The year 2024 may have only just begun but it looks set to be an action-packed one. With a number of pivotal political, environmental, cultural and athletic events on the horizon, it can be difficult to keep track of what’s to come. FRANCE 24 sets out a a timeline of a few major events that …
Pakistan has applied for membership in the BRICS grouping and sought Russia’s support, the country’s envoy to Moscow Muhammad Khalid Jamali has said. Pakistan has filed an application to join the BRICS group of nations in 2024 and is counting on Russia’s assistance during the membership process, Russia’s official TASS news agency quoted Jamali as …
After World War II, as the global economic and political order shifted toward a bipolar world, Asian and African nations, which had gained independence due to the global and regional repercussions of the war, chose not to align with either of the two poles. They united in Bandung, Indonesia, on April 18-24, 1955, marking a …
Premier Li Qiang will lead China’s delegation to the G20 summit in India this weekend, Beijing said Monday, all but confirming President Xi Jinping will snub the meeting of the world’s biggest economies. Issued on: 04/09/2023 – 14:42 2 min Speculation and media reports have swirled for the past week that Xi would snub the …
Leaders of some of the developing world’s most important economies turned Wednesday to the main business of their summit in South Africa, a day after a speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the gathering an anti-Western tinge that officials had been hoping to avoid. Issued on: 23/08/2023 – 13:50 1 min The BRICS group …
Addis Ababa (AFP) – The African Union said Tuesday it had suspended Niger until civilian rule in the country is restored and would assess the implications of any armed intervention in the troubled Sahel nation. Issued on: 22/08/2023 – 13:58Modified: 22/08/2023 – 14:20 1 min The Peace and Security Council “requests the AU Commission to …