What's News: World-Wide -- WSJ
February 11 2019 - 3:02AM
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Negotiations over a bipartisan deal for border-security funding
broke down, putting the U.S. on the brink of another government
shutdown at the end of this week.
Trump and a growing field of Democratic presidential contenders
are entering a more-confrontational phase at the start of the 2020
campaign.
House Democrats are warming to gun-control legislation once
considered risky for all but the safest incumbents, yet remain
uncertain about the timing of voting on the more far-reaching
bills.
U.S.-backed forces aided by coalition airstrikes have made
progress toward retaking the last territory under Islamic State
control.
Iranian leaders face public dissent over the Islamic
Revolution's failure to provide better economic conditions.
The U.S. and South Korea signed a one-year deal outlining the
shared costs of their military alliance.
Mining giant Vale had denied owning at other sites the sort of
waste dam that collapsed in January, killing at least 157
people.
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February 11, 2019 02:47 ET (07:47 GMT)
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