Global South

India on Iran war: the costs of sitting still

A robot interacting with visitors at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, which brought together representatives from more than 100 countries.

Shaping a human-centric future for AI

Membership in the New Development Bank aligns Indonesia with a strategic partner whose footprint in the archipelago is already enormous.

Indonesia’s US$1 billion bet on the Global South

Solar panels in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. The Global South holds 70% of the world’s wind and solar potential, and 50% of the minerals necessary for the energy transition.

The climate action that matters is in the Global South

The tariff-led push comes while Chinese firms are seeking new markets abroad as the world’s second-largest economy slows.

Trump tariffs seen fostering new China-Global South trade order

At the Brics meeting this week in Brazil, leaders jointly condemned the "indiscriminate rising of tariffs", in a swipe at US President Donald Trump’s trade policy.
THE BOTTOM LINE

The developing world’s G7 would like a word

A factory worker in Hanoi. Vietnam is identifying opportunities to explore and use artificial intelligence to amplify the impact of crucial industries, such as manufacturing.

Ensuring AI works for the Global South

The addition of new members Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates to Brics, rather than making the alliance stronger, merely imports more rivalries.

Why Brics will not become the new fulcrum of world politics

Chinese President Xi Jinping said China would support global development with eight actions, including building a “high quality” Belt and Road Initiative, his signature foreign policy plan that directs large Chinese investments to infrastructure projects in the developing world.

China’s Xi announces steps to support ‘Global South’ at G20 summit

The annual Brics Summit was hosted in the Russian city of Kazan this year, under President Vladimir Putin's helm.
BT EXPLAINS

Brics: What you need to know about the bloc