Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the BRICS Business Forum in Moscow, Russia October 18, 2024. Alexander Zemlianichenko | Via Reuters Russia is rolling out the red carpet to its geopolitical allies as it hosts the latest BRICS summit on Tuesday, pushing its agenda to create a “new world order” that challenges the West. The group…
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday left for Russia to attend the BRICS summit where he is expected to meet leaders of the member countries, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines. Xi will articulate China‘s vision for “greater cooperation” of the BRICS bloc, which has now expanded to 10 members, and “open a…
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Dmitry Medvedev noted that Trump is actually “smooth as silk” during high-level talks. “Trump got carried away. Did he really talk about ‘hitting fricking Moscow?’ Of course not,” he said. “He’s generally smooth as silk in negotiations. And there’s only one answer to such words: your fricking Washington will get hit too.” “In general, our relationship…
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China’s military began a live-fire exercise near Taiwan. File | Photo Credit: Reuters China’s military began a live-fire exercise near Taiwan on Tuesday (October 22, 2024), maintaining pressure on the self-ruled island after staging large-scale drills and President Xi Jinping called for troops to prepare for war. China’s Communist Party has never ruled the island,…
One of the energy market’s open questions since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been who’s insuring the tankers moving Moscow’s petroleum against the risk of a catastrophic oil spill. The answer is that while some are still covered by the western businesses they’ve always used, owners are increasingly turning to Russian providers backstopped by a…
Skip next section India’s Modi says he’s en route to Kazan, seeking to build on Russia ties 10/22/2024October 22, 2024 India’s Modi says he’s en route to Kazan, seeking to build on Russia ties Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said early on Tuesday that he had departed for the BRICS summit in Russia’s southwestern city of…
Text size Chinese President Xi Jinping departed on Tuesday on his way to a BRICS summit in Russia, state news agency Xinhua said. Xi is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the summit, which is the biggest such meeting in the country since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. mjw/oho/mca Source…
President Joe Biden fought back tears while reciting the lyrics to “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” at a ceremony honoring recipients of the National Medal of the Arts and National Medal of the Humanities on Monday. The president received multiple standing ovations while giving the keynote address to recipients of the prestigious awards from the…