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BRICS is growing – What is growing with BRICS?

At its recent XV Summit in Johannesburg, the economic bloc made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, announced the invitation to join as full members to six new countries: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia…

15th BRICS Summit opens in South Africa

The 15th Summit of the BRICS countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China, India, China and the host, South Africa, began on Tuesday (22) in Johannesburg. Under the theme “BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development and Inclusive Multilateralism”,…

Is Russia stronger than sanctions?

By Nadia Schwarz At the beginning of August the World Bank, which is notoriously unsympathetic to Putin´s Russia, announced that by the end of 2022, the Russian Federation was ranked as the fifth strongest economic power in the world. This…

BRICS invites Iran, five other countries to join as new members

Iran has been invited to become a member of the BRICS group of emerging economies, whose leaders are in Johannesburg, South Africa, to discuss the bloc’s expansion. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday that the BRICS member states agreed…

Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh heads for Johannesburg, sees BRICS as big opportunity to balance West

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is prepared to participate at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa from August 22 to 24. The BRICS 2023 summit is the fifteenth upcoming annual BRICS summit, an international relations conference attended by the…

The BRICS’ ‘Tectonic Change’: A Momentous 72 Hours

The BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug. 22-24, moves center stage in the world, and in history. Some 22 nations have applied to join the original five, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The issue is reformulating the…

BRICS countries prepare a meeting in South Africa to strengthen dialogue, consultation, solidarity, and cooperation

Representatives of the BRICS countries held a meeting last week to prepare for their next meeting to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, exchanging views on current challenges in strategic areas such as food and water security, energy security, counter-terrorism,…

By joining BRICS, will Bangladesh serve as a role model for other south Asian nations?

The world is going through an unstable economic situation. Where most countries are suffering from the price of energy to the dollar price traded in the international market. Bangladesh is also in this problem. Added to that is the pre-election…

Lula’s historic speech in Paris

On 23 June 2023, at the invitation of President Macron, an international summit for a “New Global Financial Pact” was held in Paris with the aim of obtaining more financial support for the poorest countries and the countries of the…

BRICS To Pass G7 in Economic Power, Says Bloomberg

The BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – is expected to increase their share of the global economy to nearly 35% by 2028, Bloomberg reported on Monday. By Countercurrents Collective According to Bloomberg’s calculations based on the…

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