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China’s Air Force One: Inside Xi Jinping’s Boeing 747-8 Presidential Jet

China's presidential transport utilizes a specially converted Boeing 747-8I aircraft. This aircraft is branded with Air China and carries specific registration details. Several other nations also employ VIP-configured 747-8I models for their leaders. The United States recently adopted a version of this aircraft as a stopgap transport. India and Japan, among others, now use variants of the modern…

China’s Air Force One: Inside Xi Jinping’s Boeing 747-8 Presidential Jet

We haven't written up this one. Times of India has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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President Sisi participates in closed-door session of BRICS leaders

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will participate in the closed-door session of the leaders of the BRICS countries, hosted by the Indian capital New Delhi, under the theme “building resilience…

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Modi faces BRICS unity test as Middle East war deepens

INDIA’S Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces a test of BRICS unity as the bloc’s leaders gather in New Delhi with the escalating Middle East conflict threatening to widen divisions over security, energy and the global economy. Bloomberg reported...

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