According to Putin, Western "globalist" elites "still talk about their exclusivity, put people against each other and divide society, provoke bloody conflicts and coups" and "sow hatred."
The Chinese report also claims that the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center and cybersecurity firm 360 have discovered Trojan horse programs or plug-ins related to the CIA in recent cyberattacks targeting China.
Germany's Health Minister, Karl Lauterbach, declared that the COVID-19 pandemic is over in Germany, citing virus variants, vaccination rates, and hospital cases as evidence for his assessment.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges in New York and accused Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of being the real "criminal" for prosecuting him and illegally leaking grand jury information, while Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson called the case against Trump "the boldest election interference ever attempted in this country's history."