COMRADES IN ARMS North Korean leader Kim to meet Putin in Russia this month, says NYT 2 min 0 By Reuters and Bloomberg
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS Panel finds no evidence of arms loaded on to Lady R, claims Ramaphosa - but will still keep the full report secret 6 min 30 By Victoria O’Regan
OP-ED - SOLDIER OF MISFORTUNE International law and the killing of Yevgeny Prigozhin - Was he fair game? 4 min 0 By Mia Swart and Penny Spentzouris
By Natale Labia President Putin’s brutality exposes BRICS bloc for what it really is 3 min 14 31 August 2023
UKRAINE UPDATE: 31 AUGUST 2023 US announces $250m in new military aid; Russia hit by wave of drone attacks; Kyiv battles air assault 8 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 30 AUGUST 2023 Putin prepares to visit China; Vatican back-pedals on Pope Francis' remarks on 'great Russian empire' 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
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
UKRAINE UPDATE: 29 AUGUST 2023 Kyiv advances on southern front line; Erdoğan plans to meet Putin to revive Black Sea grain deal 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
By Paul Hoffman More states in the BRICS wall adds to an already uneasy mix of anti-democratic members 5 min 0 28 August 2023
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 5 min 0 By Heather Robertson
UKRAINE UPDATE: 25 AUGUST 2023 Putin describes Prigozhin as a man who 'made serious mistakes'; Kyiv commandos stage raid in Crimea 6 min 2 By Bloomberg
SANDTON SUMMIT BRICS expansion sees Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and UAE welcomed into the network 2 min 17 By Queenin Masuabi
PUTIN’S REVENGE Prigozhin meets his maker: Payback time as Wagner Group’s leadership decapitated 5 min 26 By Phillip van Niekerk
BRICS SUMMIT ANALYSIS Putin fails to win support for his Ukraine war narrative from fellow bloc leaders 4 min 21 By Peter Fabricius
BRICS SUMMIT Protesters at the BRICS Summit struggle to keep Ukraine war in the spotlight 4 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
NEWSFLASH Yevgeny Prigozhin listed among passengers of jet crash in Russia, reports Interfax 2 min 4 By Bloomberg
SANDTON SUMMIT Putin, via video link, uses BRICS gathering to justify Russia’s war in Ukraine 2 min 2 By Reuters
SANDTON SUMMIT BRICS agenda latest – dollar debate, expansion, Xi meets Ramaphosa, Russia’s Lavrov arrives 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 22 AUGUST 2023 Russia downs two drones over Moscow; Zelensky visits Athens to meet Balkan, EU leaders 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
