Trade : Expanded BRICS Johannesburg II declaration "shows mirror" to North (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, New Delhi)
The Johannesburg II Declaration issued by the expanded BRICS coalition of developing countries on 24 August seems to have "shown the mirror" to the Northern countries, particularly the Group o f Seven (G7) industrialized nations, who have allegedly ignored the specific concerns of the Global South in the Multilateral Trading System (MTS), incl uding the World Trade Organization, said people familiar with the discussions.

SE Asia : Hundreds of thousands trafficked to work as online scammers - UN (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Hundreds of thousands of people from across the Southeast Asia region and beyond have been forcibly engaged by organise d criminal gangs into online criminality, ranging from romance- investment sc ams, crypto fraud, and money laundering to illegal gambling, the United Nations Human Rights Office has said.

Kenya : Population growth decreases as more women embrace family planning (PRIV)
(IPS, Nairobi)
According to a family planning bri ef, more than 370 million women in middle- and low-income countries were finall y embracing modern contraception to help curb unintended pregnancies.