Chinese leader Xi urges Brics to play its ‘due role’ in bringing peace to Middle East

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday urged Brics members to bring cooperation to “new heights” in areas such as artificial intelligence. Speaking at the bloc’s summit in New Delhi, he proposed an initiative on “AI-empowered new industrialisation” designed to deepen collaboration on industrial and supply chains. He also said Beijing was willing to work with Brics countries to play a “due role” in bringing peace to the Middle East, calling for the group of emerging economies to oppose bloc...