US sees wake-up call, if not threat, as BRICS bloc expands
Washington (AFP) - The United States is racing to improve its messaging to the developing world as the BRICS group grows, although few in Washington view an immediate threat from the Chinese-backed club. The BRICS -- Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa -- agreed at a summit last week to add six more members, in what Chinese President Xi Jinping billed as a historic moment among large emerging economies contesting the Western-led order. As the BRICS leaders met in Johannesburg, President Joe Biden's administration renewed promises to step up funding for the developing world through th...