BRICS status update: https://www.thestreet.com/story/13432007/1/how-are-brazil-russia-india-china... South Africa under attack: https://off-guardian.org/2016/05/09/brics-under-attack-the-empires-destabili... Brazil's "president of the people" impeached by too many ministers wanting to save their sorry corrupt "Car Wash" asses: https://www.rt.com/op-edge/340207-rousseff-brazil-impeachment-regime/ http://www.thenewage.co.za/how-brazil-turmoil-affects-brics-setup/ http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2016/05/pepe-escobar-and-glenn-greenwald-o... India doing an about face on BRICS: http://theduran.com/threat-russia-china-indias-new-pro-us-realignment/ http://theduran.com/is-india-now-a-us-ally/ Russia and China still standing strong: - Western oligarch's view: http://www.economist.com/news/china/21650566-crisis-ukraine-drawing-russia-c... Other views: - "Going for Gold: Russia, China Ditch Billions of Dollars for Bullion" http://sputniknews.com/world/20160517/1039744077/russia-china-buy-gold.html - "China's Xi: Strategic Partnership With Russia Is Key to World Stability" - "Russia-China relations at the highest levels in history": http://russia-insider.com/en/chinas-xi-strategic-partnership-russia-key-worl... - "Russia and China Will Win the New Arms Race - The US has fallen behind due to the corrupt and monopolistic economic and political system of America’s Deep State" http://russia-insider.com/en/russia-and-china-will-win-new-arms-race/ri13258 - "America, Meet Your New Owners: Chinese Buy Chicago Stock Exchange" http://russia-insider.com/en/america-meet-your-new-owners-chinese-buy-chicag... Vietnam pivoting to the US: http://theduran.com/vietnams-dangerous-courtship-washington/ http://theduran.com/western-attempts-colour-revolution-russia-collapse-farce... Quite the global fight... Perhaps something closer to US home may lighten your day: http://theduran.com/u-s-invades-canada-russian-backed-coup-ottawa/ (The Duran, my new favourite multi-polar alternative news site, with more of original articles than that old other site; The Duran is a breakaway that decided organisational transparency and fairness was not being delivered - I have much higher hopes for them at this stage, see http://theduran.com/the-russia-story-and-the-cause/ for one writer's diplomatic version.)