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Membership expansion top on the agenda at upcoming BRICS Summit in Johannesburg
The grouping, which accounts for about a quarter of the world’s wealth, started out in 2001 as BRIC, an acronym…
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Asia
China says Xi to pay state visit to South Africa, attend BRICS summit next week
Questions had swirled over whether Russian President Vladimir Putin – sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his role…
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Commentary: An expanded BRICS could reset world politics but picking new members isn’t straightforward
We are political scientists whose research interests include changes to the global order and emerging alternative centres of power. In…
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United States
US to meet with Ukraine war sceptics to drum up support
The informal meeting will be attended by US security officials and country representatives later this week. Senior US officials will…
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Ukraine war must end, South Africa’s Ramaphosa tells Russian President Putin
MOSCOW: South Africa’s president, in Russia as part of a delegation pushing for peace between Kyiv and Moscow, on Saturday…
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Asia
South Africa’s president briefs Xi on African Russia-Ukraine peace plan
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has briefed Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the upcoming visit by African leaders to Russia…
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South Africa to investigate US allegations of arms shipment to Russia
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a panel to investigate United States allegations that a Russian ship had…
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