What's News: World-Wide -- WSJ
26 March 2019 - 7:02AM
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print edition of The Wall Street Journal (March 26, 2019).
Trump offered praise for Mueller as his 2020 campaign ramped up
efforts to use the special counsel's findings as a political
weapon, while Democrats set a deadline next week for delivery of
the full Mueller report to Congress.
Attorney Michael Avenatti was arrested and charged with
attempting to extort more than $20 million from Nike, as well as
bank fraud in a separate case.
Israel said it struck dozens of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip
and the Islamist group launched numerous rockets into its
territory.
Britain's Parliament moved to pry control of the Brexit process
away from May, forcing votes on alternatives to her plan.
Ethiopian Airlines' CEO said a stall-prevention system on
Boeing's 737 MAX appears to have activated on a jet that crashed
this month.
About 11.4 million people signed up for coverage on the ACA's
exchanges for 2019, a decline of about 300,000 from the prior
year.
Two Russian planes carrying soldiers landed in Venezuela in a
show of support for Maduro, drawing a rebuke from Washington.
Macron and Xi signed a series of agreements seeking to bolster
the France-China trade relationship.
Duke University agreed to pay $112.5 million to settle claims
that it knowingly included fake data in applications for federal
grants.
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