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        <description><![CDATA[Donald Trump celebrates his 80th birthday in typically forceful style on Sunday, as the oldest US president ever to take office holds a bloody cage match on the White House lawn.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;We are closer to a peace deal than ever before,&quot; Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose country has played a crucial role in peace talks, wrote on X on Saturday.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Israeli army last month declared all areas south of the river &quot;combat zones&quot;, and has since been striking the area.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Iran&#039;s slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei, killed by Israeli and US airstrikes on February 28, to be buried on July 9 state TV reports; he ruled the nation for 37 years.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and other bodies have recently lowered their forecasts for global growth, citing the conflict as a major source of uncertainty.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;Lopez Valdez was killed early Thursday morning in (the city of) Poza Rica, after being intercepted by armed men while driving,&quot; an article published on its website stated.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[US President Donald Trump vowed fresh attacks against Iran, saying American forces would also soon seize the country&#039;s key oil infrastructure after the two sides exchanged strikes overnight.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[It is high time a woman took charge of the United Nations, argued three of the candidates in the running to take over as secretary-general, at a debate on Tuesday.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan has been suspended pending a sexual misconduct probe and final decision by the Assembly of State Parties.]]></description>
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        <title>'War or peace?': Iranians exhausted by prospect of renewed fighting</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Residents of Tehran are anxious about the prospect of full-scale war resuming, following tit-for-tat strikes between arch-foes Iran and Israel that marked a threat to the fragile ceasefire thus far.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Chinese President, Xi Jinping said on&nbsp;Monday&nbsp;that China and the Democratic People&#039;s Republic of Korea should consolidate the foundation of political mutual trust and enhance cooperation.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Swiss business leaders and unions are mobilising ahead of a vote Sunday on capping immigration, which has triggered fears of dire impacts on employment and trade relations with the EU.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[The US issued an updated list of Chinese companies that it believes are aiding the country&#039;s military -- including e-commerce giant Alibaba, Baidu and electric vehicle maker BYD.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[President Trump says that negotiators were in the &quot;final throes&quot; of talks for a peace deal in the Middle East, after Iran and Israel halted fresh hostilities.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Yemen&#039;s Iran-backed Houthi rebels announced a missile attack on Israel and declared a ban on Israeli shipping in the Red Sea, raising the spectre of a return to major disruption on the key route.]]></description>
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        <title>'Joy, faith, love': giant crowd flocks to pope's Madrid mass</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A jubilant crowd of Catholic faithful filled Madrid with chants, cheers and applause on Sunday as an open-air mass by Pope Leo XIV imbued the Spanish capital with religious fervour.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Polls opened on Sunday for another snap election in Kosovo, its third in just over a year, as voter frustration mounts at a grinding political gridlock in Europe&#039;s youngest country.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[The attacks wounded a 35-year-old man and damaged infrastructure, Ganzha said.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Irans supreme leader says that the United States and Israel had suffered a decisive blow in the Middle East war, after the government reported no tangible progress in efforts to end the conflict.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Kenya is seeking deeper economic and technological ties with South Korea as part of its broader strategy to accelerate industrialization, create jobs, and equip its workforce with skills.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;It is a historic defeat in the comprehensive protection of girls and adolescents in Brazil,&quot; the state body said in a statement, calling it a &quot;serious setback.&quot;]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;Fake News Reports that the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the U.S.A., stopped speaking a few days ago are false and erroneous,&quot; Trump wrote on his Truth Social network.]]></description>
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