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Biden to Host Japan PM Kishida, Philippines President Marcos
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for a White House summit next month amid growing concerns about North Korea’s…
continue readingQ&A: TikTok Owner Is Essentially ‘Subsidiary’ of China’s Communist Party, US Lawmaker Says
washington — The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill March 13 that, if enacted into law, would give ByteDance, the Chinese owner of the TikTok social media app, 180 days…
continue readingUS Says NKorea Shipped 10,000 Containers of Munitions to Russia
Jung Pak, the U.S. Senior Official for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, told VOA on Monday that there have been at least 10 instances where North Korean missiles have…
continue readingUS Bans Last Form of Asbestos in Use
Supreme Court Extends Block on Texas Law Allowing Migrant Arrests
washington — The Supreme Court on Monday continued to block, for now, a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. Meanwhile,…
continue readingVOA Interview: Latvia’s Defense Minister Offers Support to Ukraine for ‘As Long as it Takes’
EU Adopts Act to Safeguard Media
washington — The European Parliament has adopted a media freedom act designed to protect journalists and their work from political and economic interference. The idea for the European Media Freedom Act…
continue readingNATO Chief Visits Georgia to Discuss Cooperation, Path to Membership
Iceland Volcano Continues Spewing Lava for Third Day
No Brain Injuries Among ‘Havana Syndrome’ Patients, New Study Finds
Washington — An array of advanced tests found no brain injuries or degeneration among U.S. diplomats and other government employees who suffer mysterious health problems once dubbed “Havana syndrome, ” researchers…
continue readingTrump’s Lawyers Say Impossible for Him to Post Bond Covering $454 Million Civil Fraud Judgment
New York — Donald Trump’s lawyers told a New York appellate court Monday that it’s impossible for him to post a bond covering the full amount of his $454 million civil…
continue readingRussian Opposition Activists in Seattle Remember Navalny as Putin Claims Victory
In Seattle, there were no polling stations for Russian citizens to join the worldwide movement known as “Noon Against Putin,” a symbolic protest of the re-election of Russian President Vladimir…
continue readingUkraine Reports Downing 17 of 22 Russian Drones
Putin Wins Election with No Effective Opposition
First Charter Flight With US Citizens Fleeing Haiti Lands in Miami
MIAMI — A charter flight carrying dozens of U.S. citizens fleeing spiraling gang violence in Haiti landed Sunday in Miami, U.S. State Department officials said. More than 30 U.S. citizens were…
continue readingPutin Says He Supported Prisoner Swap for Opposition Leader Navalny
European Far-Right Firebrand Prevented From Speaking at Swiss Event
Berlin — A prominent European far-right figure was prevented from giving a speech at an event in Switzerland and thrown out of the region where it was taking place. Martin Sellner…
continue reading‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ No. 1 at Box Office for Second Week
Blinken Arrives in South Korea to Attend Democracy Summit
Seoul, South Korea — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Sunday in South Korea on the first stop of a brief Asia tour also including the Philippines, as Washington moves…
continue readingTransnistria Blames Ukrainian Drone Strike After Military Site Explosion
US Military Operations Across Sahel at Risk After Niger Ends Cooperation
DAKAR, Senegal — The United States scrambled on Sunday to assess the future of its counterterrorism operations in the Sahel after Niger’s junta said it was ending its yearslong military cooperation…
continue readingSpanish Farmers Stage Fresh Protests in Madrid
Madrid — Hundreds of farmers paraded through the Spanish capital on foot and by tractor on Sunday in the latest protest over the crisis facing the agricultural sector. The farmers marched…
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