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a portion of the US Mexico border. a whole in the wall allows you to see the other side

Fewer Salvadorans are being apprehended at the border, Mexico-US collaboration, what does it take to be a spy?

So, who's in charge now of the Justice Department's Russia investigation? The official who had been overseeing the probe, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, is reportedly planning to resign. Also, former Mexican ambassador to the US, Arturo Sarukhan, gives us his take on President Donald Trump's demand for a border wall and previews Trump's trip to the border tomorrow. Plus, a Japanese magazine ranked the country's universities based on the alleged willingness of female students to engage in sex while at drinking parties. Kazuna Yamamoto started an online petition that led the magazine to apologize and retract the article.

Women dressed in Thai traditional costumes hold durians at a department store in Bangkok

As the West jeers, durian mania rises in Asia

It’s difficult to overstate how silly the Western dislike for durian looks from East and Southeast Asia. Across Asia, durian is actually selling like never before. Long a coveted fruit, the durian has, in recent years, become the focus of a full-on food craze.

Donald Trump holds up on hand while standing behind a podium

What happens if Trump declares a state of emergency to get his border wall?

President Donald Trump has raised the prospect of declaring an emergency over the current crisis at the US-Mexico border. What would that entail, exactly?

Three women rest against a fence with their children in their laps

The ‘real’ border crisis: The US immigration system isn’t built for kids and families

Donald Trump is made a case for a border wall during a Tuesday night address to the nation. A wall won't fix the problem, experts say, which is that the US immigration system isn't prepared for the types of immigrants — kids and families — currently coming into the country.

The 'real crisis' at the border, Asian Cup politics, durian mania

President Donald Trump is expected to make his case for building a new border wall with Mexico, and for continuing the partial government shutdown until he gets the money for the project from Congress. Also, the possibility that President Trump could declare a national emergency over what he calls the crisis at the border — what would that mean? And when have previous presidents declared national emergencies? Plus, the booming market for durian fruit in Asia.

Nearly 20 percent of US food is imported. As imports of food has spiked, like lettuce from this farm in Guanajuato, Mexico, so have outbreaks of foodborne illnesses in the US.

Food inspections continue through shutdown but with some compromises

Among the US federal agencies shut down are the United States Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration, the two agencies tasked with keeping our food safe.

These women made a big impact in 2018

In 2018, our Across Women’s Lives desk spoke to (or about) numerous women who've had a profound impact on their communities. Many of them challenged the status quo.

Stuck in Bangkok, Saudi teenage apostate deftly turns to Twitter

An 18-year-old Saudi woman is using social media to alert the world to her situation: As she was attempting to flee what she said was an abusive family, Thai officials stopped her while she was en route to Australia. She's now holed up in the Bangkok airport, but the world is watching, thanks to her Twitter account.

a man operates a forklift with rows of boxes in the background

Food safety and the shutdown, Trump heads to the border, out of the UK and into forced marriages

The government shutdown is affecting the inspection of food imports from Mexico and other countries. And a former Mexican diplomat Jorge Guajardo gives us his view of the border wall debate in Washington. Plus, a charity in the UK aids women who have been sent out of the UK and into forced marriages.

President Trump speaks at a podium while 3 bald men stand behind him.

Have '17,000 criminals' really been apprehended at the US-Mexico border?

President Donald Trump said Thursday that border agents had “apprehended, last year, 17,000 criminals trying to get across the border.” But that’s only partially true.

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