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President Trump wrote on social media that an agreement has been largely negotiated with Iran.

The president said he had a very good call with leaders in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey,

Egypt and other regional powers. He added that the Strait of Hormuz will be opened.

An Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said the two sides have edged closer to finalizing a memorandum of understanding to end the war. Chinese state media reported that a gas explosion

in a coal mine in northern Shanxi province killed at least 90 people.

Rescue efforts are still underway.

Xi Jinping said that lessons must be learned from the incident, which happened on Friday night.

Chinese coal mines once accounted for thousands of deaths every year.

However, in recent years,

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