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BRICS more focused on politics, not economics

Foreign ministers from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) met June 1 for a summit which underlined that, while the bloc was formed originally for its economic potential, it has also seen political cooperation rise to the fore in recent years.

2021-06-06 14:56

Deeply divided UK shown in elections

Results released during the weekend from the U.K.'s “Super Thursday” elections show that the country is more divided, politically, than any time in at least a generation, with the still-significant possibility that Scotland may secede from the union.

2021-05-12 17:24

As Merkel era ends, German politics in flux

With Angela Merkel in her final weeks of power, the German post-war political landscape was in a wider, historic ferment last week, with the Green Party sensationally topping national polls.

2021-05-04 17:05

US climate summit catalyzes COP process

While the eyes of many environmentalists across the world are already on November's U.K.-hosted COP 26 summit, the U.S.-hosted climate conference on Thursday and Friday was key too, in the most important year for global warming diplomacy since 2015.

2021-04-26 17:31

Why Prince Philip's passing may be UK pivot point

With Queen Elizabeth II turning 95 this week, the passing of her husband Prince Philip, whose funeral was Saturday, has highlighted the uncertain future of the U.K. monarchy, and indeed wider United Kingdom, in the post-Elizabethan age to come.

2021-04-21 17:04

Emboldened Putin becomes 'president for life'

President Vladimir Putin signed a new law last week that could keep him in power till 2036, potentially alongside China's Xi Jinping. In other words, Russia's foreign policy is becoming dangerously emboldened again.

2021-04-14 17:16

US-China diplomatic sparks fly in Alaska

The most important meeting in international relations so far this year took place Thursday and Friday with the diplomatic mood as frosty as the freezing Alaska weather.

2021-03-22 16:45

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