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The World in Brief from The Economist
Harris appeals to Americans’ optimism; Modi in Ukraine, and more
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Kamala Harris accepted her party’s presidential nomination as she closed the Democratic National Convention. Also, Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, landed in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, where he is set to meet the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky.
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