AUNreportinJulysaidthathalfwaytothedeadlineforthe2030AgendaforSustainableDevelop-ment,only15percentofthe17Sus-tainableDevelopmentGoals(SDGs)targetsareontrack,48percentmoderatelyorseverelyofftrack,a...
Twoeventsthatoccurredwithinaweekofeachotherlastmonthcouldhavehistoricsignificance.BRICS,thegroupingofthemajoremergingeconomiesofBrazil,Russia,India,ChinaandSouthAfrica,agreedonAug24toinvitesixaddit...
TherecentvisitstoChinabyseveralhigh-levelUSofficials—SecretaryofStateAntonyBlinken,TreasurySec-retaryJanetYellen,PresidentialSpe-cialClimateEnvoyJohnKerry,andCommerceSecretaryGinaRaimondo—haveres...
Itistragicanddeplorablethatdespitewidespreadprotestsandappealsbyfishingcommunities,multi-sectoralgroupsandunan-sweredquestionsfromscientistsacrossthePacificRimregion,Japan’sPrimeMinisterFumioKishi...
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ThetermBRICfirstappearedin2001inanarticlebyeconomistJimO’Neill.HedefendedtheideathatBrazil,Russia,IndiaandChinawouldbethepotentialfuturemajoreconomies.Thatisbecausethesecountrieswereexperiencingac...
The2023BRICSSummit,settotakeplaceinJohannesburg,SouthAfrica,fromAug22to24,isexpectedtomarkamajorstepforwardinthegroup’sdevelopmentandglobalimpact.Theblocwasestablishedin2010byfourcountries—Brazil...
TheShanghaiCooperationOrga-nizationmeeting,heldinIndiaviavideolinkonJuly4,hascomeatacriticaltime.WithSCOmemberstates—liketherestoftheworld—facingincreasingchallengessuchastheRussia-Ukraineconflic...