Following are the top foreign stories at 2030 hours:
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Jerusalem: The US opens its embassy in Jerusalem under a controversial move by President Donald Trump, amid a bloodbath right on the border with Gaza where Israeli soldiers shoot dead at least 41 Palestinians in clashes, in the deadliest escalation of violence since 2014. (By Harinder Mishra)
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Beijing: The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, a top state-run Chinese bank launches China's first India-dedicated publicly offered investment fund, urging the Chinese to invest heavily stating that the Indian economy is entering the "golden age of economic take-off". (By K J M Varma)
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Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi says that former premier Nawaz Sharif clarified to him that his statement about the Mumbai terror attack was "misreported". (By Sajjad Hussain)
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Islamabad: Pakistan's top civil and military leadership today condemned the "fallacious" statement by ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif about the Mumbai terror attack and termed it as "incorrect and misleading". By Sajjad Hussain
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