Egypt to share plan for Gaza rebuild?at Arab?summit, with Europe to play key funding role

Egyptian foreign minister Badr Abdelatty said yesterday that Egypt&s Gaza reconstruction plan, which ensures Palestinians remain in their land, is ready and will be presented at an emergency Arab summit in Cairo tomorrow.

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David Blair: By treating foes as friends and allies as adversaries, Donald Trump is weakening America

A thuggish Chinese ambassador once told the people of Sweden that Beijing would &treat our friends with fine wine but for our enemies we&ve got shotguns&.

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Hospitalised pope stable, rested overnight: Vatican
ROME - Pope Francis rested well during his 17th night in hospital, the Vatican said on Monday, a day after reporting the 88-year-old was in a "stable" condition.

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Heat wave shuts schools in Manila
MANILA - Soaring temperatures shut down schools over nearly half the Philippine capital on Monday, local officials said, as the torrid dry season started in the tropical Philippines.

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Police, art sleuth crack case of Brueghel stolen in Poland in 1974
THE HAGUE - With the help of a well-known art detective and arts magazine journalists, Dutch police say they have cracked the case of the mysterious disappearance of a Brueghel painting from a Polish museum 50 years ago.

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Zelensky and European allies cement cooperation after Trump row
LONDON - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday he would work with Europe to set terms for a possible peace deal to present to the United States, after allies gathered in London pledged to spend more on security and assemble a coalition to defend any truce in Ukraine.

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