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WASHINGTON -- A press conference at the White House scheduled for Friday where U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky planned to sign the U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal was canceled, following a tense shouting match between the two inside the Oval Office earlier in the day.
What should have been a normal press pool spray before the high-stakes Trump-Zelensky bilateral meeting transpired into a fireworks-filled blowup aired on TV that no one would expect, all starting with an interjection by U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who was present in the room, demanding that the Ukrainian leader be thankful for Trump's effort to get his country out of its three-year conflict with Russia. (US-Trump-Zelensky)
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LIMA -- At least six people died in a multiple vehicle crash that occurred Thursday night on the North Pan-American Highway in the Peruvian province of Huaral, said the local media on Friday.
The state news agency Andina reported the accident occurred at kilometer 77 of the highway, where a minivan of the Huascaran tourism company crashed into a trailer loaded with firewood, and was later hit in the back by another truck carrying bags of lemon. (Peru-Road accident)
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GAZA -- Israel's obstruction of the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement makes it impossible to extend the first phase, a senior Hamas official said Friday.
Taher al-Nunu, a senior Hamas official, said that "Israel's disruption of the second phase of the Gaza agreement does not allow for the extension of the first phase." (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel)
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PRAGUE -- Czech firefighters were battling a large fire on Friday after a freight train carrying the highly flammable liquid chemical benzene derailed and burst into flames around midday in the eastern region of Olomouc.
A total of 15 tankers caught fire after the derailment in Hustopece nad Becvou. The flames engulfed five railway carriages and a locomotive, according to the local fire rescue department. (Czech Republic-Fire) Enditem
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