Sistine Chapel readied for next pope’s election Workers are installing a stove for burning secret votes and the chimney that will billow smoke to announce the election of a new pontiff.

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Sistine Chapel readied for next pope’s election

Workers are installing a stove for burning secret votes and the chimney that will billow smoke to announce the election of a new pontiff.

US ambassador Xie Feng says China does not want to fight but will not be ‘intimidated’ Xie Feng tells audience at Washington embassy’s annual open day that China did not launch the tariff war and that tariffs ‘benefit no one’.

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Chinese ambassador says Beijing open to dialogue if Washington shows respect

Xie Feng tells audience at Washington embassy’s annual open day that China did not launch the tariff war and that tariffs ‘benefit no one’.

Warren Buffett says US shouldn’t use ‘trade as a weapon’ as Trump has done with tariffs The Berkshire Hathaway chair told shareholders, however, that the recent market turmoil from the US president’s tariffs ‘is really nothing’.

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Buffett warns against Trump tariffs, says he wants to retire at end of year

The Berkshire Hathaway chair stunned shareholders with news that he hopes to hand over the reins to Greg Abel within months.

Beijing-Vatican ties built under pope must be maintained: Hong Kong cardinal Cardinal Stephen Chow says there is a ‘formal need for meeting on a regular basis to talk about progress’.

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Beijing-Vatican ties built under pope must be maintained: Hong Kong cardinal

Cardinal Stephen Chow says there is a ‘formal need for meeting on a regular basis to talk about progress’.