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1. Sanders surge in crowded Democratic field echoes Trump's 2016 rise

   

   Democrats in 2020 are going through the same sort of identity crisis that Republicans went through with Donald Trump in 2016: An outsider, openly contemptuous of the party machine and its direction, is facing a fractured field of rivals.

2. COVID-19: What's happening around the world

   

   Asia reported hundreds of new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, including the first U.S. soldier to be infected, as outbreaks in Italy and Iran spread to more countries.

3. Weinstein verdict hailed as significant step in #MeToo movement, but fight 'far from over'

   

   Although a New York jury found former producer Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape and sexual assault, many activists caution that the fight to fix a 'broken system' continues.

4. At least 16 killed by airstrikes in Idlib, Syria war monitor says

   

   Airstrikes on rebel-controlled northwestern Syrian killed at least 16 people Tuesday, including two students and two teachers, opposition activists said, as government forces closed in on a town considered a symbol of the uprising against President Bashar Assad.

5. Democratic presidential candidates target Sanders at South Carolina debate

   

   Mike Bloomberg seized on reports that Russia is interfering in the 2020 presidential election to help Democratic front-runner Bernie Sanders as the party's candidates met on the debate stage for what could be their final prime-time opportunity to change the direction of the nomination fight.