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<li style="font-size:16px"><em>Budapest summit in the works following Trump-Putin call</em></li>



<li style="font-size:16px"><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em>Germany’s draft plan exposes the hollow core of its political center</em></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></em></li>



<li style="font-size:16px"><em><em><em>Japan’s LDP scrambles for majority as Komeito walks, Ishin talks</em></em></em></li>
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