Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday that BRICS was not an anti-American group and that it will not listen to "language of threats and manipulation".

At their latest summit in Brazil, the BRICS nations once again portrayed themselves as an emerging geopolitical heavyweight. Yet the internal contradictions within this expanding group remain plain to see.

The group of emerging economies—including Brazil, Russia, India and China—has long sought to present itself as a multilateral counterweight to a U.S.-dominated world order.

The Trump administration will not immediately impose a new 10% tariff against members of the developing nation BRICS bloc, but will proceed if countries take so-called "anti-American" policy actions,

The world has changed and the western-led postwar order is over, or so the Brics bloc of developing nations insists. Equally clear at the group’s annual summit in Rio de Janeiro this week was that the Brics have changed too — and not for the better. The new model is bigger, less coherent and far less likely to achieve any of its putative goals.

India is trying to shield itself from President Donald Trump’s backlash against BRICS by stressing it has no plans to challenge the US dollar’s global dominance, according to people familiar with the matter.

President Donald Trump's administration has reignited global trade debates with its ambiguous tariff strategy, extending deadlines and provoking strong international reactions.

BRICS Summit in Rio marked a new era of expansion and cooperation, with Brazil leading on global governance, AI, and climate action. Discover how new members, bold initiatives, and a strengthened India-Brazil partnership are shaping a multipolar world and driving inclusive growth for the Global South in this conversation between Aayesha Varma and Professor Oliver Stuenkel.