International News
World needs development rethink - Unctad
By: Schalk Burger 30th October 2024 Slow growth, high debt, weak investment and the risk of fragmented trade are contributing to widespread discontent affecting developed and... →
Spurred by shared grievances, Brics gathers pace
By: Reuters 25th October 2024 As US election jitters hung over this week's meeting of global finance chiefs in Washington, a smiling Vladimir Putin was in the Russian city of... →
UN says world is now on course for warming of up to 3.1 °C
By: Bloomberg 25th October 2024 A chronic lack of ambition and climate action by countries across the world over the past three years means the goal to keep global warming below... →
Putin warns of Middle East conflagration and debates Ukraine at Brics
By: Reuters 24th October 2024 Russian President Vladimir Putin told Brics leaders on Thursday that the Middle East was on the brink of a full-scale war after a sharp rise in... →
UN chief calls for peace in Gaza, Lebanon, Ukraine and Sudan
By: Reuters 24th October 2024 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Brics leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that the world needed... →
Ramaphosa calls for reform of global peace, security mechanisms 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 24th October 2024 President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that existing global institutional mechanisms need to be strengthened and reformed to play a... →
Modi says Brics must avoid being an anti-west group as it grows
By: Bloomberg 24th October 2024 India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Brics shouldn’t project itself as an alternative to global organisations, even as founding members like... →
Putin says Brics summit shows a ‘multipolar world’ is emerging
By: Bloomberg 23rd October 2024 Russian President Vladimir Putin said the newly expanded Brics group showed that a “multipolar world” is being created, in a challenge to the... →
