The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------U.S.-led democracy summit set to start amid China's riseWASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden is set to kick off Thursday a two-day virtual "Summit for Democracy," inviting more than 100 world leaders to galvanize international action to strengthen democracy in the face of challenges posed by countries deemed authoritarian such as China.The U.S. government has emphasized the summit is not intended to be divisive or adversarial. But tensions between the United States and China have already heightened before t…READ FULL ARTICLE