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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — To dancing and cheers, Eritrea's longtime president arrived in Ethiopia for his first visit in 22 years on Saturday amid a dramatic diplomatic thaw between the once-bitter rivals.

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Twelve young footballers and their coach rescued from a Thai cave will be released from hospital on Thursday, a health official said, offering psychological support and urging the group to avoid media interviews despite huge interest in their against-the-odds survival story. The group, called the "Wild Boars" after their football academy, went into the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand on June 23 to celebrate a birthday, but became trapped as floodwaters poured in. "All 13 Wild Boars are in good physical health... all are in good spirits," public health minister Piyasakol Sakolsattayatorn told reporters on Saturday.

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By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki said on Saturday history was being made as he started his first visit to Ethiopia in more than two decades, days after the two neighbors declared an end to their "state of war". Arriving for three days of meetings, Isaias was greeted warmly at the airport by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, and thousands lined Addis Ababa's main thoroughfare Bole Road, sporting T-shirts emblazoned with the pictures of both leaders. The visit comes just days after Abiy visited Eritrea and signed a pact with Isaias on resuming ties, a move that ended a near 20-year military standoff after a border war.

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Israel's military said it had launched air strikes targeting Hamas in the Gaza Strip early Saturday, following border clashes in which two Palestinians including a teenager were killed and many injured. The Israeli bombardment came as rockets and mortars were lobbed into southern Israel from the blockaded Palestinian enclave. The health ministry in the Hamas-run Strip said that a 15-year-old Palestinian was shot dead in Friday's protests on the Gaza border and a 20-year-old died Saturday of gunshot wounds.

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Donald Trump faces further protests as he rounds off his UK visit by golfing in Scotland, having wreaked diplomatic havoc south of the border. Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Edinburgh for a march against the president, who flew to Glasgow on Friday before spending the night at his Turnberry resort in Ayrshire. It is the third day of protests in Britain since the American leader arrived for a working trip which included trade talks with Theresa May and tea with the Queen.

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