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- The talks, which are expected to continue on Friday, are the sides’ third meeting since hostilities reignited between Hezbollah and Israel
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- Fars report came as US and Chinese leaders agreed that the Strait of Hormuz must be open for the free flow of energy
- Following the start of US and Israeli strikes on 28 February, Iran severely restricted transit in the Strait of Hormuz
- Earlier, the ministers signed an agreement on visa exemption for holders of Saudi and Greek diplomatic, special, and service passports
- Morocco severed diplomatic ties with Syria in 2012 following the brutal suppression by former president Bashar Assad of protests, and the subsequent start of the Syrian civil war
- Under Assad, Syria had supported Western Sahara separatist group the Polisario Front, which strained relations with the Moroccan government
- The UK Health Security Agency said three cases had been identified among young people linked to a college
- Officials said they were working with health and education partners
- Paper said tools used by collaborators to ‘create, draft, guide, clean up, edit, improve, or rephrase your writing’ are strictly prohibited
- NYT came under renewed criticism earlier in May after a correction revealed that an article by its Canada bureau chief contained an AI-fabricated quote
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