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The Latest: Kuwait blames Iran for drone strikes as Trump casts doubt on ceasefire
- Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard denied launching attacks Thursday night on Persian Gulf states. Israeli Prime Minister offered a potential boost to ceasefire efforts in the region when he said he had approved direct talks with Lebanon. The Lebanese government has not responded as of Friday morning. The announcement came after Israel pounded Wednesday, killing more than 300 people. The negotiations are ...

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Taiwan's opposition leader meets China's Xi Jinping as both sides call for peace
- met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, the first such encounter in over a decade, with both sides affirming the need for maintaining peace around the self-ruled island that China claims as its territory. Both Xi and Cheng Li-wun, the head of the Beijing-friendly Kuomingtang Party, reiterated they wanted to move toward a peaceful reunification of Taiwan and the mainland, ...

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US had hottest March on record as nation faced 'unprecedented' heat
- The continental US registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records, according to Noaa data March's persistent unseasonable heat was so intense that the continental United States registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records, according to federal weather data. And the next year or so looks to turn the dial up on global warmth even more, as some forecasts predict a brewing El ...

Source: theguardian.com