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Trump said on Friday there was a 'good chance' a deal would emerge, and that he might extend the March 1 deadline and move forward with a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

German Cardinal Reinhard Marx was speaking on the third day of an unprecedented meeting of the world's top bishops which Pope Francis has called in an effort to get on top of a crisis that has dogged the Roman Catholic Church for decades.

The incident came to light when a friend of the missing 66-year-old contacted the police to say she hadn't seen her for about a month, prompting a patrol to visit the family home.

Vietnam's hardline administration has little tolerance for spontaneous public gatherings of any sort, and Vietnamese security personnel were keeping a close eye on the impersonators during their walkabout.

Current Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will abdicate on April 30 from the Chrysanthemum Throne after a three-decade reign, making way for Naruhito and Masako to replace them the following day.

Despite its conspicuous size, no one had observed Wallace's giant bee, in the wild since 1981.

Pakistan, while presenting its case on Tuesday, asked the ICJ to adjourn the case, citing the illness of ad-hoc judge. It also submitted a request for his replacement.

Fawad Khan is currently in Dubai for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and was not present at home at the time. However, being the head of the family, a case was registered against him.

Prosecutors have charged the accused, Frazee (32), with first-degree murder, solicitation to commit murder, and tampering with a deceased body. He has been held without bond since his arrest in December.

Rosen, currently deputy secretary of the US department of transportation, would succeed Rod Rosenstein, who appointed a special counsel to investigate possible ties between Russia and President Donald Trump's campaign.

President Nicolas Maduro, who denies the existence of a humanitarian crisis, dismisses the opposition moves as a "political show" and a cover for a US invasion.

Greta Zimmer Friedman, the woman in the picture, died in 2016 at age 92.

Trump's actions, including a separate request by him that the FBI end an investigation into his first national adviser, Michael Flynn, made the FBI concerned that the president was illegally trying to obstruct the Russia probe.

Seven agreements, including MoUs in power, petrochemical and mining sectors, were inked as Prince Salman launched his diplomatic trip to Asia in Islamabad.

Drone threats to commercial air traffic had hit operations at London's second busiest airport, Gatwick Airport, in December when drones were sighted on three consecutive days.

Theresa May was defeated in a symbolic vote in parliament on her Brexit strategy on Thursday, undermining her negotiating strength in talks with the European Union to secure changes to the agreement.