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February 22, 2019
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2019-02-22
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Armed conflicts and attacks
2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis
Venezuelan National Guard
(GNB) troops open fire on a group of indigenous
Pemon
protesters that attempted to block a military convoy heading to the
Brazil–Venezuela border
, killing at least two people and wounding 14 others, several seriously.
(
The Washington Post
)
(
Miami Herald
)
American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War
U.S. President
Donald Trump
agrees to keep about 400 U.S. troops in
Syria
.
(CNN)
Arts and culture
Crisis in Venezuela
The
Venezuela Aid Live
benefit concert
takes place on the
Colombia–Venezuela border
. The all-day event on the Colombian side of the
Tienditas Bridge
is expected to attract up to 250,000 people.
(
The Journal
)
In response to the concert,
Nicolás Maduro
announces a
rival concert
on the Venezuelan side of the border, and state-owned
Venezolana de Televisión
reports 150 artists will participate, but no artists are signed.
(
Billboard
)
Venezuelan
interim President
Juan Guaidó
arrives at the Venezuela Aid Live concert in
Cúcuta
,
Colombia
, defying a travel ban placed on him by the Maduro regime.
(Bloomberg)
Disasters and accidents
List of earthquakes in 2019
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits
Ecuador
, near the border with
Peru
. It is relatively deep, with a depth of 152 km (94 mi).
(USGS)
Flooding is reported throughout
Tennessee
amid heavy rain. Rain is expected to continue, possibly making the flooding worse.
(WSMV)
Law and crime
R. Kelly sexual abuse case
American musician
R. Kelly
is indicted for raping a minor. A judge in Cook County, Illinois, issues an arrest warrant for Kelly in regard to 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
(CNN)
(NBC News)
New England Patriots
owner
Robert Kraft
is charged in a prostitution sting in the U.S. state of Florida.
(
The New York Times
)
(
USA Today
)
Politics and elections
History of the UK Labour Party
,
Antisemitism in the UK Labour Party
British
MP
Ian Austin
quits
Labour
over a "culture of extremism, anti-semitism and intolerance" within the party under
Jeremy Corbyn
, becoming the ninth Labour MP to quit this week. However, unlike the others, he will not be joining
The Independent Group
.
(
The Guardian
)
2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit
The
Trump administration
weighs softening demands ahead of the second summit meeting with
North Korean leader
Kim Jong-un
in
Hanoi
.
(CNN)
Sudanese protests (2018–19)
Sudanese President
Omar al-Bashir
declares a year-long
state of emergency
, dissolves his
Cabinet
and sacks all state governors amid ongoing anti-government protests.
(BBC News)
Political appointments by Donald Trump
U.S. President
Donald Trump
nominates
U.S. Ambassador to Canada
Kelly Knight Craft
to be the new
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
.
(CNN)
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