Tag Archives: BRICS

BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | China’s newly proposed Global Governance Initiative (GGI) has captured growing attention in recent weeks, with observers hailing it as Beijing’s latest and timely response to pressing global challenges and a call for building a fairer and more inclusive international system. First unveiled at the Shanghai …

BEIJING | Xinhua |  The virtual BRICS Summit held on Monday has never been more relevant as it came at a time of growing global uncertainties and an intensifying deficit in global governance. During the summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping called on BRICS countries, which stand at the forefront of the …

ANALYSIS : The US president vowed higher tariffs on BRICS nations that align with the bloc’s plans to challenge US hegemony. Despite the China-backed initiative making limited progress, dozens of nations are still eager to join reports Nik Martin. U.S. President Donald Trump is doubling down against the BRICS bloc …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Zhong Guan | From July 6 to 7, the 17th BRICS Summit was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This summit and the recent expansion of BRICS, which now includes Indonesia as its newest member and ten additional partner countries, reflects a significant step towards strengthening …

    RIO DE JANEIRO | Xinhua |  Over 250 representatives from nearly 150 media outlets, think tanks, government agencies, and regional organizations across 36 countries gathered here on Wednesday for the BRICS Media and Think Tank Forum, an event focusing on how to advance BRICS cooperation and strengthen solidarity …

RIO DE JANEIRO | Xinhua |  With its inclusive and cooperative framework tailored to the needs of emerging economies, as a Xinhua-affiliated think tank has argued, BRICS stands apart to add collective momentum to the progress of the Global South, which seeks fairer development opportunities. In a report titled “BRICS …

RIO DE JANEIRO | TASS | BRICS outstrips many other associations, including the Group of Seven, in economic terms, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “The BRICS nations not only account for a third of the plant’s ground territory and nearly half of its population, they also account for 40% of …

RIO DE JANEIRO | Xinhua | Colombia and Uzbekistan have joined the New Development Bank (NDB), expanding the membership of the multilateral lender commonly known as the BRICS Bank, the institution’s president, Dilma Rousseff, announced here Saturday. The announcement came at a press conference held after the 10th meeting of the …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda’s admission as a BRICS partner state marks a significant milestone in the country’s foreign relations and development aspirations, Foreign Affairs Minister Jeje Odongo has said. In the remarks delivered Tuesday at the BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Odongo …

MOSCOW, RUSSIA | TASS | US President Donald Trump’s trade wars may push some Asian and African countries toward joining BRICS, a Russian expert said. “In recent days, and all throughout the past month, we have had a front row seat to the new challenges that have emerged from this …