What's News: World-Wide -- WSJ
July 23 2019 - 3:02AM
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Congressional and White House negotiators reached a deal to
increase federal spending and raise the government's borrowing
limit, securing a bipartisan compromise to avoid a looming fiscal
crisis.
Death rates are rising for young and middle-aged U.S. adults,
and the fates of whites, blacks and Hispanics are diverging,
according to a new government analysis.
Puerto Ricans in the tens of thousands marched in a
demonstration, continuing demands for the resignation of embattled
Gov. Rosselló.
Trump joined with top tech industry executives in a show of
solidarity, as the U.S. moves to ease curbs on sales to China's
Huawei.
China's state media aired images of the aftermath of Hong Kong's
latest protests, apparently aiming to fan public anger against
them.
Iran said it had arrested 17 Iranian citizens on charges of
spying for the U.S., a claim that Trump dismissed as "totally
false."
Trump, meeting with Pakistan's Khan, offered to help mediate the
long-running Kashmir conflict, an overture India swiftly
rejected.
A research firm that is in a commercial dispute with Chinese
businessman Guo alleged he is a spy for Beijing, a claim a lawyer
for Guo denied.
Most of Venezuela was left in the dark Monday in the latest
blackout to hit the beleaguered nation.
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July 23, 2019 02:47 ET (06:47 GMT)
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