What's News: World-Wide -- WSJ
March 19 2018 - 3:02AM
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China's Xi discarded the leadership structure he inherited and
is kicking off his second term with a handpicked team of trusted
lieutenants.
Trump and his legal team intensified attacks on the special
counsel's probe into possible Russian election interference.
Putin won re-election as president by a wide margin,
strengthening his hand amid an escalating confrontation with the
West.
Trump will call for new steps to combat the opioid epidemic,
including a push to reduce prescriptions for opioids by a
third.
Democrats regained a double-digit advantage over Republicans,
and Trump's approval rating improved, a WSJ/NBC News poll
found.
The U.K. government said it has evidence that Russia has spent
the last decade secretly developing nerve agents to use in
assassinations.
Newly disclosed text messages suggest the judge who recused
himself from overseeing the case of Mike Flynn had a personal
friend connected to the matter.
Turkish forces have captured the town center of
Kurdish-controlled Afrin in northern Syria.
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March 19, 2018 02:47 ET (06:47 GMT)
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