Month: October 2018

A crash involving a limousine at a popular upstate New York tourist spot killed 20 people, officials said Sunday. A person with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press that 18 of the victims were in the limo and two were bystanders. The person was not authorized to discuss the preliminary information publicly and …

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The bitter battle over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court has exacerbated the nation’s political divide and left many Americans emotionally raw. It’s also given new definition to the high stakes of November’s election. Until now, the fight for control of Congress has largely been viewed as a referendum on President Donald Trump’s first …

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Politicians in Bosnia-Herzegovina cast their ballots in the country’s presidential, parliamentary, and regional elections on October 7. While the Bosniak member of the tripartite presidency, Bakir Izetbegovic, voted in Sarajevo, Serb leader Milorad Dodik came to a polling station in the town of Laktasi. …

Bosnian citizens are voting on October 7 to choose new members of the country’s tripartite presidency, parliament, and regional administrations. RFE/RL filmed the voting process in the cities of Tuzla, Mostar, Banja Luka, and Doboj. While Tuzla is a multiethnic city, Mostar has a Croat and Bosniak population, and Banja Luka and Doboj are part …

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A stark decision by one church in eastern Ukraine sheds light on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s struggle to emerge from Russia’s shadow. …

The U.S. Senate has voted 50-48 to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, ending one of the most bruising and closely watched confirmation battles of modern history. VOA’s Michael Bowman reports that the outcome is a major victory for President Donald Trump, with potentially far-reaching political impact one month before America’s midterm elections. …

America’s top diplomat left Tokyo for Pyongyang on Sunday after pledging that the U.S. would coordinate with allies Japan and South Korea on efforts to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons. On the eve of his fourth visit to North Korea, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Saturday with Japanese Prime Minister …

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Mormons will start spending less time at church each Sunday — two hours instead of three — after a change announced Saturday aimed at making worship more manageable for members around the globe.  The change, which takes effect in January, is a significant one for Mormons, who since 1980 have been expected to attend all …

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A populist, Russia-friendly coalition appeared set to finish atop the pack in Latvia’s parliamentary elections, with exit polls showing the Harmony party holding the lead over the pro-West liberal coalition. …

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has arrived in Serbia for a three-day visit. …

Bosnians head to the polls on October 7 after an election campaign that focused more on deep ethnic divisions than the economic problems and rampant corruption that plague the Balkan nation. …

A Salvadoran woman whose unexpected recovery from a life-threatening condition was deemed a miracle, paving the way for the upcoming canonization of the late Roman Catholic Archbishop Oscar Romero, said Friday she’s convinced he is a saint. Speaking days before a planned pilgrimage to the Vatican along with her husband and thousands of others, Cecilia …

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VOA’s Greta Van Susteren interviews Hayvi Bouzo, Washington bureau chief of Orient TV, on the ground during a high-level week at the United Nations General Assembly. Hayvi, who is Kurdish-Syrian, tells us about her experiences attempting to cover the news in Syria and how she had to flee the country shortly after the revolution. She …

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VOA’s Greta Van Susteren interviews Pantho Rahaman, who traveled to the U.S. from Bangladesh to cover the United Nations General Assembly’s high-level week. Pantho and Greta go in-depth on the impact of the Rohingya refugee crisis on Bangladesh, the importance of human rights for the Rohingya people and Bangladeshi feelings toward the government of Myanmar. …

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A weekend general election in Bosnia is being shadowed by protests attended by tens of thousands in Bosnia’s two largest cities and organized by a pair of fathers demanding the truth about the alleged murders of their sons. …

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince in an interview with Bloomberg News is insisting that the kingdom is fulfilling promises to the United States to make up a shortfall in world oil supplies resulting from the loss of Iranian production under U.S. sanctions. …