What's News: World-Wide -- WSJ
May 28 2020 - 3:02AM
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The U.S. no longer believes Hong Kong has a high degree of
autonomy from China, Pompeo said in a statement likely to unsettle
the global financial center and certain to aggravate Beijing.
Riot police faced off with protesters in Hong Kong as thousands
joined demonstrations across the city.
The EU set out a $2 trillion coronavirus-response plan,
including a massive pooling of national financial resources that,
if approved, would deepen the bloc's economic union.
A draft of an executive order Trump is expected to sign would
seek to limit the broad legal protection currently provided to
social-media and other online platforms.
U.S. deaths from the coronavirus passed 100,000, as rising
infections in Brazil, Peru and Chile placed the Americas at the
center of the pandemic.
The House postponed a vote on legislation to renew a set of
expired domestic surveillance powers, as the bill's passage was
uncertain.
A coalition of 23 states filed suit Wednesday against the Trump
administration's March easing of tailpipe-emissions standards.
Pompeo said the U.S. would stop allowing foreign companies to
facilitate Iran's civil nuclear activities.
A Canadian judge ruled that the U.S. met a key legal test to
seek the extradition of the finance chief of China's Huawei.
Died: Larry Kramer, 84, writer and AIDS activist.
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