BRICS countries could swing an 'economic wrecking ball' at dollar dominance even without a shared trade currency, former White House economist says

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Money getting shredded

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Animals in the savanna are more scared of the sound of a human voice than lions, dogs, or guns, a study found

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Animals on the savanna reacted with much more fear when hearing human voices than lions roars.

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Scientists have found the great white sharks that fled for their lives from gruesome liver-eating killer whale attacks

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Killer whales hunt great white sharks in waters across the world.

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Elon Musk's grandfather belonged to a political party that believed the world should be governed by technology. Newspapers at the time described it as having 'the tone of an incipient Fascist movement.'

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Elon Musk.

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The BRICS' messaging about de-dollarization could get even messier if Zimbabwe joins the group's bank

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A currency trader mends an worn $2 bill at a market.
The BRICS' messaging about de-dollarization could get even messier if Zimbabwe joins the group's bank.

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Elon Musk once caught malaria on safari and was 'hours from death,' book says

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Elon Musk on a speedboat in Mykonos in July 2022
Elon Musk did take some time off in July 2022 when he visited the Greek island of Mykonos.

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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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