The dollar has been used as an instrument of Western hegemony, according to President Ebrahim Raisi Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has called for the US dollar to be abandoned in global trade to reduce reliance on the Western financial system.

The ban is due to food contamination fears after the release of wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant The Russian government on Monday introduced a temporary ban on imports of seafood from Japan, after Tokyo released treated radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

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