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      <news:title>Macron Pledges Air Defense as Russia-Ukraine Strikes Kill 13</news:title>
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      <news:title>Iran Threatens Hormuz Blockade as US Sanctions Pressure Mounts</news:title>
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      <news:title>Putin: Ukraine&apos;s Strikes on Russian Economy Opened &apos;Pandora&apos;s Box&apos;</news:title>
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      <news:title>France to Send Interceptor Missiles to Ukraine After Russian Strikes</news:title>
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      <news:title>China Has Little to Lose as a Weakened Trump Courts North Korea</news:title>
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      <news:title>Zelensky Vows Response After Mall Attack; Ukraine Drones Hit Russia</news:title>
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      <news:title>China Won&apos;t Help Washington Squeeze Iran&apos;s Oil Revenues</news:title>
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      <news:title>China Offers No Criticism After North Korea&apos;s Latest Missile Launch</news:title>
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      <news:title>Russian Double-Tap Drone Strikes Kill 14 at Ukrainian Mall</news:title>
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      <news:title>Without China, Trump&apos;s Iran Sanctions Have a Ceiling</news:title>
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      <news:title>North Korea Sends 400 Drone Operators to Russia</news:title>
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      <news:title>Six Killed, 90 Wounded in Russian Strike on Ukraine Shopping Center</news:title>
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      <news:title>Is China&apos;s Research Ship Near Taiwan Probing Its Defenses?</news:title>
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      <news:title>Houthis Claim Drone Strikes on Saudi Aramco, Najran Airport</news:title>
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      <news:title>Oil Bulls Surge as Iran Deal Collapses, Hormuz Stays Restricted</news:title>
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