Re: Let's simplify the news for this week

February 3 - 7, 2020
Making it easy for you to follow the news
 

Good morning,

It's time to synthesize what happened in the news week.

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Impeachment Acquittal: President Trump was acquitted on both impeachment charges in the Senate on Wednesday, ending the third impeachment trial in U.S. history. Republican Senator Mitt Romney was the only Republican to join Democrats in voting to convict the president on the first impeachment charge: abuse of power. On Thursday, Trump responded to the acquittal verdict with a speech, saying he “went through hell” during the impeachment process (video).

Coronavirus Whistleblower Dies from the Virus: Dr. Li Wenliang, who from early on had sounded the alarm about the deadly coronavirus and who was later silenced by Chinese authorities (read more below), died on Thursday after being diagnosed with the coronavirus on Feb. 1.

China to Reduce Tariffs: China announced it will reduce tariffs on $75 …