Portal:Current events/2019 November 22

November 22, 2019 (Friday)

Business and economy

China–United States trade war
- The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously votes to label Chinese telecommunications giants Huawei and ZTE as national security risks, thereby disqualifying them from the Universal Service Fund. In a separate vote, the FCC mandates that national wireless carriers remove both companies' products from their existing networks. The companies have 30 days to appeal. (Reuters)
2019 Japan–South Korea trade dispute
- South Korea halts its World Trade Organization complaint concerning Japan's tightened export controls of key chemicals South Korea uses for computer chips and displays. (Voice of America)
Amazon files a lawsuit against the United States Department of Defense for awarding a US$10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft. The company had previously accused the Department of bias in their decision, given CEO Jeff Bezos has been a vocal critic of U.S. President Donald Trump. (Reuters)

Health and environment

2019 Samoa measles outbreak
- Samoa confirms that 20 persons, all but one under the age of four, have died of measles, and 11 more are in critical condition. Authorities recorded 1,644 cases since the outbreak began last month. (RNZ)

International relations

Law and crime

Murder of Grace Millane
- After a three-week trial, a 27-year-old New Zealand man is found guilty of murdering 22-year-old British tourist Grace Millane in Auckland in December 2018. (BBC News)
Former Paraguayan Congresswoman Cynthia Tarragó is arrested alongside her husband at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey and charged with money laundering, following an undercover operation from FBI agents who purported to be drug traffickers. According to court documents, in addition to money laudering, Tarragó offered to traffic drugs herself from Paraguay. (ABC Color) (Última Hora) (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Politics and elections