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        <description><![CDATA[A huge wave of more than 500 Ukrainian drones attacked Russia overnight, killing three people in the Moscow region, authorities said on Sunday.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 21:16:57 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[At the time of his death, he was awaiting release to a country willing to take him.]]></description>
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        <title>'Happiest day of our lives': Gazans hold mass wedding among ruins</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 18:10:17 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Wearing traditional Palestinian dresses, dozens of smiling brides clutched red bouquets as they walked with their grooms past the tents and ruined buildings of Gaza City.]]></description>
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        <title>Trump vows to push Xi to 'open up' China at superpower summit</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[US President Donald Trump says he will urge Xi Jinping to open China further to American businesses during a high-stakes Beijing summit expected to address trade, Taiwan and the Iran conflict.]]></description>
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        <title>The veteran envoys leading Lebanon-Israel direct talks</title>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 21:58:17 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[While Lebanon is seeking to consolidate a ceasefire in the latest war and to obtain the withdrawal of Israeli troops, Israel wants to ensure Hezbollah is disarmed.]]></description>
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        <title>French prosecutors demand seven-year sentence for Sarkozy</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[French prosecutors on requested a seven-year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in an appeal trial on charges that he sought illegal Libyan financing for his 2007 election.]]></description>
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        <title>France tightens health surveillance on deadly Hantavirus cases</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 22:28:21 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[French authorities have moved to strengthen health surveillance and tracing measures following concerns over the spread of hantavirus infections linked to an international cruise ship.]]></description>
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        <title>Hantavirus cases rise as final passengers leave MV Hondius</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[So far, three passengers who travelled on the ship have died, with two of the deaths laboratory-confirmed as hantavirus infections.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hamas and its allies committed &quot;systematic, widespread&quot; sexual violence during their October 7, 2023 attack on Israel and against hostages they took back to Gaza, a report says.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Russia resumed strikes on Ukraine as a three-day truce expired on Tuesday, attacking the capital with drones and killing one person in the eastern region of Dnipropetrovsk.]]></description>
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        <title>WHO chief moves to calm hantavirus fears</title>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 16:32:45 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[WHO Director-General Tedros has sought to calm global fears over the hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius, insisting the public health risk remains low.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Thailand&#039;s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released early from prison on Monday, raising the prospect of a return to the spotlight for the political heavyweight.]]></description>
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        <title>Trump rejects Iran peace terms, Tehran warns of new attacks</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Trump branded Iran&#039;s terms for ending the Middle East war &quot;totally unacceptable&quot;, raising the possibility of fresh conflict and sending oil prices sharply higher in early Asia trade on Monday.]]></description>
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        <title>Groundbreaking: 'Controlled' quakes triggered under Swiss Alps</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Researchers have made the ground shake in southern Switzerland, triggering thousands of tiny earthquakes in a monitored setting, as they seek to discover seismicity insights that could reduce risks.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 18:01:31 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Iran responded to Washington&#039;s latest peace proposal, after drones threatened several Gulf region targets and Tehran warned it would not hold back from retaliating against new US strikes.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Militants detonated a car bomb at a checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan and opened fire on police, killing at least 15 and wounding three, officials said on Sunday.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 18:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The rapid growth in drone technology has enabled Ukraine to offset Russias overwhelming advantages in manpower, conventional weaponry and economic size,]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 19:21:25 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The United States said Friday it was organizing an evacuation flight for Americans on a hantavirus-struck cruise ship that has sailed to the Canary Islands.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Kapila Chandrasena, the former chief executive of SriLankan Airlines, was found at the Colombo home of a relative, said police.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 09:32:34 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The US military said it carried out strikes on Iranian military targets in response, although Tehran charged that it was Washington that had initiated the exchange of fire.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[A Dutch couple who had travelled around South America before boarding the ship in Ushuaia, Argentina on April 1 were the first fatalities.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Measles&nbsp;is highly contagious, spreading through coughs and sneezes, and has no specific treatment once caught.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[The women returned to Australia on Thursday after years spent in a Syrian detention camp, where they were stranded after Islamic State&#039;s collapse.]]></description>
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