BRICS

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa about the planned BRICS Summit in Johannesburg amid uncertainty over whether he’ll be able to avoid arrest for alleged war crimes if he attends the…

South Africa is considering switching the venue of an upcoming summit of Brics leaders to another country, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that would resolve its dilemma over whether to execute an international arrest…

The New Development Bank, the Shanghai-based lender better known as the “Brics bank”, is in talks with Saudi Arabia on admitting the country as its ninth member, a move that would strengthen its funding options as founding…

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The Brics group of nations will discuss the feasibility of introducing a common currency, according to the foreign minister of South Africa, which is preparing to host a summit of the bloc’s leaders. US interest-rate hikes and geopolitical…

The small seaside town of Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape, with an estimated population of between 26 000 and 30 000, has been exempted from power cuts for the entire week as it hosts a workshop on labour policy and international relations…

The Kremlin said on Monday that President Vladimir Putin would decide whether to attend a BRICS conference in South Africa in August closer to the time. South Africa, a party to the International Criminal Court (ICC), maintains good…

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business The BRICS group of nations plans to decide this year whether to admit new members and what criteria they would have to meet, with Iran and Saudi Arabia among those who’ve formally asked to…

South Africa, which is presiding over Brics this year, will host the summit for the bloc during the second half of the year, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation has confirmed. South Africa assumed its Brics presidency…

Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s top foreign policy advisor supports the inclusion of Argentina in the BRICS group of developing nations, which could be a forum for negotiating peace in Ukraine, he told Reuters.…