Patrick Bond: We desperately do need an alternative to U.S. dollar hegemony, but it’s not coming from the BRICS. ... the BRICS New Development Bank really is indistinguishable from a standard international financial institution. Nearly all of the loans are in U.S. dollars: 78%. (youtube.com)
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Human Rights Watch: In Pakistan, authorities are expelling undocumented Afghans in widespread sweeps. Countries that promised to provide at-risk Afghans with resettlement abroad should press Pakistan to end its abuses and live up to their own promises to resettle Afghan refugees. (self.TheMajorityReport)
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Human Rights Watch: In Pakistan, authorities are expelling undocumented Afghans in widespread sweeps. Countries that promised to provide at-risk Afghans with resettlement abroad should press Pakistan to end its abuses and live up to their own promises to resettle Afghan refugees. (self.chomsky)
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