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The two sides plan to meet on June 30 in Qatar, Axios reported, citing a senior US official.

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NUS names professorship after liver pathology pioneer Aileen Wee

It is the latest in a series of professorships by NUS Medicine to recognise outstanding Singaporeans.

Pathologist Aileen Wee hopes it will benefit scholars who are actively uncovering some of the many unknowns in the diseased liver.

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