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Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen. Photo: UNB
08/27/2023 06:49:14

Those continued claiming situation in Myanmar 'not conducive' for repatriation rarely visit Rakhine: Chinese Ambassador Yao

The leaders of the BRICS countries Brazil, Russia, China, South Africa and India met in Johannesburg
08/27/2023 06:44:52

BRICS: The West reacts to plans for enlargement

A view of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after it started releasing treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, seen from the nearby Ukedo fishing port in Namie town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Aug. 25, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Bateman/File Photo
08/27/2023 06:41:49

Japan says seawater radioactivity below limits near Fukushima

08/27/2023 06:38:00

Emmerson Mnangagwa: 'The Crocodile' wins second term as Zimbabwe president

South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party members rally against the release of the Fukushima water [Jung Yeon-je/AFP]
08/24/2023 06:39:12

Japan starts release of Fukushima’s treated radioactive water

ADB had estimated that the pandemic had pushed an additional 80 million people into extreme poverty as of 2020
08/24/2023 06:37:06

Inflation, COVID plunges 68 million into poverty in Asia

President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of China Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a BRICS family photo during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 23, 2023. GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/Pool via REUTERS
08/24/2023 06:34:17

BRICS expansion faces eleventh hour hurdle as divisions persist

Yevgeny Prigozhin posing in a video apparently recorded in Africa this month
08/24/2023 06:32:05

Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner defied Putin and now its leader may be dead

The Yasuni National Park was designated a world biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 1989
08/22/2023 06:56:41

Ecuador: Voters reject oil drilling in the Amazon

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on as he holds a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 29, 2023. REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario/File Photo
08/22/2023 06:54:09

Trump plans to turn himself in on Thursday over Georgia indictment

08/22/2023 06:51:34

Brics summit: How China's and Russia's clout is growing in Africa

08/22/2023 06:49:15

Bangladesh, US to hold defence dialogue on Aug 23, 24 in Dhaka