Outside the dust and smoke of the fiery encounter US President Donald Trump and Ukraine counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky had in the Oval Office, which has unavoidably been serially screened on TV and reflected in newspaper headlines, is a revolution that most miss of what is happening in America. Predictably, most readers of this diplomacy failure or lapse out of this Trump-Zelensky encounter have primarily apportioned it to rude Trump and cast him as having lost the manners of the Presidency to…

In 2025, Russia and Ethiopia will celebrate the 127th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. In honour of this event, the BRICS+ Information and Cultural Media Centre hosted a lecture by international journalist and Africanist Georgiy Pavlov on the history and prospects of bilateral ties between the countries. This is reported by  “Za Rubejom“, a partner of TV BRICS. The publication recalled that diplomatic relations between Russia and Ethiopia were established in 1898, when a Russian diplomatic mission headed…

Brazil has invited Mexico, Uruguay, and Colombia to participate in the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro in July. This was announced to journalists by the country’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, as reported by Prensa Latina, a partner of TV BRICS. “I think that even if they are not physical members, it is important that these countries participate because it is time to have a debate with the whole world,” the Brazilian President stressed. Lula emphasised that BRICS…

The University of South Africa (UNISA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two Russian universities to promote language exchange programmes. The partnership, formalised on 04 March 2025, with Tyumen State University (UTMN) and the Patrice Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) will see isiZulu taught at the Russian institutions, while UNISA’s College of Human Sciences (CHS) will offer Russian language courses, the university said. The agreement was witnessed by South Africa’s Department of Higher Education and Training…

The International Youth Forum “Russia-Africa: Nuclear Education – Potential for Successful Regional Development” at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University) brought together 300 experts from 30 countries. The specialists discussed radiation safety in mining, application of artificial intelligence in nuclear medicine, ecobiotechnology, mining, and geological information systems. Pavel Shevtsov, Deputy Head of Rossotrudnichestvo, noted in an exclusive commentary to TV BRICS that Russia is implementing a large number of nuclear technology projects on the African…

The United Arab Emirates’ non-oil trade with India surged by 20.5 per cent in 2024, reaching over US$65 billion compared to US$54 billion in 2023. This is reported by Emirates News Agency (WAM), a partner of TV BRICS. The sharp rise in non-oil trade, joint ventures, and mutual investments aligns with the continued implementation of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), which enters its third year on 1 May. The agreement has played a crucial role in fostering sustainable growth…

The release of a new artificial intelligence (AI) model, ironically, evokes a biblical memory. What has transpired in the past few days echoes the story of David versus Goliath, in which the massive and well-armed Goliath is defeated by the comparatively puny David, who comes to the battle with only his staff and sling.  The modern-day equivalent of David that has set the entire world talking is Chinese company DeepSeek, whose advanced open-source language model DeepSeek V3 provides an alternative…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa opened a meeting of finance ministers and heads of central banks (CBs) of the Group of Twenty (G20) states in Cape Town on 26 February. This is reported by the website of the South African Government. In his speech, the Head of State recalled that one of the key priorities of the South African presidency of the G20 is the adoption of measures to strengthen resilience to natural disasters. “The global community – including international…

The jubilee “InterYes! 5.0” International Forum on Public Diplomacy, which gathered more than 100 young leaders from 45 countries, ended in Ulyanovsk. At the event, which took place in an online format, young people discussed key mechanisms of international interaction. The forum participants focused on issues related to the second track diplomacy – horizontal ties between youth communities of the BRICS countries. During the three thematic sessions, speakers and experts shared successful examples of public diplomacy and presented their ideas…

The BRICS Agriculture Working Group held its first meeting, coordinated by Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock in collaboration with the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming, the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and representatives from other BRICS countries. Key agenda items for the working group include food security, sustainable agricultural production, trade and infrastructure development, and strategic agreements. Discussions also covered the implementation of electronic certification to enhance traceability and security in agricultural…