(Natural News) Argentina and Iran expressed their intent to join the BRICS group of emerging economies. The five-nation bloc represents 42 percent of the world’s population and 24 percent of the global gross domestic product. BRICS is made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. British Economist Jim O’Neill first coined the term […]

(Natural News) The Russian government under President Vladimir Putin is hitting back at the United States and the West in general by starting a movement away from using the dollar as the world’s reserve currency. Instead, the Kremlin has begun demanding “hard currency” — gold — for purchases of Russian energy products or, as an alternative, […]