Foreign ministers from some of the world’s major economies are meeting in Russia. The BRICS group is aimed at challenging a US dominated world order and was originally made of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. From this year, the economic bloc has expanded to include five, new full members. Al Jazeera’s Yulia Shapovalova has the latest from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Zamokuhle Mbandlwa is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Management and Economics at Durban University. He explains why the economic bloc decided to expand. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram […]
Leaders of the BRICS alliance of five nations have invited another six countries to join. They are: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The annual BRICS summit is being held in Johannesburg. The leaders of Brazil, India, China and South Africa are there, while Russia’s president is on video link from Moscow. The South African President made the expansion announcement. Al Jazeera’s Fahmida Miller joins us now from Johannesburg for the latest updates. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish […]
The war in Ukraine was high on the agenda of this week’s BRICS meeting. The host, Chinese president Xi Jinping, criticised what he described as the abuse of international sanctions. It was also the first major diplomatic appearance of Russian President Vladimir Putin since Russia invaded Ukraine. Al Jazeera’s @Katrina Yu reports from Beijing, China. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #BRICS #Russia #China #Ukraine
