What's News: World-Wide -- WSJ
22 May 2020 - 5:02PM
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China signaled it will impose new national-security laws on Hong
Kong, dealing a blow to the territory's autonomy as Beijing seeks
to stamp out widespread pro-democracy protests that have challenged
Xi.
Trump's arms-control negotiator is planning to meet with his
Russian counterpart to discuss a new U.S. proposal for a
far-reaching accord to limit all Russian, Chinese and U.S. nuclear
warheads.
Lockdowns in parts of the U.S. eased further as confirmed
coronavirus infections around the world topped five million.
The U.S. government agreed to hand Britain's AstraZeneca up to
$1.2 billion to secure the supply of a potential coronavirus
vaccine.
The University of California's board of regents voted to stop
using the SAT and ACT college admissions exams.
A divided Senate, in a vote along party lines, confirmed
Ratcliffe to be director of national intelligence.
A shooting at a naval air station in Texas that left a sailor
injured and the gunman dead is terrorism-related, the FBI said.
Authorities in Georgia arrested the man who filmed a video of
the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery and charged him with
murder.
Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to
plead guilty in connection with the college-admissions scandal.
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May 22, 2020 02:47 ET (06:47 GMT)
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