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"The new American sanctions, baseless in essence, and from that senseless in form, if they are different from the previous anti-Russian actions of the United States, it is in their timing."The new sanctions hit Russia’s ability to borrow from U.S. investors and could get even more painful if other countries go along.
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“Damascus says the U.S. is fully responsible for the adverse outcome of its criminal policies against Syria, calling on Washington to … compensate for the losses the nation has suffered as a result of the American military aggression and troop deployment.”
The Assad regime’s forces have caused most of the casualties and the bulk of the destruction in Syria. -
“The German Institute GEOMAR predicts that Japan Fukushima contaminated nuclear wastewater dumped will pollute half of the Pacific Ocean in 5 days, adding that 3 yrs later, Canada & the U.S. will be affected by the nuclear radiation pollution.”
Despite legitimate concerns, China misrepresents nuke plant data about the likely spread of radioactive waste. -
"The LNA forces are the guarantee of Libya's political, economic and social stability" against “violent acts … ending the presence of foreign fighters and establishing security for the residents."
Haftar and his forces, which are fighting the U.N.-recognized Libyan government in Tripoli, are accused of war crimes and backed by Russian mercenaries. -
“According to the press service of the People's Militia of the Republic, over the past two weeks, 244 military personnel have deserted from positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”
There is no evidence to support the desertion assertion, and the Russian-led separatist sources are infamous for spreading disinformation. -
“U.S. blocked Iran’s access to 10 million doses of coronavirus vaccine.”
India halted coronavirus vaccine exports under the United Nations-backed COVAX program due to a domestic vaccine shortage and a surge of COVID-19 cases. The move had a global impact but did not target Iran. -
"And now we are actively helping others [with COVID-19], unlike the U.S., which is selfish."
While the Biden administration has been cautious about sharing vaccines, the U.S. has joined a global access effort and pledged $2 billion. -
“Brazilian agribusiness does not deforest the Amazon. It generates clean energy and helps to conserve the forest that occupies 61% of Brazil's territory.”
It has been widely reported and studied that agriculture and livestock greatly contribute to deforestation in the Amazon.