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Apr 24
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Ukraine attack, Trump-Zelenskiy clash, C...

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President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy have clashed again – with the U.S. threatening to walk away from peace talks. The Trump administration will look at lowering tariffs on Chinese imports pending talks with Beijing. And the white South Africans applying for asylum in the U.S. 


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