India, July 10 -- BRICS nations have unanimously challenged US hegemony, while Trump is retaliating with more tariffs

A paradigm shift is visible for all to see. The world order dominated by the Western Bloc, led by the US, is crumbling, and the unease is visible. While the BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - may not have challenged the old world order directly, they have taken the first step in defiance at the BRICS Summit in Rio. Of late, the US President has taken the world by storm - recklessly announcing unilateral trade policies and acting on its own - without even caring for the United Nations, while taking action to maintain global power matrix. It struck Iran, though retracted later, but the message it ...