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5 minutes agoU.S. health officials are at airports in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York screening passengers traveling from Wuhan, a city in central China, where a viral pneumonia has spread. Michelle Quinn spoke to passengers arriving in San
8 hours agoWhat we now call soul food originally came out of black culture in the southern United States. At its core, soul food is a hearty, spicy food rich with the calories and protein African Americans needed to make it through long days of hard
14 hours agoA winter blizzard hammered Canada's Atlantic Coast, Friday, January 17, packing wind gusts of more than 120 kilometers per hour and dumping more than 60 centimeters of snow in some areas, prompting several towns in the province of
18 hours agoOfficials in the U.S. state of Iowa are urging people to use caution and stay indoors if possible, as blizzard conditions continued to wreak havoc in northern and central parts of the state, Saturday, January 18. The danger on the roads
21 hours agoA koala was seen, Thursday, January 16, licking rainwater off the road in Australia's Moree, New South Wales, which saw its heaviest rainfall in nearly three
22 hours ago▶️China's President Xi Jinping met Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyitaw, Saturday, January 18, as the two countries agree on a raft of measures to deepen their relationship. 👉According to information given to the media in
1 day agoFrench protesters chased down President Emmanuel Macron at an evening theater performance in northern Paris, Friday, January 17. Video shows protesters chanting and some entering a door into the Les Bouffes du Nord theater in the
1 day agoLebanese security and police forces are deployed in Beirut's Hamra district, Friday, January 17, following anti-bank protests and acts of vandalism. ––––––––– READ MORE Lebanese protesters Thursday decried security
1 day agoU.S. President Donald Trump departed the White House, Friday, January 17, with first lady Melania Trump and son Barron. The Trump family will spend the long holiday weekend in Mar-a-Lago before his Senate impeachment trial gets underway
1 day agoSyrian government-led airstrikes have led to a fresh wave of displacements in the rural countryside in western Aleppo province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, Friday, January 17. ––––––––– READ MORE The
1 day agoChina's President Xi Jinping was given a lavish welcome by Myanmar's President Win Myint, Friday, January 17, as he arrived for a state visit meant to deepen bilateral relations. ––––––––– READ MORE The government of
1 day agoHundreds schoolchildren welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping, Friday, January 17, as he arrives in Myanmar’s capital, Naypyidaw, for a two-day state visit. ––––––––– READ MORE With billboards, banners, fanfare and
1 day ago▶️ VOA’s Ukrainian Service shared a video of Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystayko as he talked to the press in London on Thursday, January 16, about the plane crash in Iran and the reported surveillance of U.S. ambassador Maria
2 days ago▶️ Protesters in Lebanon's capital Beirut vandalized several banks in the city's central Hamra neighborhood overnight, January 16, after two nights of violent anti-government demonstrations. 👉 Protesters gathered in Beirut again on
2 days agoHeavy rain swept across parts of Australia's east coast, Wednesday, January 15, causing flash floods in some areas of New South Wales. Australia has been battling an extended three-year drought, which along with high temperatures and
2 days agoA series of winter storms have brought several feet of snow to parts of western Washington state, Thursday, January 16. Scattered power outages were reported early Thursday throughout western Washington. Portions of a road through rural
2 days agoRussian jets and Syrian artillery pounded towns and villages in Idlib province, Thursday, January 16, during a renewed assault on rebel-held positions. ––––––––– READ MORE Russian-backed Syrian forces struck a cluster of
2 days agoTens of thousands of Malawians protest, Thursday, January 16, over alleged attempts to bribe judges overseeing a legal challenge to the re-election last year of President Peter Mutharika. ————————— READ MORE People took
2 days agoHindus in Madurai, India, wrangled raging bulls at the traditional bull-taming festival, Jallikattu,” during the celebration of Pongal, Wednesday, January 15. The aim of Jallikattu is to dominate and tame bulls, rather than kill them,
2 days agoSouth Carolina will be the fourth U.S. state to hold a presidential nominating contest in 2020 and the first in which African Americans constitute a major portion of the electorate. Statewide polls show former Vice President Joe Biden
2 days agoDozens of horses were rescued by locals from the Taal volcano island, as the Philippine volcano appeared to calm down, Thursday, January 16. ––––––––– READ MORE It's the second-most active volcano in the Philippines, a
2 days agoEurope has so far remained united in its backing for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal or JCPOA, despite strong pressure from the Trump administration to abandon the agreement. The deal saw most sanctions on Iran lifted in return for limits on
2 days agoWhat role do the managers play in the impeachment trial? VOA explains the process. ––––––––– READ MORE U.S. President Donald Trump violated the country's spending law last year when he temporarily withheld $391 million
2 days agoTaiwan’s Marine Corps showed off their armed and hand-to-hand combat skills in various anti-terrorist drills ahead of the Lunar New Year, Thursday, January 16, in the city of Kaohsiung. The military practiced target shooting and
2 days agoFor almost two years, a group of dedicated young women in a conservative neighborhood of Pakistan has been working to beat the odds and change the culture around them. The women are doing it by cycling. VOA’s Ayesha Tanzeem reports from
2 days agoIsraeli forces demolished two homes deemed to have been built illegally in the West Bank, Thursday, January 16, prompting scuffles between local Palestinian residents and Israeli Army officers. The Israeli Civil Administration said in a
2 days agoWinters are always tough on stray animals in most parts of the world. In the eastern Turkish city of Van, where subzero temperatures are the norms for winter, it is especially hard on helpless stray cats and dogs. VOA’s Arif Aslan
2 days agoResidents celebrated in muddy fashion as rain finally brought relief to drought-stricken areas of Queensland, Australia, Wednesday, January 15. Not even 9 millimeters of rain fell in Winton, but it was enough to get the locals riled up.
