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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met leaders of Qatar and Jordan to discuss the future developments of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu is paying a state visit to China this week. A teacher in Portland has found the fuselage door plug that blew out of a Boeing aircraft during flight.

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