Q&A

File Photo: Rob Davies, Minister of trade and industry of South Africa [Xinhua]South African Trade and Trade and Industry Rob Davies told The BRICS Post in an exclusive interview on Thursday that South Africa’s trade ties with the BRICS members were vital, especially given the uncertainty about trade ties with the United Kingdom after the Brexit vote and an ongoing trade dispute with neighbour Zimbabwe, which unilaterally imposed restrictions on South African exports to Zimbabwe.

Aaron Millar chats with Bruce Poon Tip, bestselling author, award-winning travel company founder and friend of the Dalai Lama, about his new book, Do Big Small Things, which challenges people to leave their comfort zones both at home and abroadThe post How travel can set us free appeared first on Positive News.

Brazil must diversify its trade portfolio to include certain industrial areas where it can truly compete on a global level [Xinhua]
Brazil’s economy has suffered a series of setbacks and pitfalls in the midst of political crises in the past two years.
Earlier this week, President Dilma Rousseff was temporarily removed from office pending a trial as the country’s leaders face down a number of corruption allegations and a barrage of negative economic news.

Smoke rises from a building struck by artillery in north Damascus [Xinhua]
John Rosenthal is a European-based journalist and political analyst who writes on European politics and transatlantic issues.
He has also written extensively about the Syrian Civil War.

Now that the Canadian federal election campaign is ramping up with the end of summer after Labour Day, here is a Reddit Q&A with Libertarian Party of Canada leader, Tim Moen, from September 8, 2015.

Professor Dame Carol Robinson, the first female professor of chemistry at Oxford University, talks to Robin Yapp about the important role of women in academia, and issues of gender equality in the field of science