the Global South

'Brics has overtaken G7': Putin hails 'key partner India', growth of Global South

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that "Brics has overtaken the G7" in terms of economic size, while also praising India as a "key partner" for its leading role in the IT and software industry. Speaking at the annual St Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin said that developing countries are playing an increasingly important role in the global economy, while the share of Western economies has been shrinking. "If you look at the global GDP dynamics of the last five...

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Performance Evaluation of GraphCast for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting over Brazil

Announce Type: new Abstract: The paradigm of global weather forecasting is rapidly shifting with the emergence of Machine Learning Weather Prediction models (MLWP). While these data-driven architectures demonstrate remarkable global skill, regional benchmarks in the Global South remain scarce, leaving their efficacy in complex, highly convective environments largely unverified. This study evaluates the performance of GraphCast operational against the deterministic ECMWF IFS HRES as baseline...

TOI Interview: ‘Rafale deal will toe Make-in-India line’

France is hosting the summ-it amid the protracted West Asia conflict. How do you th-ink the summit will help ad-dress the conflict’s econom-ic consequences like the global energy crisis and its impact on Global South, particularly partners like India?The Évian summit comes at a pivotal moment, as consequences of the conflict weigh heavily on the global economy. In a sense it brings the G7 back to the basics, as it was created in 1975 on France’s initiative to deal with the crisis following...

Inside the billion-dollar business of getting a visa

Inside the billion-dollar business of getting a visa An investigation reveals how visa giant VFS Global profits from millions of visa applications from the Global South. Getting a visa can be expensive, frustrating, and for many people, unsuccessful. So what happens when governments outsource that process to private companies?

Wildfires devastating richer areas but fewer hectares burned globally – study

‘Megafires’ in California, Canada, South Korea and Europe in 2025, but changes to farming slowed spread in parts of Africa“Devastating” wildfires ripped across the wealthier parts of the world in 2025, a study has found, even as globally, the area ravaged by flames fell. Catastrophic blazes claimed lives, homes and jobs last year in California, Canada, Europe and South Korea. But the 335m hectares burned was the second-lowest since 2002, the review found, largely owing to the expansion of...

Wildfires devastating richer areas but fewer hectares burned globally – study

‘Megafires’ in California, Canada, South Korea and Europe in 2025, but changes to farming slowed spread in parts of Africa“Devastating” wildfires ripped across the wealthier parts of the world in 2025, a study has found, even as globally, the area ravaged by flames fell. Catastrophic blazes claimed lives, homes and jobs last year in California, Canada, Europe and South Korea. But the 335m hectares burned was the second-lowest since 2002, the review found, largely owing to the expansion of...

Wildfires devastating richer areas but fewer hectares burned globally – study

‘Megafires’ in California, Canada, South Korea and Europe in 2025, but changes to farming slowed spread in parts of Africa“Devastating” wildfires ripped across the wealthier parts of the world in 2025, a study has found, even as globally, the area ravaged by flames fell. Catastrophic blazes claimed lives, homes and jobs last year in California, Canada, Europe and South Korea. But the 335m hectares burned was the second-lowest since 2002, the review found, largely owing to the expansion of...

Agricultural Landscape Understanding At Country-Scale

Announce Type: replace Abstract: Comprehensive agricultural landscape understanding is critical for addressing global challenges in food security, climate change, and resource management. This requires mapping not just crop fields, but also vital features like trees and water bodies which form an intricate mosaic in complex \textit{smallholder} systems dominating the Global South. Previous efforts to develop such land use maps have been limited by a narrow focus on methods for field...