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The World in Brief from The Economist
Europe quietly resists windfall taxes; Trump tells Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz or face “all hell”, and more
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Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, warned that “Radioactive fallout will end life” in the Gulf, after a fourth attack on the area surrounding Iran’s only operational nuclear power plant in Bushehr
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