PUEAA

Modi’s face and India’s diplomatic nous were on display. But from monuments to food, India’s diversity was denied a stage.

Government subsidies don’t boost Chinese firms’ productivity

EAST ASIAN FORUM

Governments around the world regularly spend an enormous amount of money subsidising businesses. But few spend like China. A 2022 report suggests that China spends 1.7–5 per cent of its GDP on industrial policies, more than most countries.

India-Middle East-Europe Corridor shows global shifts: UAE minister

ASIE NIKKEI

A proposed transnational rail and shipping route that passes through India, the Middle East and Europe -- widely seen as a counterweight to China's Belt and Road Initiative -- reflects an evolving world, the United Arab Emirates' economy minister told Nikkei Asia in an interview.

Uganda’s anti-gay bill spurs fallout with the US and a loss of Ush741 billion ($200 million)

BUSINESS INSIDER AFRICA

Due to the passing of Uganda's anti-gay bill, several US companies covered by the Africa Growth Opportunity Act (Agoa) have ceased doing business with Uganda.

Morocco unveils rehousing programme for quake-hit areas

AFRICA NEWS

Morocco announced the launch of an aid programme on Thursday to support and rehouse the residents of about 50,000 buildings damaged in last week's devastating earthquake.

Libya floods: UN mobilises aid, appeals for $71.4 million

UNRIC NEWS

The United Nations is providing aid to areas in eastern Libya after extreme rainfall caused devastating flooding and loss of life over the weekend, and has issued an urgent appeal to donors for $71.4 million

Kenya wants to pioneer a new African approach to global warming

THE ECONOMIST

On September 3rd William Ruto drove himself to a curtain-raiser for the Africa Climate Summit in a small yellow electric car, flanked by bodyguards riding electric motorbikes. Mr Ruto, Kenya’s president, sees climate diplomacy as a way of burnishing his reputation in the West. But during the summit—the first dedicated to Africa’s response to the warming planet—the motorcades of visiting presidents had a more familiar look. While the politicians talked green inside the venue in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, outside were rows of petrol-guzzling suvs.

G-20, BRICS, G-7…: en busca del orden internacional perdido

REAL INSTITUTO ELCANO

La reciente cumbre del G-20, con la India (o Bharat) como anfitrión, y antes la de los BRICS, en Sudáfrica, parecerían transmitir la impresión de que se está conformando un nuevo orden internacional sobre bases distintas a las que, tras el final de la II Guerra Mundial, llevaron a Londres y a Washington a diseñar el marco en el que nos movemos desde entonces. Un marco que, fundamentalmente al servicio y beneficio de EEUU y sus aliados occidentales, viene definido en términos políticos y diplomáticos por la ONU, en el terreno económico por el Banco Mundial, el Fondo Monetario Internacional, la OCDE y la Organización Mundial del Comercio, y por la OTAN en el campo militar. Un marco cuyos promotores y defensores insisten, con cada vez menor capacidad de convicción, que está basado en normas, valores y principios, cuando se multiplican los ejemplos que muestran abiertamente que su verdadera base es la defensa de intereses y que dichas normas pueden ser obviadas en caso necesario.