REFLECTION Crossed Wires: The symbolism, semaphores and snubs of China’s 2025 Victory Day Parade 4 min 0 By Steven Boykey Sidley
UKRAINE UPDATE: 24 OCTOBER 2024 US believes 3,000 North Korean troops are in Russia; White House wants half of $20bn loan to Kyiv to be military aid 8 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 28 AUGUST 2024 Zelensky to pitch 'powerful plan’ to force Russia to end the war; Kyiv to brief Nato on air defence 7 min 3 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 23 AUGUST 2024 Russian army presses on with offensive; nuclear watchdog worried about fighting near Kursk reactor 6 min 2 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 20 AUGUST 2024 Zelensky wants allies to lift restrictions on strikes in Russia; cross-border incursion into Kursk continues 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 10 JULY 2024 Kyiv rebuts Russia’s claims in wake of hospital strike; Moscow court orders arrest of Navalny’s widow 10 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 9 JULY 2024 Zelensky denounces Russian attack on children’s hospital; Orbán’s shuttle diplomacy angers Europe 7 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 3 JULY 2024 Orbán touts Russia-Kyiv ceasefire during talks with Zelensky; India’s Modi to visit Moscow 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
OP-ED GNU's job is to take SA forward, not solve ANC's internal problems 4 min 0 By Greg Mills and Ray Hartley
GEOPOLITICAL RELATIONS ANALYSIS X factor — winds of change are blowing in 2024 as voters worldwide prepare for polls 12 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 23 November 2022 Israel and Hamas agree to hostage deal and four-day ceasefire; heavy fighting continues in northern Gaza 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
AU RECOGNITION OP-ED The African Union’s long walk to G20 membership has paid off, now the hard work starts 4 min 1 By Adeoye O Akinola
ISS TODAY OP-ED African Union set to join G20 at critical period of world order turbulence 4 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
UNHOLY ALLIANCES OP-ED South Africa at the G20 — it’s about more than just the ‘vibes’ 4 min 0 By John Sifton
POWER PLAY ANALYSIS India is a tonic and a shock to the system – and the world ignores its rise at its peril 6 min 1 By Rebecca Davis
DEMOCRACY OP-ED Let’s pray that voting in SA’s 2024 elections doesn’t feel like the triumph of hope over experience 7 min 6 By Pierre de Vos
ISS TODAY OP-ED Expanded BRICS likely to see nations dancing to China’s tune — with South Africa ceding influence 5 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
SANDTON SUMMIT Key takeaways from 15th BRICS Summit - and the human rights alarm bell ringing over bloc’s new members 10 min 11 By Queenin Masuabi, Peter Fabricius and Ray Mahlaka
LETTER FROM THE DM168 EDITOR A cyberattack, a political tantrum and BRICS in the wall — my fave reads in our print edition this week 2 min 0 By Heather Robertson