Climate change and a feeling that wealthy nations have not done their part to mitigate climate change. And then also the uneven roll out of vaccines to coved. These things have led a lot of developing countries particularly, to begin to speak as one again. Also has created a lot of concern about hypocrisy and self interest on the part of the west.
ONE-THIRD of the world’s population lives in countries backing neither Russia nor Ukraine. The Biden administration has tried to persuade them off the fence, without much success. In Egypt, social mores make it tricky for women to live alone—so they have devised clever tactics to avoid unwelcome attention. And why residents of New Jersey are banned from pumping their own petrol—for now.
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