The enlargement of BRICS presents Africa with a wider field of economic possibilities by bringing the continent into closer relationship with some of the world’s largest markets, important sources of development finance and countries possessing substantial capabilities in manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A constitutional and institutional dilemma is emerging at the heart of Sri Lanka’s Parliament over the position of its
Editorial Sri Lanka’s exclusion from meaningful participation in BRICS should be treated as a diplomatic failure, not disguised as another routine event in international
Chinese President Xi Jinping has declared that the BRICS cooperation mechanism has become the world’s most influential platform for cooperation among emerging markets and developing countries, positioning the grouping at the centre of a wider contest over the future of global governance. Addressing Session
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Editor’s Note: This essay was originally published in The New Yorker two months after 9/11. The tragedy re-engineered the West while imposing a huge cost on the rest of the world. Twenty-five years after the terrorist attacks, we believe that republishing this essay, written
Twenty‑five years ago, the United States endured one of the darkest days in its history. On September 11, 2001, al‑Qaeda terrorists led by Osama bin Laden hijacked four airliners. Three were flown into iconic targets—the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in New York and
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo China’s Yunnan province is seeking to expand media cooperation, people-to-people exchanges and youth programmes with Sri Lanka, while promoting wider collaboration in culture, tourism, agriculture, digital development
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