- President Trump returns from China without concrete trade agreements on soybean exports, leaving American farmers concerned.
- Ukraine and the U.N. accuse Russia of deliberately targeting a U.N. humanitarian vehicle with attack drones in the Kherson region.
- The WHO reports 10 confi
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