What's News: World-Wide -- WSJ
February 23 2019 - 3:02AM
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Citing progress in U.S.-China trade talks, Trump said he is
looking at extending a deadline to raise tariffs and hopes to meet
next month with Xi to complete a broad trade agreement.
Venezuelan soldiers fired on protesters and the country's
U.S.-backed opposition leader defied Maduro by crossing into
Colombia, escalating tensions.
The U.S. military began to revamp its strategy in Syria after
the president decided to keep several hundred American troops in
the country.
New York prosecutors are pursuing charges against Manafort,
raising the prospect he could face legal liability even if pardoned
by Trump.
Trump said he would nominate U.S. ambassador to Canada Kelly
Craft to lead the U.S. mission to the U.N.
The House will vote Tuesday on a resolution terminating the
president's declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico
border.
Health clinics that provide on-site abortions, or refer for the
procedure, are set to lose millions in federal funds under an
administration rule.
R. Kelly was charged in Chicago with criminal sexual abuse
against three underage girls and one woman.
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February 23, 2019 02:47 ET (07:47 GMT)
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