US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he departs the White House for travel to Michigan during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2020.

Trump to withdraw US from Open Skies arms treaty

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US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he departs the White House for travel to Michigan during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2020.

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US President Donald Trump has decided to pull the US out of the Open Skies arms control treaty that allows nations to fly over one another’s territory with surveillance equipment. Former State Department official Alex Bell tells host Marco Werman that the move is more evidence that the White House plans to exit the START Treaty, which limits deployed nuclear missiles. And that could herald a new arms race. Also, slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s sons announced on Twitter that the family will forgive and pardon the killers of their father. Meanwhile, Khashoggi’s fiance, Hatice Cengiz, says she is not accepting any pardon. The World’s Marco Werman speaks with Agnes Callamard, the UN official who led the investigation of Khashoggi’s murder. Meanwhile, the annual meeting of China’s National People’s Congress, considered the most important political event of the year, kicked off today. Dominating the meeting so far were the country’s economic plans in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, and a controversial new Hong Kong national security law. And, usually, the center of life during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan is the mosque — but the coronavirus pandemic has changed how it’s being celebrated. From Casablanca, Morocco, reporter Lauren Schenkman reports on how Ramadan this year is very different.

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Trump withdraws US from arms treaty
Agnès Callamard, U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, and Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, hold a news conference in Brussels, Belgium, on Dec. 3, 2019.
Khashoggi sons’ pardon of his killers is ‘final act of the parody of justice,’ UN expert says
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Quarantine worker spray disinfectants at a night club on the night spots in the Itaewon neighborhood, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Seoul, South Korea, May 12, 2020.
South Korea’s coronavirus contact tracing puts LGBTQ community under surveillance, critics say
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China’s People’s Congress kicks off, focusing on Hong Kong and economy
Latino leaders and immigration reform supporters gather at the University of Colorado to launch a voter registration campaign to mobilize Colorado's Latino, immigrant and allied voters on Oct. 28, 2015.
The key to winning the Latino vote in 2020? Latinas.
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Rethinking bereavement
Students protest remote proctoring technology over privacy concerns
University of Cambridge to move lectures online through summer 2021
Iconic African musician Mory Kanté dies
Deadly Cyclone Amphan hits South Asia
A man prays in the deserted Habbous neighborhood of Casablanca.
Under lockdown in Morocco, Ramadan celebrations get a quiet reset
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