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Rubio seeks to boost Trump agenda with El Salvador leader

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio landed in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, the first stop on a tour of the Gulf states hit hard by Iran’s retaliatory campaign, an AFP journalist said. Rubio is to meet Emirati leaders on Wednesday, before heading to...

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France sees hottest day since records began: weather agency

France on Tuesday experienced its hottest day since measurements began in 1947, the national weather agency said. The national temperature indicator — an average of daytime and nighttime temperatures across 30 stations — reached 29.8C...

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Finland beats May heatwave record: weather service

France experienced its hottest night from Monday to Tuesday as Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said 40 people — many of them young — had drowned since June 18 amid a severe heatwave. The deadly heatwave has battered France since last...

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EU agrees 5-bn-euro package to fund arms for Ukraine: Belgium

The EU believes a digital euro is the answer to cutting its addiction to US payment systems like Visa and Mastercard as well as Apple Pay and Google Pay as the bloc seeks to favour European firms over others. Brussels hopes it could provide an...

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Denmark to spend $190 million to boost emergency 'preparedness'

Denmark reopens embassy in Tehran

Denmark has reopened its embassy in Tehran more than three months after closing it due to the conflict in the Middle East, the foreign ministry has announced, AFP reports. “In light of the improvement in the security situation in Iran, the embassy...

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