Guaidó returns to Venezuela

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday, followed closely by two moderate candidates. [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( Sen. Bernie Sanders takes the top spot in the New Hampshire primary. Now, the Democratic race turns attention toward Nevada and South Carolina. A tweet from US President Donald Trump appears to have prompted the Justice Department to undercut its own sentencing recommendation for convicted felon and Trump associate Roger Stone. And Venezuela's opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, returned home Tuesday after a risky world tour. Meanwhile, the military defectors who hoped to help Guaidó oust embattled President Nicolás Maduro are struggling to get by. --------------------------------------------------------------- In the news today Sanders wins in New Hampshire [Democratic US presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders is accompanied by his wife Jane O’Meara Sanders and other relatives as he speaks at his New Hampshire primary night rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, Feb. 11, 2020.]( Credit: Rick Wilking/Reuters Vermont [Sen. Bernie Sanders won]( the New Hampshire primary Tuesday, followed closely by two moderate candidates — former Mayor Pete Buttigieg and, somewhat unexpectedly, Sen. Amy Klobuchar. Sen. Elizabeth Warren came in at a distant fourth, followed by a disappointing fifth-place finish for Joe Biden. The Democratic field also got a bit smaller yesterday as entrepreneur Andrew Yang and Sen. Michael Bennet dropped out. Attention now shifts to South Carolina and Nevada, states decidedly more diverse than either Iowa or New Hampshire. Also: [Mainstream Democrats shouldn’t fear Bernie Sanders]( And: [With a third-place finish, Klobuchar bursts to the center of the Democratic presidential race]( Sudan agrees Bashir should face ICC Ousted President Omar al-Bashir will face charges of genocide and war crimes at the International Criminal Court, [Sudan officials signaled](. Bashir is accused of crimes against humanity in Sudan's Darfur region, leading to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. The cooperation with the ICC is a sign of "fundamental shifts" in the country, [analysts say](. Trump praises DOJ on Roger Stone intervention The Department of Justice [lowered sentencing recommendations]( for convicted felon and Trump associate Roger Stone after the president issued an [angry tweet]( condeming the length of the sentence. Federal sentencing guidelines recommend 87 to 108 months for Stone's conduct prosecuted during the Mueller investigation, but after the president's outburst, the department undercut it's original filing — a move the president quickly [praised](. Several prosecutors in the Stone case [withdrew in protest]( to the move. More: [The president tweets and the Justice Department complies]( --------------------------------------------------------------- The Number in the News: 63 Switzerland has voted to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. In a [major boost]( for the country's LGBTQ community, 63% of Swiss voters backed the anti-discrimination measure. But the country does not yet legalize same-sex marriage, and Swiss LGBTQ activists say the country still lags far behind its European neighbors. Hear from constituents on both sides of the issues in today’s episode of [The Number in the News](, The World’s daily smart speaker show. You’ll learn one number you won’t forget and why it’s the news today. [Click here]( to add The Number in the News to your Amazon or Google flash briefing and hear a new episode seven days a week. Opposition leader Guaidó returns to Venezuela Opposition leader Juan Guaidó returned to Venezuela Tuesday after a [risky world tour]( that defied a government travel ban. He hopes to capitalize on his meetings with global leaders — some 50 countries have backed him as the legitimate leader of Venezuela — but he was greeted by protesters at the airport. What does Guaido's [return to Venezuela]( mean? And in February 2019, Sgt. Pedro Elias Ruiz hoped to join hundreds of his comrades who had defected from the Venezuelan military to join Guaidó in his mission to oust socialist President Nicolás Maduro. But a year has passed since Ruiz defected, and Maduro is still firmly in control. [Ruiz now feels like he gambled his career away.]( From The World: [Venezuelan military defectors struggle to get by while Maduro holds onto power]( [Norway's vanishing winter]( [Winter days in the city of Tromsø in northern Norway are getting shorter and shorter as the climate changes.] Credit: Rodrigo Silva/Wikimedia Commons In Norway, a land nearly synonymous with cold and snow, [winter is changing rapidly](, with consequences for both its people and its wildlife. Oslo, the country’s capital, is experiencing 21 fewer winter days than it did just 30 years ago. And by 2050, scientists expect winter in Oslo will last just half as long as today. "We say that Norwegians are ‘born with skis on their feet,’" said Reidun Skaland, a climate scientist at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. "Maybe that expression will change." --------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Meme The 2020 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show wrapped up last night in New York City, and there's nothing like [pics of pooches]( with elaborate hairstyles to brighten a morning. 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