exchange · breakthrough · outbreak
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Learn “exchange”, “breakthrough”, “outbreak” in slow English. From: Russia and Ukraine agree to a major prisoner exchange after Abu Dhabi talks.
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- Russia and Ukraine agree to a major prisoner exchange after Abu Dhabi talks
- US may lose measles elimination status amid outbreak
- Indonesia's vice-president reportedly resigns
- Tanzania opposition leader sentenced after treason trial
- Nissan shifts production toward electric and hybrid cars in China
- Australia's Youpla directors penalized over collapsed funeral fund
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- RechercheJared Kushner said the number of prisoners would be finalized the following day; Russian delegation head Vladimir Medinsky and Ukrainian delegation head Rustem Umerov confirmed the planned exchange.
- RechercheThe two days of talks produced no breakthrough toward ending the war.
- RechercheMedinsky said the prisoner exchange agreement was in principle.
- RechercheTwo doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine are 97% effective against measles.
- RechercheGibran faced scrutiny over his education records. The Constitutional Court found insufficient documentary evidence that his foreign schooling met relevant qualification requirements, and on October 30 the Supreme Court annulled his overseas high-school equivalency certificate.
- RechercheLissu said the judiciary had acted under pressure and rejected the verdict, saying incitement was not among the charges brought against him at the start of his 2025 trial. Chadema officials signaled an intention to appeal.
- RechercheNissan said China sales fell 22% in the first half of the year and 32% in the first nine months, with pressure intensifying from July through October.
- RechercheYoupla collapsed in March 2022, leaving more than 13,000 Aboriginal people without the means to pay for funerals.