What's News: World-Wide -- WSJ
February 20 2020 - 3:02AM
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Bloomberg faced a barrage of attacks as he joined Democrats for
the first time in a fiery presidential debate that saw every
candidate on stage launching shots at one another.
China revoked the press credentials of three Wall Street Journal
reporters, saying the move was punishment for a recent opinion
piece published by the Journal.
China has poured resources into Hubei province to battle the
coronavirus, but people with other conditions are struggling to get
urgent medical attention.
Mexican law-enforcement officers are investigating former
President Peña Nieto as part of a high-profile corruption case.
Trump named Richard Grenell, the current U.S. ambassador to
Germany, as his next acting director of national intelligence.
The president said John Rood, the Pentagon's undersecretary of
defense for policy, is leaving his post.
Aging and fragmented technology has left the Navy unable to
fully defend itself from persistent cyberattacks, spurring an
upgrade effort.
Nine people were killed in shootings in central Germany, and the
suspect was later found dead. Police didn't provide any information
on possible motives.
The U.K. government will curb the number of low-skilled migrants
allowed into the country as part of an immigration-policy
overhaul.
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February 20, 2020 02:47 ET (07:47 GMT)
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