Brazil, as a signatory to the Rome Statute, would be required to enforce the arrest warrant. The BRICS countries say they represent around 48.5% of the world's population, 36% of global land area ...

"The Brics right now, for Brazil, cost almost nothing," he says. "So if the benefits are not high, it's fine. They are neither a big benefit nor a hindrance." ...

Lula's Brazil is keen to promote the Brics, but it is dwarfed by Xi Jinping's China It's been more than a year-and-a-half since Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returned to the country's ...

BRICS is an acronym for the combined economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, which some claimed early in this century were poised to dominate the world economy by 2050.

In theory at least, the BRICS possess the financial muscle to make that happen. Four of the BRICS — China, India, Brazil and Russia — are now ranked among the world’s 10 largest economies.

Brics can only provide credible leadership in a changing global order when it addresses its many inner contradictions.

US President Donald Trump is doubling down against the BRICS bloc of fast-growing economies, including Brazil, Russia, India, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the U.S. would "pretty soon" charge a 10% tariff on imports from BRICS countries, ...

The BRIC alliance, originally comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, and China, now includes five other countries: South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates.

The most talked-about global economic trend in recent years has been “the rise of the rest,” with Brazil, Russia, India, and China leading the charge. But international economic convergence is a myth.

The BRICS began as BRICs—or Brazil, Russia, India, and China—an acronym coined by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill as shorthand for the developing economies with high projected growth.

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 ...