MEE staff (2023-09-01). US seeks answers from Saudi Arabia on alleged border killings, report says. middleeasteye.net US seeks answers from Saudi Arabia on alleged border killings, report says | American officials are attempting to determine whether the US provided support or training to the Saudi border forces facing allegations of killing Ethiopians | Fri, 09/01/2023 – 17: 40 | Members of the Saudi border guard and army's armoured personnel carrier patrol the Saudi-Yemeni border in southwestern Saudi Arabia, on 9 Apr…

Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. (2023-09-02). 1 January 2024, The World's Centre Of Gravity Will Shift. popularresistance.org On the last day of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the five founding states (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) welcomed six new members: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The BRICS partnership now encompasses 47.3 percent of the world's population, with a combined global Gross Domestic Product (by purchasing power parity, or PPP,) of 36.4 percent. In comparison, though the G7 states (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States) account for merely 10 percent of the world's population, their share of…

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-09-01). BRICS Becoming Economic Powerhouse: Petrodollar Under Threat. popularresistance.org In its summit in Johannesburg, South Africa this August, BRICS invited six new members: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. | The bloc now represents 37% of global GDP (measured at purchasing power parity, or PPP), as well as 40% of global oil production and roughly 1/3rd of global gas production. | The inclusion of top oil producers like Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which have long priced their crude in dollars, is a direct challenge to the US petrodollar system. | All of the invited nations have indicated that they will officially join the extended BRICS+ bloc on 1 January…

MEE staff (2023-09-01). Saudi Arabia eyes $50bn Aramco listing as oil exports plummet. middleeasteye.net Saudi Arabia eyes $50bn Aramco listing as oil exports plummet | Saudi Arabia needs revenue from oil to fund its economic makeover, but has had to cut crude exports to boost global energy prices | Fri, 09/01/2023 – 19: 20 | Saudi Aramco set the record for the world's largest initial public offering in 2019 when it sold $29.4bn worth of stock (AFP/File photo) | Saudi Arabia is considering offering $50bn w…

Mohammad Ayesh (2023-09-01). Arabic press review: Libyan local officials reject Israel normalisation. middleeasteye.net Arabic press review: Libyan local officials reject Israel normalisation | Meanwhile, Egypt launches mass arrest campaign targeting opponents and their relatives and Saudi Arabia provides food aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan | Fri, 09/01/2023 – 16: 36 | Palestinians participate in a protest supporting the Libyan people for standing against normalisation with Israel, in Gaza City on 31 Aug…

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-28). US Knew Saudis Were Slaughtering African Migrants at Border But Kept Quiet. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration has been aware since last year that Saudi border guards were slaughtering African migrants on Saudi Arabia's border with Yemen but kept quiet about the killings, The New York Times reported on Saturday. Sources told the Times that American diplomats were made aware of the news last fall, around the time the …

Binoy Kampmark (2023-08-29). Border Massacres: The Saudi Ethiopian Migrant Killings. dissidentvoice.org We know what the regime is like. Starving a country, bombing its hospitals and strafing its schools has been minor fare for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The population of Yemen has found this out to their colossal cost. Add to this the killing of dissident journalists, the enthusiastic employment of capital punishment, and an …

infobrics (2023-08-28). 'A Wall of BRICS': The Significance of Adding Six New Members to the Bloc. infobrics.org Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been invited to join the grouping of top emerging economies in January 2024…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-28). Petrodollar Be Warned: Three Persian Gulf Energy Powers Join BRICS. libya360.wordpress.com MK Bhadrakumar The BRICS revealed its geopolitical priorities when it added three Persian Gulf states to its once exclusive roster of members. Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE have been strategically included to put an end to the petrodollar. The leitmotif of the BRICS Summit meeting in Johannesburg on 22-24 August has been, expectedly, the expansion of…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-08-29). BRICS and the English-Speaking Caribbean. orinocotribune.com By Wayne Kublalsingh — Aug 25, 2023 | August 24, 2023, marked a dramatic shift in the course of global history. BRICS, the nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, announced that they were admitting Argentina, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates into its fold. | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has calculated that the larger BRICS Plus formation is worth roughly 30 per cent of the globally economy, that is US$30.7 trillion. BRICS Plus is home to 46 per cent of the global population, 3.7 billion citizens. Its share of oil production is now 43.1 per cent; and…