Following decades of ongoing mineral extraction, environmental plunder, and the subsidization of the fossil fuel industry, the second Trump administrationās aggressive pro-drilling…
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The sudden regime overthrow in Syria and the long-delayed opportunity to confront the legacy of Bashar al-Assadās tyranny are either being celebrated…
Will the BRICS economic and political alliance change the worldās U.S.-centered balance of power? As the annual BRICS summit wraps up in Russia, we host a…
Following the Johannesburg BRICS summit in August 2023, the new āBRICS+ā ā whose leadership will be hosted by Vladimir Putin in Kazan…
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There are huge profits to be made in exploiting South Africaās natural resources. But these come at a cost to society and the environment. South…
On June 30, South Africaās leader Cyril Ramaphosa announced his new Government of National Unity (GNU), including 31 ministers in his Cabinet.…
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