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Aug 2024
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Trump-Musk, Greece wildfires and super c...

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has had a friendly two-hour interview with Elon Musk on X, after technical problems delayed the start. Hundreds of people have been forced to flee after Greece's worst wildfire this year spread into the Athens suburbs. Israeli researchers have discovered a more resilient strain of the cocoa plant that could help alleviate a global shortage of the beans.


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