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BRICS summit of emerging economies to begin in South Africa

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BRICS leaders meet in South Africa on Tuesday as the loose association of major emerging economies seeks to assert its voice as a counterweight to Western

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  1. Russia, China look to advance agendas at BRICS summit of developing countries in South Africa

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    BRICS summit of emerging economies to begin in South Africa

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  1. Washington Times

    China confirms Xi will attend BRICS summit in South Africa followed by state visit (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend next week’s summit of the BRICS nations in Johannesburg, to be followed by a state visit to South Africa, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.

  2. PBS NewsHour

    Russia, China to advocate for their agendas among developing nations at BRICS summit (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Leaders from the BRICS economic bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa will hold three days of meetings in Johannesburg.

  3. Washington Times

    Russia, China look to advance agendas at BRICS summit of developing countries in South Africa (opens Washington Times)

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    Russia and China will look to gain more political and economic ground in the developing world at a summit in South Africa this week, when an expected joint dose of anti-West grumbling from them may take on a sharper edge with a formal move to bring Saudi Arabia closer.

  4. Washington Times

    BRICS leaders holding summit in South Africa, but Putin won’t be there in person (opens Washington Times)

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    Leaders from three continents are gathering here for a major summit of BRICS, the informal grouping of nations that was created more than a decade ago to align the world’s top emerging economies but has struggled since to achieve diplomatic harmony, especially amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

  5. amNewYork

    Putin to miss in-person BRICS summit in South Africa due to ICC warrant; joins virtually amid tensions over Ukraine (opens amNewYork)

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    Russian President Vladimir Putin will be notably absent when Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders from the BRICS group of emerging economies start a

  6. Digital Journal

    BRICS summit of emerging economies to begin in South Africa (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    BRICS leaders meet in South Africa on Tuesday as the loose association of major emerging economies seeks to assert its voice as a counterweight to Western

  7. France 24

    BRICS summit of emerging economies gets under way without Putin (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    BRICS leaders meet in South Africa on Tuesday as the loose association of major emerging economies seeks to assert its voice as a counterweight to Western dominance in global affairs. The so-called BRICS…

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