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At the last G-7, President Biden announced a plan for the West to counter China’s influence in low- and middle-income countries. But not much has happened since. This year, there’s a relaunch.
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A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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PESHAWAR, Jun 23 (IPS) – “We came here in 1979 after Russia’s invasion of Afghanistan. My children and grandchildren have grown up here and they don’t want to go back to that war-ravaged country. I go there occasionally to mourn the deaths of near and dear ones,” says Muhammad Jabbar, 67, a former resident of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan.
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The disaster inflicted by the quake heaps more misery on a country where millions face increasing hunger and poverty and the health system has been crumbling since the Taliban retook power last year.
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