cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/41958899

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/41958890

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/38367381

This is an op-ed by Amalendu Misra, Professor of International Politics, Lancaster University.

The Brics group of nations has just concluded its 17th annual summit in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. But, despite member states adopting a long list of commitments covering global governance, finance, health, AI and climate change, the summit was a lacklustre affair.

The two most prominent leaders from the group’s founding members – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – were conspicuously absent. Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, only attended virtually due to an outstanding arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court over his role in the war in Ukraine.

China’s Xi Jinping avoided the summit altogether for unknown reasons, sending his prime minister, Li Qiang, instead. This was Xi’s first no-show at a Brics summit, with the snub prompting suggestions that Beijing’s enthusiasm for the group as part of an emerging new world order is in decline.

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The Brics group is a behemoth. Its full 11 members account for 40% of the world’s population and economy. But the bloc is desperately short of providing any cohesive alternative global leadership.

While Brazil used its position as host to highlight Brics as a truly multilateral forum capable of providing leadership in a new world order, such ambitions are thwarted by the many contradictions plaguing this bloc.

Among these are tensions between founding members China and India, which have been running high for decades.

There are other contradictions, too. In their joint Rio declaration, the group’s members decried the recent Israeli and US attacks on Iran. Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, also used his position as summit host to criticise the Israeli offensive in Gaza.

But this moral high ground appears hollow when you consider that the Russian Federation, a key member of Brics, is on a mission to destroy Ukraine. And rather than condemning Russia, Brics leaders used the Rio summit to criticise recent Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s railway infrastructure.

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Brics declared intention to address the issue of climate change is also problematic. The Rio declaration conveyed the group’s support for multilateralism and unity to achieve the goals of the Paris agreement. But, despite China making significant advances in its green energy sector, Brics contains some of the world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases as well as several of the largest oil and gas producers.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/38367381

This is an op-ed by Amalendu Misra, Professor of International Politics, Lancaster University.

The Brics group of nations has just concluded its 17th annual summit in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. But, despite member states adopting a long list of commitments covering global governance, finance, health, AI and climate change, the summit was a lacklustre affair.

The two most prominent leaders from the group’s founding members – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – were conspicuously absent. Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, only attended virtually due to an outstanding arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court over his role in the war in Ukraine.

China’s Xi Jinping avoided the summit altogether for unknown reasons, sending his prime minister, Li Qiang, instead. This was Xi’s first no-show at a Brics summit, with the snub prompting suggestions that Beijing’s enthusiasm for the group as part of an emerging new world order is in decline.

[...]

The Brics group is a behemoth. Its full 11 members account for 40% of the world’s population and economy. But the bloc is desperately short of providing any cohesive alternative global leadership.

While Brazil used its position as host to highlight Brics as a truly multilateral forum capable of providing leadership in a new world order, such ambitions are thwarted by the many contradictions plaguing this bloc.

Among these are tensions between founding members China and India, which have been running high for decades.

There are other contradictions, too. In their joint Rio declaration, the group’s members decried the recent Israeli and US attacks on Iran. Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, also used his position as summit host to criticise the Israeli offensive in Gaza.

But this moral high ground appears hollow when you consider that the Russian Federation, a key member of Brics, is on a mission to destroy Ukraine. And rather than condemning Russia, Brics leaders used the Rio summit to criticise recent Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s railway infrastructure.

[...]

Brics declared intention to address the issue of climate change is also problematic. The Rio declaration conveyed the group’s support for multilateralism and unity to achieve the goals of the Paris agreement. But, despite China making significant advances in its green energy sector, Brics contains some of the world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases as well as several of the largest oil and gas producers.

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I can't add snark to this, it's too sad, it reminds me of The Killers of the Flower Moon.

Please don't forget that if Ukrainian parents don't send all their kids to the invader-run schools, they run the risk of having their children kidnapped by the occupier authorities and taken to Russia for "adoption" with new Russian passports and identities. As David Knowles used to say on "Ukraine: The Latest", please don't look away.

The case has been forwarded for criminal charges. A child could be prosecuted as an adult. Defend this, tankies.

cross-posted from: https://toast.ooo/post/7950303

July 12th, 2025 @ 4am UTC

https://2025.canvas.fediverse.events/

✨ just as it was last year, the entire Fediverse is invited ✨

follow via microblog @canvas@fediverse.events

join the chat on matrix or on discord (bridged)

are you an app developer? check out the fediverse.events api 👀 (matrix room also linked there)

What’s Canvas?

canvas is a 48 hour event were anyone apart of the fediverse can contribute to a pixel canvas, one pixel at a time

cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/foodaustralia@aussie.zone/t/2290030

MAMA MIA! Italian parliament is currently discussing the best plan of attack in response to Australia’s most recent desecration of the Pizza, the Domino’s Meat Pie Crust — many are calling for sanctions and boycotts of all Australian goods.

“We looked past the cheesy crust, we looked past the limited edition ninja turtle pizza with nameless bright green sauce on it, we even ignored “The Cheese Volcano”, but this….. this must stop” declared the Italian minister for culture Alessandro Giuli.

“We cannot allow the Commonwealth Of Australia to time and time again, completely humiliate a desecrate one of our proudest cultural exports!”

(the meat pie crust is real: https://newsroom.dominos.com.au/media/2025/5/19/dominos-teams-up-with-fourn-twenty-to-unleash-the-meat-pie-crust-in-time-for-footy-season )

Repooost because it's so pithy

Reaching out across the seas to all biscuit lovers. Let's not let a little thing like the definition of "biscuit" or the implications of "tea party" separate us, we have so much more to share, yo. We could be like NATO, except with fat and sugar! I'll kick it off with my favorite cheap Aldi sweet without chocolate in it: The Speculoos. Excellent with Camembert brie! EDIT: fixed the fargin photo

Noble tradition, noble cheese.

cross-posted from: https://kbin.earth/m/yurop@lemm.ee/t/1388766

The prize for winning is the cheese that they're all chasing. She's just that committed to hurling herself down a hill for the pure love of the game, apparently

Surprisingly in depth article from USA Today on how federally recognized tribes can boot their own members and evict them from tribal housing. The Cherokee Nation took away citizenship and benefits to the Freedmen descendants, who took it all the way to the US Supreme Court and won their case. The Freedmen were reinstated as Cherokee Nation citizens, but the tension is still there. Startling similarities between the Nooksack 306 and the above.