February 8, 2017 0 Supreme Court Likely Destination for Trump Travel Ban Case A U.S. federal appeals court expects to issue a ruling sometime this week on the government’s request to end a temporary ...
February 8, 2017 0 Lawmakers Propose Paid Family Leave for Workers in US Efforts to pay employees staying home to care for family in the United States got a boost on Tuesday with a legislative proposal ...
February 8, 2017 0 Factory Boss Says Fishing Technology Could Improve Controversial US Border Wall A manufacturing company says skills and technology it developed making lobster traps could help save money on U.S. President ...
February 8, 2017 0 ‘Weak’ Taliban Leadership May Present Opportunity for Peace Civilian casualties in Afghanistan rose to a new high in 2016 amid the ongoing Taliban insurgency, with 3,500 killed and close to ...
February 7, 2017 0 Deadly Suicide Blast Hits Near Kabul Supreme Court Afghan officials say a suicide bomb attack near the Supreme Court building in the capital, Kabul, has killed at least 20 people ...
February 7, 2017 0 Melania Trump Lawsuit Says ‘Daily Mail’ Article Cost Her Millions in Business U.S. First Lady Melania Trump has re-filed a defamation lawsuit against the company that publishes the Daily Mail’s ...
February 7, 2017 0 President Trump’s Actions Resonate With Farmers, Workers When VOA first met with Kirkwood, Illinois farmer Wendell Shauman on the presidential campaign trail, one of the big issues for ...
February 7, 2017 0 Trump Reveals New Policies on Trade, Jobs Trade agreements and jobs were two big issues on the minds of farmers and manufacturing workers during the 2016 Presidential ...
February 7, 2017 0 Rohingya, Rights Groups Resist Bangladesh Refugee Relocation Plan Since the Bangladesh government announced it has begun a process to relocate the country’s Rohingya refugees to a remote ...
February 6, 2017 0 Iraqi Forces Light Up Sky, Thwarting IS Attack Soldiers say they fired mortars with explosives so bright they could scan the Tigris River after hearing Islamic State militants ...
February 6, 2017 0 South Sudan President Says Soldiers Who Rape Should Be Shot The president of South Sudan said on Monday that soldiers who rape civilians should be shot, trying to mollify citizens outraged ...
February 6, 2017 0 Despite Scandal, Fillon Continues French Presidential Campaign French presidential candidate Francois Fillon says he will continue his campaign, despite criticism amid media reports he paid ...
February 6, 2017 0 Malawi Farmers Apply New Methods to Increase Yield Small-scale farmers in Malawi continue to feel the effects of two years of bad harvests after the El Nino weather pattern ...
February 6, 2017 0 Israel’s Netanyahu Calls on ‘Responsible’ Nations to Join Iran Sanctions Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed to Britain to join new sanctions against Iran as he met his British ...
February 6, 2017 0 Serbs in Mitrovica Tear Down Controversial Wall Serbs in Kosovo’s ethnically divided city of Mitrovica Sunday tore down a controversial wall that ethnic Albanians say ...
February 5, 2017 0 Trump Education Nominee DeVos Up for Vote in Senate The U.S. Senate could vote as early as Monday on President Donald Trump’s choice to be secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, ...
February 5, 2017 0 Super Bowl fans New England Patriots plays against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFL Super Bowl 51 football game, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, in Houston, ...
February 5, 2017 0 More Legal Action Expected on Trump Travel Order A new point of contention is playing out between President Donald Trump and U.S. lawmakers. VOA’s Michael Bowman reports, ...
February 5, 2017 0 Cameroon Claims African Nations Soccer Cup Title, Beating Egypt 2-1 Cameroon beat seven-time champion Egypt 2-1 in the final match of African Nations Football Cup in Libreville, Gabon, Sunday. It ...
February 5, 2017 0 State Elections Test the Popularity of India’s Modi Nearly three years ago, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi won a sweeping national election victory with promises to develop the ...
February 5, 2017 0 Women Thrive in Computer Science at California College Women are underrepresented in high tech industries, and at American universities, they make up only 1 in 6 students of computer ...
February 5, 2017 0 A Step Toward a Large-scale Quantum Computer Quantum computers, once they become available, are likely to help us solve problems too complex for the fastest computers today. ...
February 5, 2017 0 Thousands Protest Globally Against Trump, Travel Ban Protests erupted for a third straight week across the United States and beyond, targeting policies of U.S. President Donald Trump ...
February 5, 2017 0 Seattle Judge in Travel Ban Case Conservative, Exacting The Seattle judge derided by President Donald Trump on Twitter Saturday after blocking Trump’s executive order on immigration ...