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US Treasury chief says trade deal possible with UK in a year

 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin suggested Saturday that Britain and America would be able to conclude a trade deal this year, despite lingering disagreements on a digital services tax and whether to allow Chinese tech giant Huawei to build aspects of a new high-speed mobile...

White House lawyers begin Trump defense at Senate trial

White House lawyers began presenting their defense of President Donald Trump Saturday at his historic Senate impeachment trial for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. White House counsel Pat Cipollone began presenting opening arguments at an extraordinary weekend session of the...

China scrambles to build hospital in 10 days

China is scrambling to build a 1,000-bed hospital in just 10 days as authorities grapple with the spiralling outbreak of a virus that has left at least 41 dead, and infected hundreds of others. The mobile facility in the central city of Wuhan, birthplace of the Coronavirus epidemic, is...

Pope backs Iraqi call for its sovereignty to be respected

Pope Francis met Iraq's president Saturday and the two agreed that the country's sovereignty must be respected, following attacks on Iraqi territory this month by the United States and Iran. President Barham Salih held private talks for about 30 minutes with the pope and then met the...