Russia’s intermittent nuclear threats make a lot of in the West “freak out,” and the Kremlin likes creating that panic. But China’s 12-place peace proposal tends to make Moscow’s nuclear threats much less credible, CNBC’s Ted Kemp reviews.
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Beijing’s surprise intervention on Meta’s Manus rattles tech founders, VCs eyeing ‘China shedding’
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Italy investigates Sephora and Benefit over skincare marketing to children
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Economist Nouriel Roubini: Trump is likely to escalate the Iran war — risking ‘1970s stagflation’
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