgeny Prigozhin and his mercenaries

The Independent UK

PM Modi, Xi likely to attend East Asia Summit, ASEAN meetings in Jakarta

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now considering plans to fly to Jakarta for a very short visit on September 6, and return to India on September 7 just prior to the G20 summit, which begins on September 9.

The Hindu

What each of the Republican candidates have said about the war in Ukraine

Leading candidates in GOP field favour withdrawing US from international stage, while lower half pack have more traditional Republican foreign policy ideas

The Independent UK

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Putin defends invasion of Ukraine in Brics summit address

Russian president seeks to rally leaders meeting in South Africa to Moscow’s side by blaming west

The Guardian - UK

India ‘fully supports’ BRICS expansion as summit continues

South African officials say more than 40 countries from the Global South have shown interest in joining the BRICS bloc.

Al Jazeera

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.

France 24

Putin claims his war on the dollar is 'gaining momentum' in 17-minute video tirade

The Russian leader said the West's actions of financial sanctions and freezing assets were tantamount to "trampling upon all the basic norms and rules of free trade."

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No explanation after China's Xi Jinping misses key speech at Brics summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping unexpectedly skipped a speech he'd been due to give at the Brics summit in South Africa – instead sending his commerce minister to speak about the strength of the Chinese economy and to denounce wealthy nations who seek to contain the growth of developing ones.

Radio France Internationale

Russia's 'General Armageddon' reportedly dismissed after vanishing in wake of Wagner uprising

Gen. Sergei Surovikin, a former commander of Russia’s forces in Ukraine who was linked to the leader of an armed rebellion, has been dismissed from his job as chief of the air force, according to Russian state media

The Independent UK

Did NASA Just Enter A New Space Race? A Space Policy Expert Says It Would Be a Mistake

Space policy expert Ian Christensen says the U.S. is gearing up for a new “space race,” what exactly is at stake, and how it’s likely to play out.

Inverse

China, Russia and other emerging economies turn to main summit agenda in South Africa

Leaders of some of the developing world’s most important economies are turning to the main business of their summit in South Africa after a speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the gathering an anti-Western tinge

The Independent UK

‘Hegemonism not in China’s DNA’: Xi calls for BRICS expansion

Xi says China seeks a more just and equitable international order, rejects ‘bloc confrontation’.

Al Jazeera

Shapps visits Kyiv as UK announces support for Ukraine’s nuclear energy supply

The Government said the support will bring the UK’s non-military financial assistance to Ukraine to nearly £5 billion.

The Independent UK

Toto Cutugno whose song L’Italiano was No 1 across Europe dies at 80

Singer’s big hit, stuffed with cliches about Italian life, was irresistible to millions as far away as Russia and Georgia

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian - US

Putin says Brics should become trading bloc representing ‘global majority’

Russian president addresses group at South Africa summit, blaming western sanctions for causing volatility in global markets

The Independent UK

Poland's leader says Russia's moving tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, shifting regional security

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda says that Russia already is in the process of shifting some short-range nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus

The Conversation

First Republican debate set to kick off without Trump – but with the potential to direct the GOP's foreign policy stance

When Republican presidential hopefuls take the stage in Milwaukee on Aug. 23, 2023, for the first debate of the 2024 campaign season, attention will center on how the candidates position themselves vis-à-vis former President Donald Trump and his four criminal indictments.

Radio France Internationale

Wagner boss claims to be making Africa 'freer' in unverified video

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin appears to have posted his first video address since leading a short-lived mutiny in late June. In the unverified footage published Monday, Prigozhin said the Wagner group was making Africa "freer", adding that it was also recruiting fighters.

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Al Jazeera

Can BRICS end ‘apartheid’ against the Global South?

As the grouping of five emerging economies meets in South Africa, here’s what to expect.

The Independent UK

Trump claims $200,000 bond was set so he doesn’t ‘fly to Russia to share gold domed suite with Vladimir’

Donald Trump is facing 13 charges in Georgia in his election interference case

The Guardian - UK

Wagner making ‘Africa even more free’, says Prigozhin in first post-rebellion video

Person who appears to be mercenary leader seen in desert area, saying his group is recruiting

Evening Standard

Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin seen in video for first time since attempted mutiny

The leader of the Wagner Group has been seen in a video for the first time since he abandoned a mutiny in Russia.

The Independent UK

Russia's Putin stays away over arrest warrant as leaders of emerging economies meet in South Africa

Russian President Vladimir Putin will be notably absent when Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders from the BRICS group of emerging economies begin a three-day summit in South Africa on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Elon Musk considered pulling plug on Ukraine’s Starlink access after ‘great conversation with Putin’

Elon Musk considered pulling Starlink satellite internet from Ukraine after having a “great conversation with Putin,” according to a former Pentagon official.

The Independent UK

Windows are shattered in a Moscow suburb as Russia says it thwarts latest Ukraine drone attack

Russian officials say air defense systems have thwarted four nighttime Ukrainian drone attacks

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