| Second wave fears | An outbreak of the coronavirus around Beijing's largest fruit and vegetable market reached nearly 100 infections, in the biggest test of the Chinese government's containment strategy since the pathogen first emerged in Wuhan. New cases in the U.S. and Tokyo are also stoking concern over second waves, sending stocks tumbling around the world. Questionable deaths | The U.S. grappled with more questionable deaths involving police officers, weeks after George Floyd's death in Minneapolis set off global demonstrations. The mayor of Atlanta, where the latest killing occurred on Friday, said "there's a movement across this country and it is changing all of our cities." - President Donald Trump holds a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday, pushing it back a day because of Juneteenth, the June 19 commemoration of the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas belatedly learned that slavery in the U.S. had been abolished.
 People mourn at a Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, where Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by police in a struggle following a sobriety test. Photographer: Dustin Chambers/Getty Images North America Raking in cash | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is capitalizing on the pulling power of stars like Wonder Woman's Lynda Carter to transform the virtual fundraisers made necessary by virus-related lockdowns into a money machine. Biden pulled in $16 million from small donors in April, more than three times the $4.9 million Trump raised in small amounts for the month. FBI's headache | Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray is caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. As Chris Strohm reports, while he's trying to keep the bureau out of the political limelight as the November election approaches, he faces Republican-led inquiries into whether FBI officials committed illegal acts when they investigated if anyone close to Trump colluded in Russia's meddling in 2016. Not looking back | Sweeping national security laws for Hong Kong might not be retroactive, a Chinese official said, potentially limiting the scope of legislation currently being drafted in Beijing. The Chinese government and its appointed leaders in Hong Kong have been seeking to reassure residents, foreign officials and overseas investors about the move, as pro-democracy activists raise the alarm. What to Watch This Week - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's popularity has triggered speculation he might become leader of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, with a poll suggesting he could turn the party into the leading force.
- A Moscow court found former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan guilty of spying and sentenced him to 16 years in prison, according to a statement from his family.
- The EU fired a warning shot at China over its global trade ambitions with an unprecedented tariff decision to counter Chinese subsidies to exporters.
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Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, who heads the Rappler news site, was found guilty of cyber libel, in a ruling that raises questions about press freedom in the Southeast Asian nation. -
Chile is rolling out a $12 billion stimulus package as infections hit a record and the health minister quit. Thanks to all who responded to our pop quiz Friday and congratulations to Anne Conner, who was the first to correctly identify New Zealand as the country that's lifting all social distancing restrictions after reporting zero active cases of Covid-19, indicating it has eliminated the virus. And finally … Carlos Ghosn always said he was set up. Now there's some evidence to support his claim. As Reed Stevenson reports, the campaign by top Nissan Motor executives to dethrone one of the automotive industry's most celebrated leaders started almost a year before Ghosn's arrest in late 2018 for alleged financial misconduct. Email correspondence paints a picture of a methodical campaign to remove a powerful executive, motivated partly by opposition to his push for greater integration with long-time alliance partner Renault.  Ghosn gestures as he addresses a large crowd of journalists on his reasons for dodging his trial in Japan, where he is accused of financial misconduct, at the Lebanese Press Syndicate in Beirut on Jan. 8. Photographer: Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images | 
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