Xi Jinping has been the face of China—a leader who projected confidence at global forums, reshaped domestic politics, and positioned himself as “president for life.” But this year, for the first time ...

Brics can only provide credible leadership in a changing global order when it addresses its many inner contradictions.

Against the headwinds of a revisionist US, a shaky Western alliance and a global system in crisis, bold and decisive moves by ...

At their latest summit in Brazil, the BRICS nations once again portrayed themselves as an emerging geopolitical heavyweight. Yet the internal contradictions within this expanding group remain plain to ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping raised eyebrows when he decided to skip BRICS Summit 2025 in Brazil & instead sent Premier Li Qiang to represent China. There have been a lot of rumours doing the rounds ...

ISLAMABAD: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to skip the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation ...

In the absence of Putin and Xi, the summit was dominated by Brazil’s Lula and India’s Modi, the leaders of the two largest BRICS democracies – and the least interested in turning the grouping into an ...

President Trump threatened to “bomb the s**t out of Moscow” if Russian President Putin attacked Ukraine, according to a new book. The remark was among several captured in a series of audio tapes from ...

In a move that’s sent shockwaves through global politics, Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped the 17th BRICS Summit, his first absence since taking power in 2012. While Beijing claims it was due to ...

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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has praised China’s growing ...