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Trump backs away from Iran conflict, includes China in call to resume nuclear talks
US President Donald Trump backed away from further military escalation with Iran on Wednesday and called for international support, including from China, to contain Iran’s nuclear ambitions.Speaking from the White House in his first formal address to the country since ordering the drone strike that killed General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, last Thursday, Trump seemed intent on de-escalating the crisis after Iran launched ballistic missiles on two Iraqi bases housing…