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By Ali Karbalaei

During last year's BRICS summit in China, a strong message was delivered of putting development on top of everything else on the international agenda. As Chinese President Xi Jinping pointed out at the UN General Assembly, the goal of the initiative is that no country or individua...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The SA BRICS Business Council has just announced its search for South Africa’s most talented emerging tech professionals to represent the country in the highly anticipated BRICS Future Skills Challenge.

This year’s future skills Olympics will focus on tackling energy, water, an...

By Javier Arana Villasusa

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel described the BRICS group as an important alternative to the international economic order in the face of the hegemony of the dollar, he said in an interview published by RT in Spanish.

“The BRICS (formed by Brazil, Russia, India, China...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is not directed against other countries or international organizations and is open to broad levels of cooperation, according to the joint New Delhi Declaration, signed following an online meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the online summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

Putin welcomed Iran's joining the Organisation. “In less than two years, the Iranian partners completed all the necessary procedures, and now our common task is to he...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The speedy entry of Belarus into the SCO will have a positive impact on the activities of the association, Russian President Vladimir Putin is sure.

"Russia also stands for the speedy completion of the process of accession to the SCO of the Republic of Belarus. We are convinced...