Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira has announced that the BRICS Summit will take place on 6–7 July in Rio de Janeiro. The information was published on the website of Brazil’s BRICS presidency. “It is a great pleasure to once again strengthen collaboration and partnership between the Federal Government and Rio de Janeiro. We will host Heads of State from the 20 countries that are part of the BRICS in the two categories of full members and partners. We will make…

As global security challenges increase and intensify, China has initiated a vision for common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, following a path of peaceful development while striving to promote peaceful coexistence and inclusive exchange of civilizations, said a Xinhua think tank report released on Tuesday. China has always been a practitioner of peaceful development, as highlighted in the report titled “Promoting the Development and Progress of Human Civilization through Exchange and Mutual Learning” released by Xinhua Institute, a think tank…

The 16th sessions of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) concluded in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 14 December 2024. Centred around the theme Our Land Our Future, the conference adopted 39 resolutions addressing drought response, scientific innovation, dust storms, and future budgeting after 13 days of deliberations. These efforts have set a new blueprint for combating desertification and land degradation worldwide, opening a fresh chapter in global cooperation.  Notably, the conference…

Europe faces its greatest threat from within rather than from foreign powers, US Vice President J.D. Vance has said, expressing concern about what he called the continent’s abandonment of its core values. Vance told the Munich Security Conference on Friday that while Washington is preoccupied with the question of achieving a reasonable settlement between Russia and Ukraine, Europe has bigger problems. ”The threat that I worry the most about vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any…

Irina Petrunina has been Director of the Department for Competition, Energy Efficiency, and Environment at the Russian Ministry of Economic Development since 2022. She graduated from the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute. She underwent retraining at the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation. From 1991 to 2019, she held positions in education – from deputy school director to deputy director of the Department of State Policy in the sphere of upbringing, additional education and children’s…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he won’t attend the G20 Summit in Johannesburg this year, accusing South Africa of “doing very bad things” and “anti-Americanism”. The new US top diplomat repeated President Donald Trump’s false claim that Pretoria was confiscating private property and violating human rights, indicating deteriorating relations between South Africa and the US over various foreign and domestic policy disagreements. South Africa’s policies on China, Russia, Ukraine and Israel are at the centre of the tension.The…

Trade between Russia and Egypt has reached a new milestone, hitting US$8 billion in 2024. Russian Ambassador to Egypt, Georgiy Borisenko, revealed this significant figure during his address at the Cairo International Book Fair, underscoring the deepening trade partnership between the two nations, as reported by DNE Africa, a partner of TV BRICS. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi prioritised key infrastructure initiatives, including the construction of a nuclear power plant in Egypt and the…

The international “Regional to Global” conference organised by the Global Energy Association was held in Port Louis, the capital of the Republic of Mauritius. TV BRICS served as the event’s information partner. At the meeting, leading experts from developing countries discussed Africa’s energy supply prospects and ways to integrate new technologies into traditional energy systems. Among the conference participants were the President of the Global Energy Association, Sergey Brilev; the Director of HySA Infrastructure Centre of Competence under the Ministry…

One of South Africa’s leading non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the fight against tuberculosis (TB) and HIV has been forced to retrench part of its staff after US President Donald Trump imposed a 90-day pause on all US funding to foreign countries and organisations. The pause is among several executive orders Trump signed immediately after being sworn in as the 47th president of the US on January 20th. He stated that he wanted to assess whether these funds align with his…

The start of 2025 was a landmark period for BRICS: on 6 January, Indonesia joined the group as a full member. According to experts, this event was an important milestone in the history of BRICS: the group continues to strengthen its position in the international arena, united countries with great economic and demographic potential. What contribution can Indonesia make to BRICS and to the formation of a new global architecture? What advantages will it gain? BRICS countries’ reactions Indonesia was warmly welcomed by the BRICS…