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      <title>Rubio to visit Iceland, Greece and Portugal as US steps up Arctic push</title>
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      <description>US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Iceland, Greece and Portugal from October 5 to 8 for talks on economic and security cooperation, the State Department has announced.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
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      <description>US officials believe a Chinese invasion of Taiwan before 2028 is increasingly unlikely, a new Reuters exclusive says, despite Xi Jinping's 2027 military readiness goal — though that calculus could change after Taiwan's 2028 election.</description>
      <author>Sarah Whitfield</author>
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      <description>The last American troops have left Iraq and Operation Inherent Resolve has formally ended, 12 years after it began, under a withdrawal deal sealed in 2024.</description>
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