BRICS leaders weigh expansion criteria with bloc’s future in balance
BRICS leaders were weighing rules for admitting new members to the bloc of developing countries at a summit on Wednesday even as splits over...
BRICS nations reach stalemate on potential common reserve currency
BRICS countries have reached a stalemate about the potential establishment of a common reserve currency among emerging economies in a bid to lessen the...
BRICS: Political stability is critical for trade in Africa
Political instability in a number of African countries remains a major concern as the BRICS nations look to unlock opportunities through the African Continental...
Yet another US and SA interest rate hike? JSE’s devastating reaction
MARKETS ON MONDAY: The upside risk of the rand, which is already very weak, on further imported inflation will force the SA Reserve Bank’s...
Eris, BA.2.86: Do I need to worry about Covid again?
The World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are tracking a new, highly mutated lineage of the virus that...
New find throws light on life of slaves in Ancient Rome’s...
Archaeologists have discovered a small bedroom in a Roman villa near Pompeii that was almost certainly used by slaves, throwing light on their lowly...
The odd behaviour of a subatomic particle may shake up physics
The peculiar wobble of a subatomic particle called a muon in a US laboratory experiment is making scientists increasingly suspect they are missing something...
A frigid apocalypse doomed early humans in Europe
Scientists this week described evidence of a massive North Atlantic cooling event about 1.1 million years ago that lasted roughly 4,000 years and appears...
Saudi football revolution ‘long-term project’, says top official
A senior league official says Saudi Arabia’s extraordinary football revolution is a ‘long-term project’, unlike China’s short-lived boom from a few years ago.SAUDI Arabia's...
New BRICS TV set to counter domineering Western propaganda
OPINION: BRICS TV is a multi-genre television channel now found on StarSat, channel 509. It has been described as ‘a versatile broadcasting platform catering...