The last meeting under Brazil’s G20 presidency of the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group ended in Rio de Janeiro. The meeting resulted in the creation of a document aimed at reforming access to environmental and climate funds, according to Brasil 247, a partner of TV BRICS. One of the Brazilian government’s priorities is to make it easier for the countries of the Global South to access the resources that finance projects aimed at regulating and controlling climate change. The current…

During a meeting with Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly in Riyadh, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced his intention to invest US$5 billion through the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) in Egypt as part of efforts to strengthen economic ties between the two countries. This is reported by Daily News Egypt, a partner of TV BRICS. The Egyptian Prime Minister emphasised that numerous Egyptian investment companies are active in Saudi Arabia. “We are currently working on finalising the agreement…

The UAE has made significant strides in developing clean energy production, with 27.83 per cent of the country’s total energy mix coming from clean energy sources in 2023, according to Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei. The country is on track to achieve an ambitious target of 32 per cent clean energy by 2030.  In an exclusive interview with the Emirates News Agency (WAM), a partner of TV BRICS, Al Mazrouei highlighted the progress made. “From…

The BRICS Media Summit has started in Moscow. The event gathered leading experts from over 60 media outlets from 45 countries. The main theme of the meeting is “The Role of Media in a Multipolar World”. The Media Summit is attended by high-ranking officials and media representatives not only from the BRICS countries but also from nations interested in expanding cooperation with the union. The guests were welcomed by the photo exhibition “BRICS Family,” which showcases the works of photojournalists…

President of Xinhua News Agency Fu Hua met separately with Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov and General Director of Rossiyskaya Gazeta Pavel Negoitsa here Friday. During his meeting with Peskov, Fu emphasized that as China’s state news agency, Xinhua is committed to creating a positive public opinion environment for the continuous and healthy development of China-Russia relations. Over the years, Xinhua has actively engaged in practical and friendly cooperation across multiple fields with Russia’s mainstream media, playing a unique…

China’s move to raise its statutory retirement age is a proactive and effective measure tackling the challenge of population aging, according to guest speakers at the China Economic Roundtable, an all-media talk platform hosted by Xinhua News Agency. According to a decision adopted by Chinese lawmakers on Friday, the statutory retirement age will be gradually raised from 60 to 63 for men over the course of 15 years from 2025, from 55 to 58 for women working as cadres, and…

The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, says Russia has completed over 70% of the planned programmes under its BRICS chairmanship in 2024.  Putin made these remarks at the meeting of high-ranking representatives of BRICS countries in charge of security issues at the Constantine Palace in St Petersburg on Thursday, September 12th.  Russia’s 2024 BRICS Chairmanship, themed “Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security” includes over 200 events designed to enhance cooperation in policy and security, economy and finance, and humanitarian…

The Rustenburg local municipality in the North West Province has announced plans to leverage the local entertainment industry as a key driver of economic growth and position the city as an entertainment tourism hub in South Africa. This announcement was made by Executive Mayor Sheila Mabale-Huma at the official media launch of the ‘Rusty White’ annual festival on Wednesday. Speaking at the launch, Mayor Mabale-Huma said the municipality will work with various stakeholders in the entertainment industry to enhance collaboration…

China will work with Africa to take 10 partnership action plans for modernization to deepen China-Africa cooperation and spearhead the Global South modernization, said Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday in his keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing. “China and Africa account for one-third of the world population. Without our modernization, there will be no global modernization. In the next three years, China will work with Africa…

Francina Lerato Kuwali, a 35-year-old international student from Malawi at China Agricultural University (CAU), returned recently with the exciting news that she and her classmates had helped local farmers in her country achieve a maize yield of 9,000 kg per hectare, nearly three times the local average. Over the past year, they have applied the agricultural techniques learned at CAU to assist 30 farmers in Malawi with maize cultivation, as part of the cultivation plan under the cooperative postgraduate education…