Despite its aversion to Islamic fundamentalism, Beijing is being pragmatic in securing energy By Timur Fomenko, a political analyst The Taliban-controlled Afghanistan has signed a deal with a Chinese company that will invest $540 million to develop oil and gas fields in the country. The deal is the first large-scale investment to be conducted in Afghanistan…

Former president said that “peaceful demonstrations” are “part of democracy” Former Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro has denied any responsibility for the unrest that unfolded in the capital Brasilia on Sunday, after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused his right-wing predecessor of filling the heads of his supporters with extremism.

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