India becomes the first country to land on one of the moon's lunar poles

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India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft landed days after Russia's Luna-25 mission ended in a crash landing. The country is the first to land on one of the moon's lunar poles.

Watch the historic moment India successfully lands on the south pole of the moon, beating the US, China, and Russia

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white rocket with two boosters on its sides launches through clouds with flames shooting out of boosters
Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3, the word for "moon craft" in Sanskrit, travels after it was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India.

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Putin can't attend the BRICS summit for fear of arrest, but he couldn't pass up taking potshots against the West and the US dollar via tape

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to the Brics Business Summit via a prerecorded video on August 22, 2023 in Johannesburg
Russian President Vladimir Putin railed at Western-led sanctions in a prerecorded speech at the BRICS summit.

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China-based BRICS bank aims to de-dollarize debt by expanding local currency lending

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A worker arranges a signboard of the 15th BRICS summit outside the Sandton Convention Center in Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug. 17, 2023. The 15th BRICS summit is to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Aug. 22-24.
A worker arranges a signboard of the 15th BRICS summit outside the Sandton Convention Center in Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug. 17, 2023. The 15th BRICS summit is to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Aug.

Over 40 countries sick and tired of the Western-led world order are clamoring to join a group where China and Russia are members

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A worker arranges a signboard of the 15th BRICS summit outside the Sandton Convention Center in Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug. 17, 2023. The 15th BRICS summit is to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Aug. 22-24.
South Africa is hosting the BRICS summit this week.

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India's central bank urges lenders to de-dollarize trade with the UAE using local currencies

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A trader counts new 2,000-rupee notes at a wholesale vegetable market in Bangalore, India

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A country slightly bigger than Texas is projected to match the US population by 2050 — and it shows how radically the world is changing

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A young boy holds the flag of Nigeria.

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Burger King in India says tomatoes 'need a vacation' too — they have been removed from the menu due to inflation

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A Whopper from the fast food chain Burger King sits on a packaging paper in Kaufbeuren, Germany.
Burger King in India has taken tomatoes off the menu due to food inflation, which is at its highest since January 2020.

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India just ditched the dollar and used its own currency to buy a million barrels of oil from the UAE

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A man counts Indian rupee banknotes in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
A man counts Indian rupee banknotes in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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High shipping costs have created a $1 billion loophole for Russia to evade oil price cap, report says

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Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) visits the Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery near the city of Samara, Russia.

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