SANTIAGO (Reuters)- Eleven countries are expected to sign a landmark Asia-Pacific trade agreement in Santiago Thursday as an antidote to the increasingly protectionist bent of the United States, which pulled out of the pact last year. The signing ceremony comes the day after Europe and...
LONDON: The final details of a Brexit deal may not be clinched until the eve of Britain's exit in late March 2019 but a deal will be done, British junior foreign minister Mark Field said Thursday. "I think we are going to get to the last week of March 2019 and we are still not going to...
BAGHDAD (AP)- A Baghdad court has convicted the sister of Daesh's (ISIS) leader on terrorism charges and sentenced her to death. The spokesman of Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council, Abdel-Sattar Bayrkdar, said in a statement Thursday that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's sister was found guilty for...
BEIJING (AP)- The Bank of China has pledged at least 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) to create a massive giant panda conservation park in southwestern Sichuan province. China's forestry ministry announced Thursday an agreement between the bank and the provincial government to finance the...
