Brighter prospects for Ukraine in Geneva; Japan to deploy missiles near Taiwan, and more

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  Our Top Stories Marka Rubio, America's Secretary of State,

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  touted arguably the best meeting in the entire process of negotiating an end to Russia's war in Ukraine,

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  held in Geneva.

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  Andrey Yermak, the chief aide to Ukraine's president,

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  said the parties were moving forward to just and lasting peace.

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  Going into the meeting,

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  the Ukrainians had faced a 28-point plan brandished by the Americans that looked like a Russian wish list.

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  Japan confirmed that deployments of missiles near Taiwan were proceeding as scheduled.

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  The country plans to deploy medium-range surface-to-air missiles on the Japanese island of Yonaguni,

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  about 110 km east of Taiwan.

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  Speaking at a military base on the island on Sunday,

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