{"id":653953,"date":"2024-10-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/10\/24\/the-lowdown-on-the-brics-summit\/"},"modified":"2024-10-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T00:00:00","slug":"the-lowdown-on-the-brics-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/10\/24\/the-lowdown-on-the-brics-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"The lowdown on the Brics summit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good afternoon, friends, and a very happy Thursday. <\/strong>We\u2019re looking forward to a weekend of good weather, exciting matches, and a plethora of activities after a long newsweek.<\/p>\n

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THE BIG STORY TODAY<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a wrap for the Brics Summit in Russia: <\/strong>The heads of Brics nations \u2014 including President Abdel Fattah El Sisi \u2014 are in the Russian city of Kazan for the last day of the annual Brics Summit.<\/p>\n

What went down today: <\/strong>El Sisi gave a speech<\/a> (runtime, 4:26) to the Brics Plus summit where he said that the Israeli war against the Palestinian people and the expansion of aggression into Lebanese territories is a \u201cstark testament to the abandonment of and disregard for principles, the prevalence of double standards and the lack of accountability and justice.\u201d The president also called into leveraging multilateral development banks to grant more access to developing nations, especially the Brics\u2019 New Development Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. <\/p>\n

The president also called into: <\/strong>Leveraging multilateral development banks to grant more access to concessional financing to developing nations, especially the Brics\u2019 New Development Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; Capitalizing on the Brics Plus meetings to strengthen South-South cooperation; Maintain cooperation and dialogue among developing nations to safeguard the integrity of the multilateral international system and to \u201ccollectively oppose endeavors to impose unilateral policies that are detrimental to the interests of our nations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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THE BIG STORY ABROAD<\/p>\n

International heads are turned towards Harris and Trump as the US elections inch closer.<\/strong> With less than two weeks left until the elections and razor-thin margins, the involved parties are ramping up their campaigns. Canvassers for current VP Kamala Harris targeting her weakest demographic, white nonunion workers, while Republicans in favor of former president Donald Trump lobby for more stringent oversight at the polls to avoid the perceived participation of noncitizens, despite US election security officials emphasizing that voter fraud has become exceedingly rare. (NYT<\/a> | Reuters<\/a> | Bloomberg<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Harris has distanced herself from current US president Joe Biden,<\/strong> stating that her presidency \u201cwould not be a continuation of the Biden administration.\u201d She has emphasized that she hopes her time in the office \u201crepresent[s] a new generation of leadership on a number of issues.\u201d (CNN<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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