BRICS is a group of emerging economies that began as BRIC, a term coined in 2001 by the economist Jim O'Neill of Goldman Sachs for Brazil, Russia, India and China. The four governments held their first formal summit in Yekaterinburg, Russia, and South Africa was admitted in 2010, making the acronym BRICS. The group aims to increase cooperation among its members and to give developing countries a stronger voice in global affairs, and in 2014 it established the New Development Bank in Shanghai. Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates joined at the start of 2024, and Indonesia in 2025, and a number of other countries have applied. Its members are very different, and it is not a formal alliance.
Before and after
- 6 June 20092009 European Parliament election in Cyprus
- 7 June 20092009 European Parliament election
- 7 June 20092009 European Parliament election in Germany
- 12 June 2009Founding of Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
- 16 June 2009Founding of BRICS
- 18 June 2009Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents
- 18 June 2009Launch of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
- 25 June 2009Death of Michael Jackson
- 1 July 2009Creation of Zorin OS
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- 22 March 1945Founding of Arab League
- 8 August 1967Founding of ASEAN
- 10 December 1987Rise of Hamas
- 1994Rise of Taliban
- 1 January 1995Founding of World Trade Organization
- 11 September 2001September 11 attacks
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