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08/21/2023 07:18:24

UK summit is first step on long road to global AI safety

The leaders of the BRICS bloc are holding their annual summit in Johannesburg this week.Photographer: Michele Spatari/Bloomberg
08/21/2023 07:13:49

The Emerging Market Bloc That Wants to Shake Up the World Order

A smaller-than-usual cohort of African leaders attended the 2023 Russia-Africa Summit in July
08/21/2023 07:09:00

Africa-Russia: A tricky relationship

A view of the flags of Iran and Saudi Arabia before the meeting between Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, in Tehran, Iran June 17, 2023. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
08/21/2023 07:05:00

China sees Iran-Saudi Arabia relations improving - foreign ministry

President Biden may have pulled off a diplomatic coup - but will its effect be long-lasting?
08/20/2023 06:42:14

US-Japan-S Korea summit a coup for Biden but will détente last?

The ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defense staff brief the press on plans to deploy its standby force to the Republic of Niger, in Accra, Ghana, August 18, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko Acquire Licensing Rights
08/20/2023 06:39:45

West African bloc meets Niger's ousted president, junta leader in Niamey

Sultan Al Jaber, the chief executive of the UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and president of this year’s Cop28 UN climate summit. Photograph: André Borges/EPA
08/20/2023 06:37:22

UN climate summit host UAE failed to report methane emissions to UN

08/20/2023 06:32:54

Western Economic Corridor: Big dream gets stuck in slow lane

08/16/2023 06:48:41

Sudan 'spiralling out of control' as 1 million flee country, UN warns

Iraq reported record wheat harvests this year despite drought — thanks to irrigation with groundwater.
08/16/2023 06:44:39

Will the Middle East run out of groundwater soon?

US-made F-16 fighter jets fly in the sky over Poland's capital, Warsaw, as they take part in a huge military parade on August 15, 2023 [Czarek Sokolowski/AP Photo]
08/16/2023 06:40:48

Poland holds huge military parade as war rages in neighbouring Ukraine

08/16/2023 06:37:40

For every general election, a new digital law