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Wednesday, 13 February 2019


Fewer Americans appear to be celebrating Valentine’s Day now as opposed to a decade ago. The National Retail Federation says that 10 years ago, more than 60 percent of adults planned to celebrate the day that’s dedicated to love, but that number has dropped to just over half in 2019.

On This Day in American History

On Feb. 13, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson approves Operation Rolling Thunder, which called for the massive bombing of North Vietnamese transportation routes into South Vietnam as well as other infrastructure. The first bombing took place on March 2, 1965. Between then and Nov. 2, 1968, the U.S. dropped 643,000 tons of explosives on North Vietnam. The U.S. lost almost 900 aircraft during the operation. Operation Rolling Thunder caused much damage and casualties in North Vietnam, but did not significantly erode the will of the North Vietnamese to fight.

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, is set to make his first state visit to Pakistan on Saturday, where he is expected to announce investment projects worth up to $20 billion, a senior official told VOA.

VIDEO: This week Plugged In takes a look at the crisis in Venezuela. How did the once-wealthy South American country spiral to the edge of political and financial ruin? And who’s really in charge? This week, VOA interviewed geopolitical and economic experts to find out what’s next for the people of this oil-rich country.

VIDEO: Kremlin officials and Russian state media portray Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro as the country’s legitimate leader, even though the United States and a host of other countries have declared him illegitimate and recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country’s interim president. Russian media refer to the anti-Maduro demonstrators as extremists acting under the influence of the United States.

VIDEO: It’s a stretch but with Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we thought we’d talk about the heart, but with a tech twist. Each heart is different, and that can make surgery challenging. VOA reports on new technology that creates a 3D model of a specific patient’s heart to help a doctor prepare for surgery.

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