2 days agoSince the program was initiated nearly a decade ago, recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, have not been eligible for federal financial aid because they are not American citizens. But just last year, a
3 days agoA top Pentagon watchdog has told U.S. lawmakers there was an “incentive” for U.S. officials and military commanders to lie about the progress of the Afghanistan war. John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan
3 days agoHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi transmitted articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump Wednesday to the Senate, following four weeks of debate over the rules of a trial that could remove the president from office. But as VOA's
3 days agoRussian President Vladimir Putin wants to shift some of the presidential powers to the parliament before he ends his fourth and most likely last term as president. He proposed constitutional changes to that effect in his state-of
3 days agoThe new U.S.-China trade agreement includes provisions that are aimed at curbing forced technology transfers, in which companies hand over technical know-how to foreign partners. For many high-tech businesses, the intellectual property
3 days agourkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is planning what’s dubbed 'the construction project of the decade', a massive canal connecting Turkey's Marmara and Black Sea. The canal will provide an alternative route to the Bosporus, one of the
3 days agoA mortar round was found in a vehicle at a gate to the sprawling Pearl Harbor military base, shutting down the base for hours and leading three people to be taken into custody, military officials said, Wednesday, January 15. It's not
3 days agoThe United States and China have signed phase one of a trade deal that may help lower tensions between the world’s two largest economies. But as White House Correspondent Patsy Widakuswara reports, much of the trade disputes between the
3 days agoA farmer in Tagaytay, Philippines, walks through his pineapple fields covered in Taal Volcano's ash, Wednesday, January 15. ————————— READ MORE Before volcano Taal started spewing ash and lava, farmer Jack Imperial was
3 days agoA convoy of Venezuelan lawmakers was violently blocked from the National Assembly building by armed security forces and civilian motorcycle groups loyal to President Nicolas Maduro, Wednesday, January 15. ––––––––– READ
3 days agoRescuers and responders fight, Wednesday, January 15, to secure the site of a chemical plant in northeastern Spain in which two people were killed and eight people were injured when an explosion ripped through the facility, triggering a
3 days agoTaiwan’s army gave a demonstration of its defense capabilities through military drills, Wednesday, January 15, as tensions increase with mainland China. The military exercise was intended to show Taiwan’s readiness for defending
3 days agoRussian jets struck several rebel-held town in northwest Syria’s Idlib province, Wednesday, January 15, for the first time since a cease-fire agreed upon with Turkey came in effect two days ago. ––––––––– READ MORE
3 days agoAn aircraft dumped jet fuel on to an elementary school playground near Los Angeles, Tuesday, January 14. The Los Angeles County Fire Department said firefighters assessed 17 children and nine adults who said they had minor injuries.
3 days agoPakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, Wednesday, January 15, visited victims of the Kashmir avalanche, at a military hospital in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani-administered Kashmir. Avalanches, flooding and harsh winter weather
3 days agoExplosions were seen in Gaza City, Wednesday, January 15, due to a suspected Israeli airstrike. Israel reportedly targeted several Hamas military sites in the northern Gaza strip, after claims that Palestinian militants had fired four
3 days agoIn the U.S. more than 3 million shelter animals are adopted every year. But if you can't find the animal you've been waiting for at your shelter locally, or even nationally, you can look even farther afield. Svetlana Prudovskaya met with
3 days agoU.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed a trade agreement at the White House, Wednesday, January 15. ––––––––– READ MORE The United States and China signed an initial trade deal Wednesday to
3 days agoNATO performed practice drills intercepting aircraft in allied airspace, Tuesday, January 14, with pilots from Britain, France and Demark performing close aerial encounters at high speeds in Lithuania. Russian air activity on allied
3 days agoScuffles broke out between protesters and security forces in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, January 15, as demonstrators rallied against the earlier arrests of protesters. ––––––––– READ MORE Lebanese security forces
3 days ago2019 was a year of mass protests on the African continent, with demonstrators filling the streets in capitals like Conakry, Harare, Khartoum and Kinshasa. While the causes of their grievances varied, the protesters shared one unfortunate