Developing Countries Urge Unity, Cooperation Ahead of UN Annual Debate

BEIJING, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) — Ahead of the United Nations (UN) general debate next week, developing countries at the Summit of the Group of 77 (G77) and China urged strengthening solidarity and cooperation to champion multilateralism. In the face of some countries’ practices such as unilateral sanctions, decoupling, and disruptions of industrial and supply chains,… Continue reading Developing Countries Urge Unity, Cooperation Ahead of UN Annual Debate

Macron’s Rivalry With Erdoğan Puts Brakes On Grain Deal

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan failed to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to continue the Black Sea Grain Initiative during their meeting in the Russian city of Sochi on Sept. 4. Russia had suspended the initiative in July after complaining that Western partners had not lifted restrictions on banking and logistics. Erdoğan has strongly supported… Continue reading Macron’s Rivalry With Erdoğan Puts Brakes On Grain Deal

This Time For Africa and a Multipolar World

NEW DELHI, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) — The African Union (AU) celebrated its founding anniversary Saturday, marking its creation in 1999. This year, the joy was doubled as the AU became a new Group of 20 (G20) member on the same day. “It’s finally Africa’s time,” many Africans said on social media, echoing “Waka Waka (This… Continue reading This Time For Africa and a Multipolar World

AI Conference Brings Together Leading Industry Experts

Leading AI IN experts and professionals from the country’s leading companies and universities discussed the growing role of AI in medicine, oil and gas, energy, and fintech industries at Innopolis, which organised the event. The discussions were held with the participation of Nobel laureate Konstantin Novoselov, Andrey Sebrant and Alexander Krainov, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alexey Sidoruk… Continue reading AI Conference Brings Together Leading Industry Experts

G20: BRICS Nations Are Set To Present Themselves As A New Global Economy, Says Prof Tembe

Dr Paul Zilungiselele Tembe, a founder of SELE Encounters and a Senior Lecturer of Mandarin at UNISA, said Xi’s visit was important in the context of the shifting geopolitics and the emergence of BRICS as an alternative to Western-dominated political and economic systems. 

In a special media project BRICS & G20 2023 ahead of the G20 summit, TV BRICS International Media Network and its partners, major national media outlets of the BRICS countries, interviewed leading experts from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Among the speakers is Professor Paul Tembe, an international relations expert, who discussed the… Continue reading G20: BRICS Nations Are Set To Present Themselves As A New Global Economy, Says Prof Tembe

Xinhua Commentary: Washington Is Hitting Gas On De-Dollarisation

BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) — In the wake of World War II, the United States joined many Western countries and built the Bretton Woods system, laying the foundation for the current international monetarysystem and the global supremacy of the U.S. dollar. Almost 80 years later, the greenback is still the world’s dominant currency. Yet the… Continue reading Xinhua Commentary: Washington Is Hitting Gas On De-Dollarisation

EXCLUSIVE: Russia’s Sherpa Speaks On Single BRICS Currency

6414675 09.12.2020 Pavel Knyazev, Russian Sous-Sherpa in BRICS, Deputy Director, Foreign Policy Planning Department, Russian Foreign Ministry, at the Meeting of BRICS Sherpas/Sous-Sherpas in Moscow Grigory Sysoev / Photohost agency brics-russia2020.ru

The BRICS countries continue to discuss the possibility of introducing a common single currency and the implications of such a move.  Pavel Knyazev, Russia’s Sous-Sherpa in BRICS, gave an exclusive commentary to TV BRICS, where he outlined how this decision could help the development of the states of the Five. “This issue has been coming… Continue reading EXCLUSIVE: Russia’s Sherpa Speaks On Single BRICS Currency

De-Risking – I Want Your Market, But You Need To Slow Down Tech Development

US president Joe Biden. The writer says the US has resorted to threats and blackmail in response to the dwindling influence of the dollar. It has reacted the same way to its fading global power and influence, the economic rise of China, the re-emergence of Russia as a superpower and the defeat of NATO in the Ukraine war. 

BEIJING, July 5 (Xinhua) — The talk of de-risking from China has been gaining ubiquity among Western politicians and business communities recently, while the de-coupling approach seems to be put away, at least in rhetoric. Don’t get fooled. The nature of the new De-word is in fact to re-define risk and decouple from China in… Continue reading De-Risking – I Want Your Market, But You Need To Slow Down Tech Development

Xinhua Commentary: G7 Should Be Renamed G1+6

BEIJING, May 25 (Xinhua) — In the just-ended Group of Seven (G7) Summit in Japan, a symbolic show of solidarity couldn’t paper over cracks in the group. Selfish Uncle Sam has made it increasingly difficult for the bloc to forge a unified will as more countries realize that the world’s sole superpower is maneuvering to… Continue reading Xinhua Commentary: G7 Should Be Renamed G1+6

Russia Honours DRC Founding Leader Patrice Lumumba

MOSCOW, July 13 — Sputnik—The Russian government has honoured the founding father of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), former Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, who led the country to independence in 1960. The government has completed the process to again name the People’s Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) after Lumumba, saying they were restoring “historical… Continue reading Russia Honours DRC Founding Leader Patrice Lumumba

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