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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi sentenced to four years in jail: Reports (Al Jazeera)

A court in Myanmar has sentenced the country’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in jail, according to media reports. A government...

Russia’s Putin to land in India to boost military, energy ties (Al Jazeera)

Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in India on Monday for his second overseas trip since the pandemic, seeking to bolster military and energy...

Is a military solution in West Africa the only way out? (Al Jazeera)

There is anger against France in West Africa at what protesters say is the flawed relationship between French armed forces and their African allies. Two...

Weapons trade booms as profits hit record $531bn in 2020 (Al Jazeera)

Sales of weapons and military services by the world’s 100 biggest arms companies reached a record $531bn in 2020, an increase of 1.3 per...

Tribal violence kills 24 in Sudan’s Darfur: Aid group (Al Jazeera)

Tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs killed at least 24 people on Sunday in Sudan’s western Darfur region, an aid group said. The fighting grew...

The Confused Superpower: A Year After America’s Elections (Timofei Bordachev, Valdai Discussion Club)

By virtue of its combined power capabilities, the United States continues to occupy a central place in international politics, and developments inside the country inevitably become the most important...

Russian Debt and Sanctions. Amended Again (Ivan Timofeev, Valdai Discussion Club)

In the United States, there is a renewed discussion about the advisability of expanding sanctions on Russian sovereign debt. Similar sanctions already exist: they were introduced sequentially by Donald Trump...

Outer Space As Vanity Fair or Politics of the Future? (Oleg Barabanov, Valdai Discussion Club)

Space exploration has already become familiar to mankind. 2021 was a landmark year in this regard. April 12 marked the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s flight — the first manned flight into...

Solomon Islands – where world news is all local (Sue Ahearn, The Interpreter)

Did you notice anything different about the news coverage of the recent unrest in Honiara? Those fast-breaking stories on Australia’s TV, radio and online networks...

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