WASHINGTON -- China and the United States formally signed their phase-one economic and trade agreement here on Wednesday, with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and U.S. President Donald Trump inking the papers in the White House. (US-China-Trade Deal)

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House of Representatives officially sent impeachment articles against President Donald Trump to the Senate on Wednesday evening to allow a trial to get underway.

After an engrossment ceremony, seven newly-appointed managers for the Trump impeachment trial walked across the Capitol to deliver the charges to the Republican-led upper chamber. (US-Trump-Impeachment)

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ATHENS -- Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis proposed in a televised address on Wednesday top female judge Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou for President of the Greek Republic.

Sakellaropoulou is the first woman to become president of the Council of State, Greece's highest administrative court. If her candidacy is ratified by the Greek parliament, she will be the first woman President of the country. (Greece-President-Proposal)

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ABUJA -- At least six people were killed when gunmen launched an attack on an emir (the title of a traditional chief of a community) in Nigeria's northern state of Kaduna, said the police on Wednesday.

A convoy of the emir of Potiskum, identified as Umaru Bubaram, was attacked along the Kaduna-Zaria highway late Tuesday, Yakubu Sabo, the spokesman for the police in that state, told Xinhua. (Nigeria-Attack-Kill) Enditem

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