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The Financial Architecture Is Splitting in Two: BRICS Builds Payment Links as Russia and China Deepen Local-Currency Trade

August 15, 2026

The global financial system is not being replaced overnight. But beneath the headlines, Russia, China and the broader BRICS group are building the infrastructure that could make a more multipolar financial system possible—while the existing dollar-centered system continues to face rising debt and financing pressures.

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The Global Financial Architecture Is Shifting: Debt Costs Rise as BRICS Builds New Payment Rails

August 15, 2026 — Beneath the daily market headlines, two structural developments are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore: the cost of financing major economies is rising, while BRICS members are working to build payment infrastructure that could give trade more alternatives to traditional dollar-centered channels.

Iraq Moves To Results-Based Budgeting In 2027

2026-08-14 / 05:03 Shafaq News- Baghdad    For two years, Iraq has run without a national budget. Salaries and essential spending have been covered month to month under a stopgap rule that releases one-twelfth of the previous budget at a time, while political deadlock, regional conflict, and swings in oil prices kept a full budget out of reach.  

Parliament passed a three-year law covering 2023 to 2025 but never approved the final year's spending, and no budget was passed for 2026 at all.  

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U.S.–Iran War Enters Economic Phase: Blockade Tightens as Washington Puts Oil Prices at the Center of the Endgame

The U.S. is combining maritime enforcement, unprecedented economic pressure and a renewed focus on energy prices as the conflict with Iran enters a critical phase—with the Strait of Hormuz emerging as the central economic and strategic battleground.