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By Mohammed Al Asoomi

The changes brought about by the Russian-Ukrainian war are spreading at an accelerated pace, driven by objective developments and historical influences. These warrant a reconsideration when adapting to economic and geopolitical shifts.

A major manifestation of this is the c...

The free trade agreement currently being negotiated between China and the Saudi Arabia-dominated Gulf Cooperation Council needs to protect emerging Gulf industries, Khalid al-Falih, the Saudi investment minister said on Sunday, (June 25) adding he hoped it would be finalised soon.

“We need to enab...

Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of Health & Family Welfare, addressed the BRICS Health Ministers Meeting 2023 on the side-lines of the World Health Assembly in Geneva. The meeting brought together health ministers from BRICS member countries- Brazil, China, Russia, and South Africa.

Dr. Mandaviya...

The expansion of BRICS, an acronym for five regional economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, has the potential of cutting the influence of the United States in global politics and trade, a university don, Dr. Riya’uddeen Maitama, has told THE WHISTLER.

BRICS plans to expand it...

In an ambitious move indicative of evolving global finance, China and Russia are set to accelerate their development of a revolutionary payments infrastructure that will serve the economic partnership known as BRICS. The robust system is set to revamp international trade by integrating the nascent B...

Russia redirected deliveries of oil products from unfriendly states to Africa, Turkey and the Asia-Pacific countries. Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov spoke about this in an interview with Izvestia at SPIEF. He also added that the agency expects to accelerate the implementation of the project to cr...