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In this image made from video, Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun sits barricaded in a hotel room at an international airport in Bangkok. Alqunun says she is fleeing abuse by her family and wants asylum in Australia.

Saudi Woman Seeks Asylum, Fears Family Will Kill Her

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun's real-time Twitter pleas for help go viral as she begs for refugee status, citing domestic abuse. Thai lawyers have filed an injunction to prevent her deportation.

John Leguizamo in “Latin History for Morons.”

GREAT PERFORMANCES: John Leguizamo's Road To Broadway

Airs Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Sunday, Nov. 18 at Noon on KPBS TV

Ariel Ramos, 50, is tearing out coca leaves to be processed into coca paste, a substance that can be smoked or used for making cocaine powder. "I don't need to move to sell coca paste, the buyers come to me. It is easier than planting anything else."

In Colombia's Coca Heartland, Photos And Drawings Show Life Between War And Peace

A Venezuelan photographer travels to a Colombian coca-growing region and uses instant photography and drawings to portray a country in limbo.

Aric Toler is part of Bellingcat, an international Internet research organization that has meticulously investigated conflicts around the world. This week, the online group outed one of two Russian agents believed to have been involved in poisonings in the U.K.

Meet The Internet Researchers Unmasking Russian Assassins

The group Bellingcat seeks to unmask covert operations, rogue groups and corruption around the globe. But can it keep its independence?

A pitch clock behind home plate at Scottsdale Stadium in Arizona, spring training home of the San Francisco Giants. As part of Major League Baseball's efforts to increase the game's pace of play, pitch clocks were used on an experimental basis at some spring training games. But the experiment ended in mid-March.

America's Favorite Pastime Is Back — And Some Wish It Would Just Hurry Up!

As baseball tries to appeal to a younger audience, there's concern the long game times may drive away that demographic. So MLB is experimenting with speeding games up and eliminating downtime.

Hazmat and fire crews work outside the Indian and French Consulate in Melbourne. At least seven international consulates were evacuated in Melbourne, Australia, on Wednesday after reports that multiple suspicious packages had been sent to them.

Man Arrested After Suspicious Packages Sent To Consulates Throughout Australia

Multiple consulates were evacuated after reports of suspicious packages. The suspect was charged with sending dangerous items through the postal service.

Seedlip, a distilled nonalcoholic spirit, was created when Ben Branson came across a 17th-century book that contained nonalcoholic remedies for a variety of maladies — from epilepsy to kidney stones.

Now, There Is Zero Proof That Alcohol Is What Makes A Great Cocktail

Millennials are drinking less, spurring beverage companies to create alternatives to traditional cocktails — using herbs, spices, citrus and veggies to craft unique flavors for nonalcoholic drinks.

A man walks amid rubble in the Syrian town of Douma in April 2018. A report out Sunday confirmed that a chemical attack early that month was one of hundreds since the start of the Syrian civil war.

More Than 300 Chemical Attacks Launched During Syrian Civil War, Study Says

Researchers say this number could be much higher, and that Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime carried out 98 percent of them, dropping chlorine gas, sarin and sulfur mustard gas on civilians.

The barley used to make beer as we know it may take a hit under climate change, but growers say they are already preparing by planting it further north in colder locations.

Bye-Bye, Beer? Brewers Say They've Got A Plan On Climate Change

A scientific paper published this week predicts climate change will send beer prices skyrocketing and drastically reduce the barley crop. It got tons of media attention. But is beer really doomed?

Edie Hallberg cries while speaking to police outside a Walmart store where a shooting occurred earlier in the day as she looks for her missing mother Angie Englisbee, who was in the store during the attack in El Paso, Texas, Aug. 3, 2019.

Attack On Texas Shoppers To Be Handled As Domestic Terrorism

The shooting that killed 20 people at a crowded El Paso shopping area will be handled as a domestic terrorism case, federal authorities said Sunday as they weighed hate-crime charges against the gunman that could carry the death penalty.

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