Time and time again, South Africa is marking out a diplomatic stance that leans away from the West. When the UN passed a resolution for peace in Ukraine to mark a year of war, guess who abstained? The assembly broke out in applause when the final tallies were in. Life has gone back to something like normal in Harkiv, Ukraine's second city. We meet one who decorates the wreckage while wearing a bulletproof vest.
A policy of ambiguity is swiftly shifting; the country is falling into a Sino-Russian orbit at just the time it needs the most help from Western allies. How learning to debate can improve the lives of those inside and released from New York City’s biggest prison. And meeting a street artist who decorates the wreckage of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city.
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