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China and America strike a trade truce; LA imposes a curfew, and more
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America and China agreed on a framework deal to remove China’s export controls on rare earths after two days of negotiations in London. Also, Los Angeles’s mayor imposed a curfew on the city’s downtown area in a bid to restore order after five days of protests.
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