What's News: World-Wide -- WSJ
January 19 2018 - 03:02AM
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The threat of a partial government shutdown intensified as
senators signaled opposition to a short-term spending bill that was
passed by the House.
Intelligence gathered by U.S. officials provides what they say
is detailed evidence Chinese ships violated sanctions against North
Korea.
Congress is probing the Obama administration's use of research
by an ex-British spy to justify surveillance of a Trump
associate.
The Senate voted to reauthorize FISA, a law that permits a wide
range of electronic surveillance.
Global temperatures simmered at near-record levels last year,
even as the world cooled slightly with the waning of an El NiƱo
event.
A Trump lawyer set up a Delaware firm to pay an ex-adult-film
star $130,000 to not discuss an alleged sexual encounter with
Trump.
The Trump administration is accelerating efforts to move the
U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and plans to open the new
mission in 2019.
The U.S. is backtracking on plans for a 30,000-person border
force in Syria after the proposal triggered new tensions with
Turkey.
Germany's SPD is set to meet to decide whether the center-left
party should forge a ruling alliance with Merkel's
conservatives.
France and the U.K. agreed to deepen ties on defense and
security.
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January 19, 2018 02:47 ET (07:47 GMT)
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