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Cya China! Trump heads back to Washington DC after summit with Xi Jinping in Beijing.
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🇷🇺🇮🇳 BREAKING: India and Russia are preparing for another major summit.

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov says Prime Minister Narendra Modi has confirmed a visit to Moscow later this year.

The meeting could deepen cooperation on:

• Energy
• Trade & transport
• Nuclear power
• Defense manufacturing
• Space cooperation

Lavrov also revealed that Vladimir Putin may visit India for the upcoming BRICS summit.

Despite Western pressure and past US tariff threats, India continues buying Russian oil based on what New Delhi calls its “national interests.”

Moscow and New Delhi are now pushing for stronger independent payment systems and transport corridors to bypass Western pressure.

The Russia–India strategic partnership is entering another phase.

Source: RT
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Bangladesh is moving ahead with the massive $2.8 billion Padma Barrage project because it no longer fully trusts diplomacy alone to secure enough water from India.

The project aims to store monsoon water from the Padma River and release it during dry seasons, when southwest Bangladesh faces severe water shortages, salinity, and river decline.

The article says the move is deeply connected to long-standing tensions over India’s Farakka Barrage and the 1996 Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, which expires in December 2026.

Experts warn the barrage cannot solve everything because Bangladesh still depends on upstream water flow from India. Critics also fear sediment buildup, high costs, and weak feasibility planning could hurt the project.

Overall, the article presents the Padma Barrage as both:

a climate and water-security project,

and a sign of Bangladesh’s declining confidence in future water-sharing negotiations with India.


Source: Asia Times
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Putin is set to come to China for a one day summit to meet with Xi (on the 20th of May)

Comes right after Trump - is something brewing?
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BRICS is no longer just symbolism.

South Africa says the “Global South is rising” — and the West can no longer ignore it.

At the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting in New Delhi, South African FM Ronald Lamola delivered a direct message:

The era of Western dominance is fading.

According to Lamola, BRICS is already reshaping the global order through real development financing.

South Africa received BRICS-backed loans for:
— logistics infrastructure
— water crisis management
— national development projects

Not promises.

Actual funding.

On Trump-era tariffs and global trade wars, Pretoria sees opportunity instead of crisis:

Diversify.
Trade in local currencies.
Reduce dependence on Western financial systems.

But on a BRICS common currency?

“For now, it’s trade.”

Lamola also backed permanent UN Security Council seats for:
— India
— Brazil
— Two African nations

Calling the current world order “post-colonial and outdated.

Source: NDTV
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World : BRICS Meeting Ends Without Joint Statement Due To West Asia Differences
By Shakir Husain
HYDERABAD, May 15 (Bernama) -- The two-day meeting of BRICS foreign ministers ended in New Delhi on Friday without a joint statement, highlighting sharp differences among members over the conflict in West Asia.  Read more »
JUST IN: 🇮🇳🇦🇪 Prime Minister Modi meets UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi.

India and UAE sign defence pacts, as Iran war tensions simmer
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BRICS FM meeting in India: further momentum for key economic initiatives
On May 14-15, 2026 India hosted a meeting of BRICS Foreign Ministers, which featured a welcome address from India’s Narendra Modi. Based on the discussions during the meetings, India as the current BRICS Presidency has issued the Chair’s statement and outcome document that contained the main themes that BRICS economies are to prioritize in the coming months ahead of the BRICS summit on September 12-13, 2026. In the economic sphere these priorities featured global governance reform with the view...  Read more »
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