After a BRICS summit on Tuesday, August 22, discussions about the expansion of the BRICS group, which currently consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, made notable progress. While a final decision wasn’t reached, it’s evident that the group’s membership might soon grow to include up to six new countries. Though Indonesia was […]
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