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Opinion | Just because Brics isn’t a coherent bloc doesn’t mean it’s impotent

South China Morning Post · · 217 words · By Brian Y S Wong
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“As the Brics summit chair, India seeks to straddle its deepening strategic ties with Israel and symbolic commitment to the Global South”
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Multiple independent sources, including Wikipedia and TV BRICS, confirm that India officially assumed the BRICS chairmanship on January 1, 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — From 1 January 2026, the chairmanship of BRICS will officially pass from Brazil to India. This moment is significant—not only because India is a founding member, but because BRICS itself is undergoing…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-brics-means-india-become…
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web search NEUTRAL — From 1 January 2026, the BRICS chairmanship officially passes from Brazil to India. For the first time, India, one of the founding members of the group, will lead the expanded format, which now includ…
https://tvbrics.com/en/news/india-officially-becomes-brics-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — The 18th BRICS Summit is an upcoming international summit of the BRICS nations, scheduled to be hosted by India in 2026 as part of its BRICS chairmanship.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_BRICS_summit
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“Its challenges are compounded by the deterioration in relations with the United States under the second Trump administration”
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Wikipedia explicitly confirms that Donald Trump's second tenure as the 47th president of the United States began on January 20, 2025. This is further corroborated by news reports from The Hindu and The Conversation referencing the current administration's policies in 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. 593 (2024), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court determined that presidential immunity from criminal prosecution presum…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Al…
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“the coming Brics foreign ministerial meetings in New Delhi”
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Three independent sources (India Today, The Hindu, and a web search result regarding the Iranian FM) confirm that BRICS Foreign Ministers' meetings are scheduled to take place in New Delhi in May.
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web search NEUTRAL — BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting is to be held in May and the 18th BRICS Summit is scheduled to be held in September.Hoping to forge an elusive consensus over the war in West Asia, New Delhi is going …
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/hoping-to-paper-crack…
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web search NEUTRAL — The BRICS Foreign Ministers' meeting will serve as a precursor to the 18th BRICS Summit scheduled in New Delhi this September, where leaders of major emerging economies are expected to meet amid risin…
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/iran-foreign-minister-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi is reportedly likely to visit India to attend the BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting to be held in the capital from May 14 to 15.India officially assumed the…
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/iran-fm-seyed-abbas-ara…
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