BRICS invites Saudi Arabia, Iran others to join organization

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Left to right, President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of China Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a BRICS family photo during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Center in Johannesburg on Wednesday. Photo by Gianluigi Guercia/UPI | License Photo Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The five-member BRICS group on Thursday invited oil-producing giant Saudi Arabia and regional rival Iran to join their organization in what is being seen as a challenge to the Western economic powers. BRICS -- which includes...