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In some towns in India, a visitor to the post office who's squinting at fine print might be asked: Do you want an eye test?
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President Trump capped a NATO summit in Turkey meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and saying that the U.S. will give Ukraine a license to make Patriot air defense systems. -
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