Western officials want to steer clear of Russian representative at a key meeting in Washington Some Western nations are set to boycott parts of a summit of G20 finance ministers scheduled for Wednesday due to the planned participation of the Russian minister. The US called for Russia’s expulsion from the club of the world’s most…

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Afghanistan’s poppy supply on the global market has plummeted 95% since last year’s cultivation ban, data shows Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, once the world’s top supplier, has plummeted since the Taliban outlawed cultivation of the crop last year, a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report has shown.