A senior Russian diplomat says more countries around the world are joining an initiative to use local currencies for settlement of trade payments as the US dollar becomes increasingly unreliable because of Washington’s sanction policies

The Russian space agency Roscosmos anticipates additional negotiations with China at a conference in June, building upon an agreement on lunar exploration announced in February

US plans to collect 2.3 trillion dollars after raising the corporate tax to 28%

Kiev is instigating war in Donbass in the belief it has full NATO support.

With the pandemic causing major upheaval, we’ve found ourselves revisiting the status quo of our lives, our organisations and our systems. This is also the case for global philanthropy which has met the crisis with resources as well as responsibility. While “traditional” philanthropies of American and European origin showed their ability to respond flexibly and collaboratively, what was the stance of `emerging’ philanthropies, in particular those of the BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa?

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