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Learn “mediated”, “outbreak”, “tendered” 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
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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.