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Saudi-based GCC to hold Yemen talks; rebels decline invite

The Saudi-based Gulf Cooperation Council on Thursday invited warring sides in Yemen for talks aimed at ending the civil war in the Arab world’s most impoverished country, a conflict now in its eight year. However, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have already rejected Riyadh — the Saudi capital were the GCC …

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Xi and Biden Talk Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden will urge Chinese President Xi Jinping to avoid helping Russia in its war in Ukraine when the two men speak in a phone call later today. The U.S. message to China before today’s call has been one of caution. News reports citing U.S. officials earlier this …

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