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Iranian and American delegations arrive in Pakistan; Artemis astronauts return safely to Earth, and more
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Iranian officials met with Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, ahead of peace talks with America in Islamabad. America’s vice-president, J.D.Vance, was greeted in the capital by Pakistan’s foreign minister; The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission around the Moon returned safely to Earth, with a “textbook” splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
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