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Egypt and Russia are in talks about establishing a logistics center in the Suez Canal zone for storing wheat supplies from Moscow, Sputnik reported, citing the North African nation's Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade.

Cairo, which counts Moscow as its major grain supplier, had previously said...

India and Russia share a "stable and very friendly" relationship and Moscow has "never hurt out interests", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told German daily Handelsblatt, defending long-standing ties between the two nations as the West pushes to end the war in Ukraine.

"Everyone conducts a...

China stands ready to work with all parties to continue deepening the BRICS strategic partnership, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said.

Spokesperson Mao Ning made the remarks at a daily press briefing when asked to comment on a report that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Moros had sai...

By Rhod Mackenzie

On March 5, during a meeting with representatives of the agro-industrial complex in the Stavropol Territory, Russian President Vladimir Putin endorsed the proposal to establish a grain exchange under the BRICS framework.
He noted that stock speculation affects prices, which in t...

On March 5, the Russian Presidential Assistant Yuri Ushakov announced that the BRICS member states plan to establish a payment system based on modern technologies such as digital currencies and blockchain.

The goal is to create an independent settlement payment system within the BRICS framework.

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By Rhod Mackenzie

The surge in low-cost imports from China, known as the 'China shock', had a significant impact on the global economy in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Economists predict that a similar phenomenon could occur again in the near future.

To boost economic growth, China is increasi...