China's Xi Jinping unexpectedly skipped a speech at a BRICS summit aimed at challenging dollar dominance

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.

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Putin can't attend the BRICS summit for fear of arrest, but he couldn't pass up taking potshots against the West and the US dollar via tape

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to the Brics Business Summit via a prerecorded video on August 22, 2023 in Johannesburg
Russian President Vladimir Putin railed at Western-led sanctions in a prerecorded speech at the BRICS summit.

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Over 40 countries sick and tired of the Western-led world order are clamoring to join a group where China and Russia are members

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A worker arranges a signboard of the 15th BRICS summit outside the Sandton Convention Center in Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug. 17, 2023. The 15th BRICS summit is to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Aug. 22-24.
South Africa is hosting the BRICS summit this week.

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Orange juice has never been this expensive

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Top commodity firm may start using China's yuan, potentially adding to de-dollarization trend

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The yuan is gaining strength and climbing the ranks of the world's most regularly traded currencies.

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This 44-year-old founder and CEO is stepping down to go on a 3-year religious mission. 'I feel such confidence that this is the right thing.'

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Davis Smith is stepping down to fulfill a 3-year calling as a mission president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Recife, Brazil.
Davis Smith is stepping down to fulfill a 3-year calling as a mission president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Recife, Brazil.

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The anti-dollar drive spearheaded by Asia has spread to Europe, with France growing sour on the greenback's dominance. Here are 6 rising threats to the buck's supremacy of global trade.

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China will become the global economy's biggest growth driver in the next 5 years, doubling the US contribution, IMF says

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Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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Ex-Brazil president Bolsonaro is hoarding a stash of jewels Saudi Arabia gave him — but was just ordered to give them away

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A file photo of Jair Bolsonaro, taken in August 2022 when he was still president of Brazil. He left office in December 2022 after failing to win re-election.

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'I can't get my money out': Billionaire investor Mark Mobius says China is restricting flows of capital out of the country

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