Month: January 2019

Russia faces the possibility of renewed sporting sanctions after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed that Russian officials failed to hand over data from its anti-doping laboratory by December 31. …

Rescuers have pulled an infant from the debris of a collapsed apartment building in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk. The 11-month-old baby boy spent 35 hours trapped in the rubble after the apartment complex collapsed from a suspected gas explosion on December 31. Officials said the child was in critical condition and was suffering from …

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The family of a U.S. citizen being held by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) over suspected spying says he is innocent and was in Moscow to attend a wedding. …

At least eight people were injured when a man deliberately drove his car into a crowded Tokyo street filled with people who had gathered for the city’s New Year’s festivities. The incident happened shortly after midnight Tuesday on Takeshita Street in the city’s popular Harajuku fashion district near the Meiji Shrine.   Police took a …

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The Rose Parade has been a New Year’s Day tradition since 1890.  Every inch of every float is covered with flowers or other natural materials, such as leaves, seeds or bark. The most delicate flowers, including roses, are placed in individual vials of water, which are set into the float one by one. The parade …

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U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has announced the formation of a presidential exploratory committee for a presidential bid in the 2020 election. Warren told reporters Monday that she wants to make America a land of opportunity for all its citizens and not just for the wealthy. VOA’s Zlatica Hoke reports the senator from Massachusetts is the …

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At least seven people were killed and dozens remain unaccounted for after a suspected gas explosion triggered the collapse of a section of a high-rise apartment building in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk early on New Year’s Eve. …

Thirteen people were injured when a wooden pedestrian bridge collapsed during New Year’s celebrations early on January 1 in Moscow’s Gorky Park. …

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has warned that his country could seek a “new path” in relations with the United States “if the U.S. does not keep its promise made in front of the whole world…and insists on sanctions and pressures on our republic.” …