President Lula of Brazil is expected to push for greater regional integration at the summit. PHOTO BY: AFP/DOUGLAS MAGNO Leaders of 12 Latin American countries have held a summit in…
Moscow has been forced to seek reliable alternatives for settlements with foreign partners, Anton Siluanov has said © Getty Images / Savushkin Russia never intended to ditch the US dollar in trade,…
In the 42nd ASEAN summit held in Indonesia in May, the group decided to “not become a proxy for anyone.” This was with reference to the increasing pressure the group on the whole…
© Wu Hong Subscribe International India Africa Andrei Dergalin All materialsWrite to the author As the United States ramps up its attempts to punish countries it does not like through…
Flags of the nations that belong to the BRICS External (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) group in a typographic illustration. Image courtesy of Pixabay External. The five foreign…
The formal announcement will reportedly be made in August © Zhao Yun/VCG via Getty Images Argentina is one step away from joining the New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS group…
© Russian Foreign Ministry’s press-service / Go to the mediabank Subscribe International India Africa NAIROBI (Sputnik) – A transition to transactions between countries in national currencies will have a “healing…
© AP Photo / Mark Lennihan Subscribe International India Africa RIO DE JANEIRO/BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday put forward a proposition to…
© AP Photo / Wu Hong Subscribe International India Africa Riyadh has made a concerted push away from US-led global power structures in recent months, normalizing ties with Iran and…
The Chinese payment system has benefited from its expansion in Russia after US rivals left, research shows © Getty Images / pengpeng Chinese payment system UnionPay has overtaken rival Visa on the…
Members of the Asian Clearing Union (ACU), a regional banking bloc that seeks easier clearing of payments between its member states, have agreed to launch a system that will rival…
© AFP 2023 / STR Subscribe International India Africa Earlier, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said that the share of national currencies in settlements between Russia and China has been growing…
Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi (L) and his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo address a joint press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 23, 2023. (Photo by president.ir) President Ebrahim Raeisi says…
CC0 / / Subscribe International India Africa Ilya Tsukanov All materialsWrite to the author The United States is facing what is shaping up to be a perfect storm of economic bad…
SWIFT cross-border transactions in the single currency have nosedived to three-year lows © Getty Images / Johner Images The use of the euro for international settlements declined to its lowest level in…
The government had previously scrapped a tax on bullion purchases © Getty Images / Hans-Peter Merten Gold ingots of up to 20 grams may now be purchased on the Moscow Mint website,…
The $40 million offer is meant to expand value-preserving instruments available in the economy, according to the country’s central bank © Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has…
A domestic card will be used for budget spending free of charge, a banking executive has said © Getty Images/Fadil Aziz The Bank of Indonesia (BI) has launched a domestic card…
South Africa’s foreign minister says the bloc must carefully discuss the idea South Africa’s minister of international relations and cooperation Naledi Pandor. © Danielle Karallis/Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images The BRICS group of nations…
The major global economies are shifting and the clues are there for those who know where to look By Dr. Radhika Desai, a professor at the Department of Political Studies at the…
The nations agreed a major oil deal earlier this year © Getty Images / David Waller / 500px Pakistan is likely to pay for shipments of crude oil from Russia in Chinese…
© Photo : Ministry of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Subscribe International India Africa MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian and Thai businesses are asking…
A worldwide movement gaining momentum and the transition towards the multipolar world has put an end to the dominance of the US dollar, says a US-based activist. Richard Becker, an anti-war activist…
Buenos Aires will pay for imports in yuan, after signing a currency swap deal with Beijing FILE PHOTO © Chinatopix via AP Argentina will aim to pay for the bulk of its…
Filip De Mott The yuan overtook the dollar as the most used currency for Chinese cross-border transactions.Its use in cross-border payments and receipts increased to 48% versus 47% for the…
Story by Matthew Burgess (Bloomberg) — The dollar is losing its reserve status at a faster pace than generally accepted as many analysts have failed to account for last year’s…
© AFP 2023 / FRED DUFOUR Subscribe International India Africa Oleg Burunov All materialsWrite to the author The trend of cutting dependence on the US dollar and switching to national means of…