Abu Dhabi crown prince holds talks with Brazilian president on sidelines of BRICS summit
Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva discuss UAE-Brazil strategic ties amid regional tensions
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Iran’s supreme leader appears in public for first time since Israeli attack
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s attendance at ceremony follows speculation about his safety
China’s ‘Leader for life’ Xi Jinping to retire after third term in 2027? Reports say…
Speculations arose after state-run Xinhua news agency recently reported that the powerful 24-member Political Bureau of the ruling Communist Party in its meeting on June 30 reviewed a set of new regulations on the work of party’s institutions. The meeting presided over by Xi Jinping himself.
Xi, Putin snub BRICS Summit, is group’s expansion causing ideological divide?
As Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping skip the BRICS Summit in Brazil, here’s how the expansion of the group has led to the emergence of an ideological divide.
Congress invokes Manmohan Singh’s legacy as PM Modi set to join Brics summit
The Seventeenth BRICS Summit begins on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already reached Brazil to attend the summit.
This Week in Explainers: Does Xi Jinping’s absence signal a power shift in China?
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s disappearance from public view for two weeks is raising questions about who controls the reins in Beijing. The development comes in the backdrop of reports that his successor Wang Yang, a technocrat, is being groomed to take over. All this and more in our weekly roundup of stories from around the world
Leaders of growing BRICS group gather for Rio summit
RIO DE JANEIRO: Leaders of the growing BRICS group of developing nations were set to gather in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday (Jul 6), calling for reform of traditional Western institutions while presenting the bloc as a defender of multilateralism in an increasingly fractured world.
Malaysia PM Anwar calls for increase in intra-BRICS trade, urges trading opportunities overseas
At the 17th BRICS Leaders’ Summit in Rio De Janeiro, Anwar expressed confidence that the grouping, which today accounts for nearly 40 per cent of the global economy, holds vast potential to boost trade.
What to expect at the 2025 BRICS summit in Brazil
Brazil plays host to a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies Sunday and Monday during which pressing topics like Israel’s attack on Iran, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and trade tariffs imposed by U.S.