China has signed up entities from Africa, Central Asia and the Gulf to its cross-border payment system, as it hedges against potential US sanctions.

India saw an addition of 39,000 millionaires in 2024, a number that could have been higher with more financial assets for wider prosperity.

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The Forbes' 2025 ranking of the richest self-made women billionaires on the planet — China and U.S. dominate, as tech fuels fortunes.

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Russia has intensified its aerial campaign in Ukraine recently and stepped up ground attacks along the more than over ...

The appointment of Bishop Lin Yuntuan as auxiliary bishop of Fuzhou by the Vatican marks a turning point in Sino-Vatican ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin offered Wednesday to help mediate an end to the conflict between Israel and Iran, suggesting Moscow could help negotiate a settlement that could allow Tehran to pursue ...

While Putin sees BRICS expansion as a tool to counter Western influence, internal disagreements and differing group goals limit its effectiveness as a unified anti-Western alliance.