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Beijing says it will meet with American officials to discuss trade, but warned Washington against using the engagement to ratchet up pressure on China.

The cardinals at the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City vow to follow the rules of the conclave, the process by which the next pope is chosen.

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York has some tips for first-timers taking part in the sometimes lengthy process of choosing the next pope.

The Canadian prime minister met with President Trump days after being elected on an anti-Trump platform as relations between the two allies are at a historic nadir.

Cardinal Mario Grech comes from Malta, but is known to cardinals around the world for his role as the secretary general of an advisory body of bishops.

As a U.S. tax loophole ends, the apparel makers that sell to America are forced to consider alternative markets or cheaper locations in and outside China.

Oscar Puente, the transport minister, said “a serious act of sabotage” had brought some trains to a halt. Service was resuming on Monday.

The archbishop is a standard-bearer for those in the church who favor a return to traditional rules and doctrine after Pope Francis.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, who will make his first visit to Washington since his election, said President Trump’s call to annex Canada as the 51st state would not be on the table.

Cardinals have talked about Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, as someone who could have a steady, bureaucratic hand on the church’s wheel.