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Venezuelan Opposition Leader Juan Guaidó Sets Deadline For Maduro To Allow Aid In

6:29pm February 12, 2019

by Philip Reeves

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó led mass protests Tuesday, demanding the right to take control as interim president. Amid deepening economic chaos, Nicolás Maduro clings to the presidency.

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Pro-independence demonstrators are removed by Catalan police officers during a sit-down protest outside the Barcelona office of the state prosecutor on Tuesday.

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High-Stakes Trial Against Catalan Separatist Leaders Gets Underway In Madrid

5:10pm February 12, 2019

by Amy Held

The divisive trial could end with prison sentences of up to 25 years for some of the defendants charged for their roles in Catalonia's 2017 failed independence bid.

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Notorious Mexican Drug Lord, Found Guilty On All Counts

5:06pm February 12, 2019

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Vice News reporter Keegan Hamilton about the guilty verdict handed to Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in New York on Tuesday.

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China's Economy Is Booming, But It's Still Borrowing Heavily From The World Bank

5:06pm February 12, 2019

by Jason Beaubien

Despite being the world's second largest economy, China continues to borrow heavily from the World Bank. Some critics of the bank and China say that should change.

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Media Groups Say Journalists Are Being Harassed At U.S.-Mexico Border

4:46pm February 12, 2019

by Carrie Kahn

U.S. and Mexican authorities have subjected journalists reporting on migrant caravans to excessive questioning and barred a photographer from re-entering Mexico. U.S. media groups call this harassment.

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A supporter of President Trump attacked a cameraman at the president's rally at the El Paso County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas, according to the BBC.

Trump Supporter Violently Shoves BBC Cameraman At Rally In El Paso, Texas

4:43pm February 12, 2019

by Bill Chappell

"The crowd had been whipped up into a frenzy" against the media, a BBC producer says of President Trump's rally in El Paso, Texas.

A researcher examines the underwater hull of the USS Hornet CV-8, which played a role in several key events of World War II.

Wreckage Of WWII Aircraft Carrier Found In The South Pacific Ocean

2:55pm February 12, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

The Hornet played a role in several key events in the war – including the Doolittle Raid on Japan and the Battle of Midway. Researchers have located it 3 miles below the surface.

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, shown here at a news conference last month, is under scrutiny for comments she made on Twitter on Sunday.

Trump Calls On Rep. Ilhan Omar To Resign Over Remarks Criticized As Anti-Semitic

2:20pm February 12, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

"Anti-Semitism has no place in the United States Congress," President Trump said. "I think she should either resign from Congress or she should certainly resign from the foreign affairs committee."

Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán faced 10 charges in the indictment, including engaging in a criminal enterprise — which in itself comprised 27 violations, including conspiracy to commit murder.

'El Chapo,' Notorious Drug Kingpin, Found Guilty After Dramatic Trial In New York

1:58pm February 12, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

Joaquín Guzmán was convicted on all 10 counts he faced related to his leading of Mexico's infamous Sinaloa cartel.

Sanjay Sathe, 44, grows onions on about an acre of land on a roadside in India's Maharashtra state. His family farm prospered under his grandfather and father, but now he has to raise goats because the price of onions keeps falling.

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'I Rue The Day We Ever Became Farmers': In Rural India, A Struggle To Survive

1:37pm February 12, 2019

by Lauren Frayer

"The farmer dies feeding this country, but no one fights for the farmer," says a woman whose son, a farmer, died by suicide. He was $40,000 in debt. Her husband died of a heart attack days later.

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