This NPR News segment covers multiple international and domestic developments, including U.S.-brokered peace efforts in Ukraine, escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, record-high diesel prices impacting U.S. supply chains, Pacific Island nations’ concerns over China
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