"Other consequences include a surge in terrorism and extremism, shattered human destinies, broken families and the massive influx of refugees," Lavrov noted in his speech at the “Znanie” (lit. “Knowledge”) Society event.

"The current Palestinian-Israeli conflict reinforces accusations of double standards," he said at a conference of EU Ambassadors in Brussels.

“The Global South was formed in response to the dominance of the West ... This era of dominance has ended in intellectual terms, we must admit this. But we have not yet fully grasped the consequences and practical implications of this new reality,” said Borrell.

"Last week, we said that China maintains close contacts with leading countries around the world on issues of arms control and nuclear non-proliferation," Wang told a briefing, when asked about details of the meeting with the US.

"This interim staff report details the federal government’s heavy-handed involvement in the creation and operation of the EIP, which facilitated the censorship of Americans’ political speech in the weeks and months leading up to the 2020 election," the report said. "This pressure was largely directed in a way that benefited one side of the political aisle: true information posted by Republicans and conservatives was labeled as ‘misinformation’ while false information posted by Democrats and liberals was largely unreported and untouched by the censors."

"The United States has invited all member economies to the leaders' meeting. The commitment we made when we proposed to host APEC 2023 was that we would host the meetings based on both the spirit and principles of APEC and US laws and regulations," said Matt Murray, the US Senior Official for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.

“We’re going to use this as frankly a maximum point of leverage to get the administration to do what they should have done a long time ago,” Cornyn added.