Brics summit in South Africa to look at expanding group of five nations

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Although economic development is the central theme of a Brics summit South Africa is hosting this week, expanding the group of five nations to increase its influence over world affairs is also high on the bloc’s agenda. South Africa’s leader Cyril Ramaphosa will host Chinese president Xi Jinping, Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi at the three-day Johannesburg event, which opens on Tuesday. It is the 15th summit of the group now comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Russia’s Vladimir Putin will attend the conference virtually, though it is the first to...