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;Resize=(620)) Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama , who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the world, has died, her studio said Thursday. She was 97.
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Iran and Oman said they would create a temporary shipping lane and clear mines in the waterway. Global oil prices eased after the joint announcement.
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;Resize=(620)) U.S. CIA Director John Ratcliffe spoke with Russian intelligence officials during a visit to Moscow but did not meet President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Wednesday ?of a trip that U.S. President Donald Trump described as "semi-routine."
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A Kremlin spokesman said John Ratcliffe did not meet with Vladimir Putin and that it was "premature" to say whether the trip would affect fraught U.S.-Russia relations.
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Bank Melli, Iran's largest lender, already faces waves of sanctions that severely limit its ability to operate abroad. Every foreign branch must be shut down, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
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