NEW DELHI, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) — The 18th Group of 20 (G20) Summit will take place on Saturday and Sunday in New Delhi, India. The summit, themed “One Earth · One Family · One Future,” will focus on inclusive growth, digital innovation, climate resilience, and equitable global health access, among other topics. Here is a brief introduction of the group and its summits. Created in 1999, the G20 is a main forum for international cooperation on financial and economic issues.…

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 plans and goals of the BRICS nations for the forthcoming G20 summit in India. Tembe is a Senior Research Fellow at the Thabo Mbeki African…

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 United States, perhaps unintentionally, is accelerating the de-dollarization process because of its kick-the-can-down-the-roadstyle of addressing the destructive cyclical debt crisis, and the almost out-of-control impulse…

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 up more often recently. The abuse by individual states of their dominant position in international finance reinforces the processes of fragmentation of the world economy…

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 selective fields like high-tech and other key areas where those Western powers want to maintain their global dominance. For those who carefully craft and embrace…

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 remould the group into a geopolitical tool forconfrontation and conquest. The mutual respect between the United States and its allies, if there is any, has…

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 justice”. The university was originally called Patrice Lumumba University when it was founded in 1960, but was later renamed RUDN. The revered Lumumba, one of…

The upcoming BRICS Summit in Johannesburg next month is important for South Africa, the African continent and the global south. The gathering of the world’s major developing countries is expected to discuss a common currency and admit or agree on criteria to admit new members.  Countries which have either applied or lined up to join the global South economic alliance include regional powers such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Argentina, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, Pakistan, Mexico, Algeria and Senegal. Formed…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who chaired the virtual Shangai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit on Tuesday, said Iran was going to join as a new member of the organisation. Modi also welcomed the signing of a memorandum on Belarus’ commitment to SCO membership, as reported by ANI, a partner of TV BRICS. “I am happy that Iran is going to join the SCO family as a new member today. In this regard, I extend my best wishes to President Ebrahim…

BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) must rise to the call of the times, keep in mind its founding mission, and stay in unity and coordination to bring more certainty and positive energy to world peace and development. Xi made the remarks when addressing the 23rd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) via video conference from Beijing. Xi said that…