Brazil plays host to a summit of the BRICS bloc of developing economies Sunday and Monday during which pressing topics like Israel’s attack on Iran, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and trade tariffs imposed by U.

Leaders of the BRICS group of major emerging economies are meeting in the Brazilian metropolis of Rio de Janeiro on Sunday for a two-day summit. The BRICS acronym is derived from the initial letters of the founding member countries: Brazil,

P rime Minister Narendra Modi will today (July 6, 2025) kick off his four-day visit to Brazil, as part of which he will be taking part in the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Also read | BRICS has no plan to create an alternate currency, says Brazil’s Ambassador to India