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    Chinese paper calls for probe of U.S.’ Fort Detrick biolab amid Wuhan Lab COVID-19 origins fracas

    Originally published: Sputnik News on May 26, 2021 by Morgan Artyukhina (more by Sputnik News)  | (Posted May 29, 2021)

    Chinese scientists sequenced the genome of SARS-CoV-2 in early January 2020 and by March of that year had “irrefutably” concluded the virus was not of human design. Since then, the goalposts have shifted repeatedly in an attempt to keep laboratory escape a viable theory, despite no evidence to support the continued supposition.

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    Originally published: Sputnik News on May 14, 2020 by Mohammed Elmaazi (more by Sputnik News)  | (Posted May 20, 2020)

    Mass deforestation, industrialised animal agriculture and reductions in biodiversity are among a number of factors which increase the likelihood of the emergence and spread of dangerous pathogens such as the coronavirus disease 2019, explains scientist Dr Rob Wallace in an exclusive interview with Sputnik.

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    A little help from their friends: How Vietnam withstood largest bombing campaign in human history

    Originally published: Sputnik News on (updated) March 3, 2020 by Ilya Tsukanov (more by Sputnik News)  | (Posted Mar 04, 2020)

    Between 1965 the 1975, the United States Air Force dropped over three times more bombs on the Southeast Asian nations of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia than the total tonnage dropped by the Allies during World War II.

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    Hubris before the fall

    Originally published: Sputnik News on July 20, 2019 by Finian Cunningham (more by Sputnik News)  | (Posted Jul 22, 2019)

    Hubris is usually a forewarning of impending calamity. Extreme arrogance blinds the hubristic person to the limits of their power. So, blindly, they push on with reckless excess, leading to potentially disastrous results.

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    Oil, Neocons, Monroe Doctrine: author explains origins of Trump’s Venezuela plan

    Originally published: Sputnik News on February 1, 2019 by Ekaterina Blinova (more by Sputnik News)  | (Posted Feb 19, 2019)

    The U.S. has revitalised its old Monroe Doctrine, seeking to take Latin America countries and most notably Venezuela, famous for its rich oil reserves, under control, French journalist Gilbert Mercier has told Sputnik, explaining why the “overt coup attempt” in Caracas is doomed to failure.

  •  | Why Russia Is Growing Gold Reserves to Record Levels | MR Online

    Why Russia is growing gold reserves to record levels

    Originally published: Sputnik News on July 25, 2018 (more by Sputnik News)  | (Posted Aug 01, 2018)

    According to Russian Central Bank figures, Russia’s total gold reserves amounted to 1,944 tons as of June 2018, with the regulator pointing to a steady rise in holdings of the precious metal over the last decade (total gold reserves amounted to less than 500 tons in 2008). In the same period, the share of gold in Russia’s total reserves grew from just 2.5 percent to over 17 percent.

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