Author: BRICS+ Consulting Group

Why Is Mass Deportation a Growing Global Trend?

Between 2024 and 2026, governments across the world have intensified the removal of undocumented and irregular migrants. Examining 11 countries; the United States, South Africa, Iran, Pakistan, Türkiye, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Oman and Kuwait; reveals different circumstances but a common trend: growing public pressure for stronger control

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Inside ChatGPT’s Billion-Dollar Ad Business

Advertising inside ChatGPT has gone from experiment to major business line in remarkably short order. OpenAI now says its ad product has reached a $1 billion annualised revenue run rate in under 200 days, a milestone that places ChatGPT among the fastest-growing ad platforms in tech history. The company is

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Inside ChatGPT’s Billion-Dollar Ad Business

Advertising inside ChatGPT has gone from experiment to major business line in remarkably short order. OpenAI now says its ad product has reached a $1 billion annualised revenue run rate in under 200 days, a milestone that places ChatGPT among the fastest-growing ad platforms in tech history. The company is

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BRICS+ Series: Russia’s Return to the G20 Table

For the first time since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia sat at the G20 table in person this past week, when Finance Minister Anton Siluanov appeared at a ministerial meeting hosted by the United States. The moment, engineered by the Trump administration, has reignited a debate that

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The City Gold Built Is Being Hollowed Out From Below

Mining expert David van Wyk estimates there are now more than 34,000 irregular miners operating across South Africa, and the damage they leave behind has moved well beyond the mining sector itself into the electricity grid, water pipes, roads and building foundations of the country’s economic capital. When the Underground

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