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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
- Riyadh’s largest metro station opens its doors, completing the network’s four landmark hubs
- The LEED Gold-certified station is built to handle more than 60,000 rail passengers and 1,300 bus passengers per hour
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- Vessel off UAE coast near Hormuz reportedly seized on Thursday, taken toward Iranian waters in latest incident
- Analysts say proposed UK-France Hormuz mission carries weight, but not a solution to blocked shipping lanes
- The trip comes as the two US-allied democratic neighbors seek to strengthen ties while facing shared challenges from nuclear-armed North Korea and a more assertive China
- 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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