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Britain seeks ‘frictionless’ new trade relationship with EU after Brexit

  LONDON / AP Britain is leaving the European Union’s single market but wants a “frictionless” new trade relationship with the bloc, the government said in the most detailed account yet of its EU exit plans. In a bid to ease uncertainty around the UK’s exit from the European Union — and appease opposition demands for greater clarity — the ...

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Court denies Trump request to immediately restore travel ban

  WASHINGTON / AP A federal appeals court denied early Sunday the Justice Department’s request for an immediate reinstatement of President Donald Trump’s ban on accepting certain travelers and all refugees. The Trump administration appealed a temporary order restraining the ban nationwide, saying late Saturday night that the federal judge in Seattle overreached by “second-guessing” the president on a matter ...

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Australia’s Turnbull says Trump isn’t chasing a refugee deal

CANBERRA / AP Australia’s prime minister on Sunday ruled out any deal to get the United States to honor an agreement to resettle hundreds of Muslim refugees that President Donald Trump has described as “dumb.” Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull also dismissed a Nine Network television network journalist’s suggestion that he should be offended that White House spokesman Sean Spicer has ...

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