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Xi, Trump talks win cautious optimism in China

A rare meeting between leaders Donald Trump and Xi Jinping has succeeded in temporarily stabilising US-China relations, analysts said on Thursday, with the talks drawing cautious optimism on the streets of Beijing.

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Putin defies Trump with second nuclear weapons test in days

Russia has successfully tested a nuclear-capable, nuclear-powered underwater drone, president Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, defying US president Donald Trump’s warnings with Moscow’s second test of a new nuclear weapons system in just a few days...

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Vietnam rains kill seven

Flooding triggered by record heavy rains in central Vietnam this week killed at least seven people and inundated more than 1,00,000 homes, the environment ministry said on Wednesday...

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100 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza

Israel said it had carried out strikes on dozens of Hamas targets following the death of a soldier, with Gaza experiencing its deadliest night of bombing since a US-brokered truce went into effect earlier this month.

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At least 64 people killed in Brazil drug raids

Bodies piled up in poor neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday as police launched their biggest ever raids on the city’s drug traffickers, leaving at least 64 dead in war-like scenes...

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Pak-Afghan talks deadlocked after border violence

Negotiations between Afghanistan and Pakistan to secure a lasting truce after their bloodiest clashes in years were deadlocked Tuesday, with a Pakistani security source saying a ‘last-ditch effort’ was underway...

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Hamas to return another hostage body

Hamas said it would hand over another hostage body, as the Palestinian group faced accusations of breaching the Gaza ceasefire after returning only the partial remains of a previously recovered captive to Israel...