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China Brands US Democracy ‘Weapon Of Mass Destruction’

China branded US democracy a “weapon of mass destruction” on Saturday, following the US-organised Summit for Democracy which aimed to shore up like-minded allies in the face of autocratic regimes. China was left out of the two-day virtual summit — along with countries including Russia and Hungary — and responded by angrily accusing US President …

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Analysis: No knockout, but new U.S. sanctions add to Russia’s ‘slow destruction’

FILE PHOTO: A view shows Russian rouble coins in this illustration picture taken March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Illustration/File Photo April 16, 2021 By Marc Jones, Sujata Rao and Tom Arnold LONDON (Reuters) – For all the insouciance with which markets treated Washington’s latest sanctions on Russia, its move to target Moscow’s main funding avenue – …

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Transform economics to halt destruction of the natural world, UK study urges

FILE PHOTO: General view of plastic trash littering the polluted Potpecko Lake near a dam’s hydroelectric plant near the town of Priboj, Serbia, January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Marko Djurica/File Photo February 2, 2021 By Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) – Nations will have to rethink economic growth as a measure of success if they want to make …

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