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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, June 30

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Up to 31 people were killed and 34 others wounded on Monday in bomb attacks and air strikes by the U.S.-led coalition and Iraqi aircraft targeting Islamic State (IS) militants across the country's western province of Anbar, a provincial security source said.

In one air strike, 15 IS militants were killed and nine others injured when international warplanes bombarded the phosphate facility near the town of Qaim on the Iraqi-Syrian border, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. (Iraq-Airstrikes)

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BRUSSELS -- China and the European Union (EU) on Monday agreed to enhance cooperation in the uphill battle against global climate change.

The move came as a joint statement on climate change was issued after visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with EU leaders in Belgium. (EU-climate change)

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PARIS -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived here late Monday for a four-day visit to France.

It is the first official visit by a Chinese premier to the European country in nearly a decade. (China-France-Visit)

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BRUSSELS -- The political group leaders of the European Parliament (EP) Monday called Greece and the creditors to return to the negotiating table before the end of Tuesday.

As the Greek debt talks deadlocked again, EP President Martin Schulz and political group leaders gathered in Brussels to discuss the latest situation on Greece with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. (EU-Greece-Debt Deal)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday signed several trade bills into law, including the legislation giving him the so-called fast-track authority to negotiate trade deals with other countries, injecting new momentum to the stalled Asia-Pacific trade talks.

"The trade authorization that's provided here is not the actual trade agreements. So we still have some tough negotiations that are going to be taking place," Obama said at a signing ceremony for the trade legislation at the White House. (U.S.-Obama-Trade Laws)

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KHARTOUM -- Sudanese authorities on Monday rescued 154 illegal immigrants, most of them foreigners, out of the hands of human-traffickers at the Sudanese-Libyan border.

Brig. Mohamed Ibrahim, director of Sudan's Human Trafficking Control Unit, briefed the reporters about the rescue operation. He said the group were on board of a truck whose driver was planning to smuggle them to a European country across Libya, and the truck broke down near the border area with Libya. (Sudan-Immigrants-Smugglers)

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UNITED NATIONS -- UN Security Council on Monday condemned "in the strongest terms" the cowardly assassination of the Egyptian Public Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat, according to a press statement of the council.

A terrorist bombing attack targeted the convoy of the prosecutor Monday, which led to his death and severe injuries of many other victims, said the statement. (UN-Egypt-Assassination) Endi