MOSCOW (Sputnik) - BRICS should continue the formation of mechanisms of transnational payments sustained to external risks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday.

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The actual outcome of the US charm offensive in China has been ‘mostly ceremonial pageantry with very limited practical substance,’ Hong Kong-based geopolitical analyst Angelo Giuliano tells Sputnik.

"My wife is among the best divers on the face of the earth... Never would she have endangered the life of our daughter," the grieving husband and father said.

It marks the third time a New York jury has considered the case against the 74-year-old disgraced film mogul.

Republican lawmakers on Friday grilled Army leaders over the Pentagon’s seemingly last-minute decision to cancel the temporary deployment of 4,000 troops to Poland, with House Armed Services Committee Chair Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) saying the panel is “not happy.” “We don’t know what’s going on here, but I just tell you we’re not happy with what’s...

The president has shifted the foundations of American policy toward China, throwing aside the adversarial approach of recent years.

In The Grey, the new Henry Cavill-led action movie directed by Guy Ritchie, has debuted to a 54% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' will air its final episode on Thursday, May 21

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The Justice Department this week instructed federal prosecutors to build criminal drug cases against Mexican officials using new terrorism statutes.