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By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan

BRICS is a formal alliance of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Its upcoming Summit is scheduled to be held on 22-24 August in Johannesburg, South Arica. BRICS host South Africa has invited 69 countries to attend the upcoming summit. The invitation has...

By Evgeny Zainullin

The stocks of Russian metal in the warehouses of the LME have increased against the backdrop of the growth in storage of metals from other countries. Thus, stocks of Chinese and Chilean copper rose sharply in July. The basis of reserves is Russian aluminum, the volume of which...

By Robert Gore

Banging one’s head against the wall is not a wise strategy.

Russia and China head an alliance that poses the first direct challenge to the American empire since its inception at the end of World War II. Their strategy has been to follow Napoleon’s advice—not interrupting the U.S....

By Zhao Juecheng

Ahead of the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) to be held later this year in China, some foreign media have been consistently badmouthing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), claiming that certain leaders of developed countries will not attend the forum, b...

By Rhod Mackenzie

For the first time in more than thirty years, fuel oil in Europe has become more expensive than Brent crude oil. There has not been such an anomaly since 1990. The cost of diesel fuel and gasoline is also rising. These processes are dangerous as with a new rise in inflation, when...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russian economy for the period from April to June, according to preliminary estimates of Rosstat, grew in annual terms by 4.9%. This indicator reflects positive dynamics after a decline of 1.8% in the first quarter of 2023, according to a report released on August 11 by the a...