BEIJING -- China and the United States have agreed on the text of a phase one economic and trade agreement based on the principle of equality and mutual respect.

The text includes nine chapters: the preface, intellectual property rights, technology transfer, food and agricultural products, financial services, exchange rate and transparency, trade expansion, bilateral assessment and dispute settlement, and the final terms, according to a statement issued by the Chinese side Friday night. (China-US-Trade)

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear President Donald Trump's appeal of lower court orders, now on hold, that require relative banks and an accounting firm to turn over the president's financial records to the Democrat-led House of Representatives and local prosecutors in New York.

The justices made it possible for them to be heard during the current court term, most likely in March, with a decision by the end of June, when the U.S. general election campaign heats up, said an NBC News report. (US-Trump-Court)

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KAMPALA -- Four people were killed and 16 others injured following a clash between South Sudan refugees and the local community in Uganda's northwestern district of Adjumani, police said on Friday.

Out of the four dead, two were locals and the others refugees, according to a police statement. (Uganda-S.Sudan-Refugees)

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DAMASCUS -- Three children were killed and four others were injured on Friday when a landmine exploded in the southern province of Daraa in Syria, state news agency SANA reported.

The landmine is part of the leftovers of the rebels' weaponry in the town of Nasib, located in the countryside of Daraa, said the report. (Syria-Landmine) Enditem

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