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Curbing trade with China to curry favor with the United States would be “selfish and shortsighted,” the government said, promising to retaliate.

The timing of Pope Francis’ funeral, which will span several days, has yet to be announced.

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments reduced to rubble.

The pontiff, appearing frail from a balcony at St. Peter’s Basilica, blessed a crowd gathered on the square outside. But a Vatican aide delivered a papal address that focused on global conflicts.

The collapse has brought scrutiny of the Chinese state-owned company that was putting up the doomed building.

Pope Francis sought to make the church more welcoming, global and collegial, after his predecessors adopted more doctrinaire and traditional approaches.

President Zelensky of Ukraine said the front lines had seen artillery fire and drone attacks, and that his troops were responding. Russia accused Ukraine of breaking the cease-fire.

The fire in a 21-story building in southern Seoul killed one person and injured several others, two of them seriously.

The draft executive order would eliminate Africa operations and shut down bureaus working on democracy, human rights and refugee issues.

At least in the capital, Damascus, the Christian holiday festivities were protected and joyfully observed. Religious minorities are still wary, however, about the new leaders’ commitment to inclusivity.

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In a statement and a briefing summarizing its investigation into the deadly episode, the military said a deputy commander would be dismissed.

The agreements are shaping up to be very similar. But Gulf support for a nuclear deal shows how much the region has changed.

A sectarian-fueled killing spree exposed how fragile peace is in Syria, where the government’s control is limited and tension runs deep after nearly 14 years of civil war.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said that he had ordered his forces to “stop all military activity” from Saturday evening through Sunday. Ukraine’s leader said Putin was trying to “play with people’s lives.”

Massacres have spread across once-quiet towns on Syria’s Mediterranean coast, in the deadliest outbreak of sectarian violence since rebels toppled the dictator Bashar al-Assad. Christina Goldbaum, The New York Times’s bureau chief in Syria, traveled to the area to get a sense of who was responsible.

The victims fell or were swept into the ocean, according to the police, as swells pounded Sydney and other places along the country’s east coast. At least two others were missing.

Many thought President Trump would be able to finish the war. Now they are not so sure.

The two sides set an agenda for additional negotiations in the coming days, which could include technical details on uranium enrichment.