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BRICS welcomes Indonesia as new full member; PM Modi hails ‘ability to evolve with times’
Leaders of the BRICS nations welcomed Indonesia as a member of the group, while 10 nations, including Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Malaysia, Thailand, Cuba, Vietnam, Uganda, and Uzbekistan, as partner countries. The joint declaration of...

AI, the New Frontier for Global Tobacco Control
[DUBLIN, SciDev.Net] Artificial Intelligence (AI) should be harnessed to clamp down on the tobacco sector targeting young people globally in the digital space, especially where resources are limited, a conference heard. Speakers at the World...

UN votes to renew LGBTQ+ expert’s mandate just after the US withdrew from Human Rights Council
The U.N. Human Rights Council voted yesterday to extend the term of its current expert on LGBTQ+ rights by three years. The LGBTQ+ rights expert, South African author and scholar Graeme Reid, investigates human rights abuses against LGBTQ+ people...

World News | BRICS Welcomes Indonesia as Member, and 10 Partner Countries, Including Belarus, Malaysia
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], July 7 (ANI): Leaders of the BRICS nations welcomed Indonesia as a member of the group, while 10 nations, including Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Malaysia, Thailand, Cuba, Vietnam, Uganda, and Uzbekistan, as...

Night of Champions fallout show was least viewed Raw ever on Netflix
What little data we get about the performance of WWE Raw on Netflix is here. It comes from the streamer itself via their Tudum website. Tudum ranks Netflix’s Top 10 shows by weekly number of views, which it calculates by dividing the time all...

In Pantanal, tourism is tapped to power conservation
Until just a few years ago, it was common for men gathered in the local bars of Brazil’s Pantanal region, site of the world’s largest freshwater wetland, to swap stories about their latest jaguar-hunting experiences. So says Wendell Ribeiro, 48, a...

In Rio, BRICS Tries to Play it Safe
This year’s BRICS leaders’ summit was relatively subdued compared with recent meetings of the bloc, which underwent a rapid expansion and recently added several new members. But the event, held on Sunday and Monday in Rio de Janeiro, still managed...

BRICS welcomes Indonesia as member, and 10 partner countries, including Belarus, Malaysia
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], July 7 (ANI): Leaders of the BRICS nations welcomed Indonesia as a member of the group, while 10 nations, including Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Malaysia, Thailand, Cuba, Vietnam, Uganda, and Uzbekistan, as...

Did Turkey's anti-India policy cost it BRICS membership? Erdogan's hopes dashed for now
Amid India's rift with Turkey over the latter's overt support for Pakistan in the recent conflict, reports cite that Turkey's hopes for entering BRICS, the intergovernmental organisation comprising 10 countries, including India, might have hit a...

BRICS Envoys Flock to Rio
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Brazil readies to host the BRICS leaders’ summit, Bolivia embraces cryptocurrency amid an economic crisis, and Mercosur notches a new trade deal. Brazil Prepares to...

Goals and Highlights: Vitesse 2-1 Kaizer Chiefs in International Friendlies
Thank you very much Thank you very much for joining us in our coverage of Vitesse vs Kaizer Chiefs live in real time, corresponding to an international friendly match. We wish you all a happy afternoon and stay tuned to VAVEL.com. Watch again the...

Highlights and best moments of Stage 4 Tour de France 2025
🥇 TADEJ POGACAR WINS! VICTORY FOR TADEJ POGACAR! GREAT VICTORY FOR THE SLOVENIAN! 100TH WIN FOR HIM! Tremendous sprint at the end among the favorites and at the last moment he beat Mathieu Van der Poel to raise his arms at the finish line. 🏁 Last...

Comprehensive plan report finds county population aging and poverty rate growing
Matrix Design Group of Phoenix is the firm hired by La Paz County to create their comprehensive plan for the next 10 years. In order to create such a plan, Matrix first had to find out where the county was. Their findings were reported in a...

STRONG START, CLEAR VISION: Treñas opens term with action and commitment to inclusive leadership
ILOILO City – Barely a week since assuming office, newly installed Mayor Raisa S. Treñas has already made significant strides in delivering on her promise of inclusive, action-oriented governance. From day one, the young Treñas has walked her talk...

WV kicks off Nat’l Disaster Resilience Month observance
ILOILO City – With climate-induced disasters growing in intensity and frequency, the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) and the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) launched the 2025 observance of National Disaster...

Leonard Peltier talks freedom, future after nearly 50 years in prison
By Allison Herrera/MPR News Leonard Peltier’s home on the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa reservation is nestled among green prairie grasses at the end of a tree-lined gravel road. His small yard and 2-bedroom home sit below the big skies of...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at BRICS 2025
The 17th BRICS Summit took place on July 6-7, 2025, in Rio de Janeiro, hosted by Brazil. Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi along, with other leaders, participated in the summit. This year, the theme was “Strengthening Global South...

Mexico Colombia friendly match at AT&T Stadium as 2026 World Cup preparations
Mexico Colombia friendly match set for October 11 at AT&T Stadium will give El Tri a final tune-up after their Gold Cup win as they gear up for World Cup 2026. The Mexican men’s national team confirmed on Tuesday that it will take on Colombia in a...

Initiative seeks to address youth joblessness, strengthen Iloilo Province’s middle class
ILOILO – A total of 102 Ilonggo youth from various towns in Iloilo Province have completed a 10-day Soft/Core Skills Training (SCST) under the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) JobStart Philippines Program – a step toward addressing...

Cardinal Makrickas takes the helm of the Roman basilica of St. Mary Major: the oldest Marian church in the West
(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 07.07.2025).- On July 4, Pope Leo XIV officially acknowledged the transition in leadership at the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, marking the end of Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko’s tenure and welcoming his successor,...