Yevgeny Prigozhin calls it his "March of Justice". Vladimir Putin says it is a "criminal escapade" and an "armed mutiny". One senior Russian commander has called it "a coup". Whatever you call it, the Wagner chief has gone for broke to try to topple Russia's military leadership.
Beijing and parts of northern China are experiencing record temperatures. For the first time Beijing recorded temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for a third consecutive day.
In December 2021, the head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization, Alireza Peyman-Pak, signed an agreement with Sri Lankan Minister of Plantation, Ramesh Pathirana, according to which Colombo would barter tea in monthly instalments of $5 million to settle a $251 million debt to Iran because it cannot transfer money to Iran due to the US sanctions on Iranian banking.
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week threatened to block funding for the program as some lawmakers accused Chileans who arrived on the program of exploiting the waiver to commit burglaries in California.
In 2020, Zambia became the first African nation to default on its debt payments during the Covid pandemic. It was burdened by loans and high interest rates that severely restricted the government's ability to invest in critical social programmes and infrastructure development, both crucial for economic growth.
Australia will continue funding its controversial offshore detention processing centre on the Pacific island of Nauru even as the facility’s remaining refugees leave, in an effort to dissuade people-smugglers from sending boats to the country.
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