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Mother Separated From Daughter As Central American Migrants Meet Mexican Police

4:12pm January 21, 2020

by James Fredrick

After desperate Central American migrants clashed with Mexican police yesterday, Saury Vallecilla Ortega became separated from one of her four children — a 5-year-old she's now desperate to find.

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How The Missile Strike On A Yemen Base Affects The Ongoing Peace Process

4:12pm January 21, 2020

NPR's Alisa Chang speaks with Peter Salisbury of the International Crisis Group about last Saturday's missile attack in Yemen, which killed at least 100 people.

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Dozens Of Indians, Mostly Muslims, Have Been Killed By Police During Recent Protests

4:12pm January 21, 2020

by Lauren Frayer

Dozens of Indians have been killed by police in weeks of nationwide protests. Most are Muslims whose families say they were singled out by forces loyal to the Hindu nationalist government.

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People hold posters showing the portrait of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani at a protest outside the U.S. Consulate on Jan. 5 in Istanbul, Turkey.

VIDEO: How The U.S. And Iran Ratcheted Up Their Long-Running Feud

4:09pm January 21, 2020

by Greg Myre

If you want to trace the history of U.S.-Iran tensions, you would have to go back decades. But the roots of the latest escalation can be found in a series of developments over the past two years.

Staff in biohazard suits hold a metal stretcher on Tuesday by the inpatient department of Wuhan Medical Treatment Center, where some people infected with a novel coronavirus are being treated in China.

1st Case Of New Coronavirus Detected In U.S.

3:42pm January 21, 2020

by Merrit Kennedy

The individual had returned to his home in Washington state after a visit to Wuhan, China, where the virus was discovered in December.

The Titanic set out from Southampton, England, in 1912 — and infamously dragged more than 1,500 of its passengers and crew to their deaths not long afterward. Now the underwater wreckage of the historic vessel is getting some new protections.

Titanic Wreckage Now Protected Under U.S.-U.K. Deal That Was Nearly Sunk

3:23pm January 21, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

On Tuesday, British Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani lauded a 2003 treaty that sat unratified for years but, after approval by the U.S., has recently been dredged from its would-be grave.

Experts say Iran may retaliate for the killing of Qassem Soleimani, its top military leader, with cyberattacks on American companies.

Iran Conflict Could Shift To Cyberspace, Experts Warn

2:36pm January 21, 2020

by Shannon Bond

After the U.S. killed Iran's top military leader, government officials and security experts say Iran could retaliate with cyberattacks ranging from destroying data to defacing websites.

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Fishermen head to Taal Volcano Island to rescue their horses and other livestock in Talisay, Batangas, on Sunday.

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After Volcano Quiets, Philippine Officials At Odds Over Residents' Return

12:27pm January 21, 2020

by Scott Neuman

The vice mayor of a town located near Taal Volcano, which began spewing ash and steam last week, has urged people to defy warnings from authorities and to "come back and clean up."

Former Interpol President Meng Hongwe has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison in China for bribery.

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Former Interpol President Sentenced To Prison In China For Corruption

11:39am January 21, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Meng Hongwei, the global police agency's first Chinese president, disappeared in 2018 only to turn up in custody in China. Meng pleaded guilty last year to accepting more than $2 million in bribes.

Coronavirus In China Spreads By Human-To-Human Transmission

8:15am January 21, 2020

NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. Linfa Wang, a virologist at Duke-National University of Singapore, about a new virus that emerged in China last month and has spread outside that country.

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