BRICS nations receive stark warning from President Trump about dollar alternatives. South Africa clarifies their position while global markets watch closely.

The BRICS+ nations have chosen to ignore Donald Trump's threats and go ahead with exactly what it intends on doing - finding an alternative to the US dollar for global trade.

The US is no longer a beacon of hope and good values. According to the Economist magazine, it is a flawed democracy, 29th on a world scale. And even worse as regards inequality, 98th from the top of 169 countries, according to Global Finance. China is better, in 87th place, and Russia better still at 48th.

BRICS is committed to cutting its reliance on the dollar despite the US president’s tariff threats, Brazil’s Lula da Silva has said Read Full

These tragedies are not aberrations. They are the brutal, everyday reality of a nation under siege. Behind the names and dates lie lives undone, futures erased.

BRICS is committed to using new payment platforms amid escalating tariff threats in global trade, Brazil’s Lula da Silva has said Read Full A

The US, in a clear departure from its position of isolating Russia, has voted in Moscow's favour in a UN vote on Ukraine. China and India have abstained from voting.

A cloud of crisis continues to overshadow Europe, as Russia pursues its war against Ukraine. The war has had far-reaching negative consequences for the civilian population of Ukraine and the rest of Europe.

A decision by the White House to suspend all military aid to Ukraine has stunned Kyiv and its European allies, throwing the very future of the established world order into doubt. "It's almost like the collapse of the Soviet Union if you think of the scale of what we're seeing now,

Argentine President Javier Milei took heavy flak from friends and foes alike after his country abstained at the United Nations from urging Russia to withdraw from Ukraine, thus making a notorious U-turn from the support he showed his colleague Volodymyr Zelensky during his Dec.

NATO-member Turkey hosted initial talks between the sides months after Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, helping secure a deal for the safe passage of grain exports in the Black Sea. It has said any future peace talks must include both countries.