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Jul 2024
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Modi and Putin meet; Starmer opens parli...

The Economist
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During a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, said that war “cannot solve problems” and that peace is “of utmost importance”. 
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