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The World in Brief from The Economist
America pauses arms shipment to Israel; Russian attacks on Ukraine, and more
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America reportedly paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week because of concerns over Israel’s planned assault of Rafah. Also, Russia bombed energy facilities across Ukraine.
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