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The special master overseeing a U.S. government fund to compensate victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks said Friday that future awards would be significantly reduced, typically by at least 50 percent, because the fund was running short of money. Rupa Bhattacharyya, the special master, said the reduction in payouts from the September 11th …
Nearly a year in space put astronaut Scott Kelly’s immune system on high alert and changed the activity of some of his genes compared with those of his Earth-bound identical twin, researchers said Friday. Scientists don’t know if the changes were good or bad, but results from a unique NASA twins study are raising new questions …
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Police in North Macedonia have prevented a planned “terrorist act” by supporters of the Islamic State (IS) militant group, the Western Balkan nation’s Interior Ministry says. …
A close confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been disinvited from a conference funded by the European Union hours after his participation was revealed. …
Three decades after Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan, an effort to justify a military campaign condemned for years by the public is gaining traction in Russia. …
Iranian teachers have staged peaceful rallies in at least six cities to protest what they see as government suppression of their rights and to call for better working conditions in their poorly paid profession. Images verified by VOA Persian and sent from social media users inside Iran showed teachers rallying Wednesday outside education departments in …
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The United States has called on Europe to abandon the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, which Washington pulled out of last year. At a two-day conference in Warsaw, attended by more than 60 nations Thursday, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence accused European allies of trying to break American sanctions against what he called “Iran’s murderous …
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The United States has called on Europe to abandon the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, which Washington pulled out of last year. At a conference in Warsaw attended by more than 60 nations, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence accused European allies of trying to break American sanctions against what he called Iran’s ‘murderous revolutionary regime.’ …
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India has demanded that Pakistan crack down on terror groups operating from its territory after a deadly suicide bombing claimed by a Pakistan-based Islamist group killed 44 Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir. …
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci says he sees “good momentum” in efforts to reach a deal this year to normalize relations with neighbor and rival Serbia despite their differences, according to an interview published on February 14 by the Associated Press. …
The Save the Children International charity says at least 100,000 babies die every year because of armed conflict and related effects, with Afghanistan listed as being among the 10 worst countries to be a child. …
Sarah Dwyer has always loved chocolate. Especially caramels. “When I was little I used to like to squish all the ones in the box to find the chocolate-covered caramels,” she says. So in 2009, when she decided to leave a lucrative job in banking to spend a year in France, she had no idea it …
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When Sarah Dwyer left a lucrative job in banking to spend a year in France, she had no idea it would give her an opportunity to fulfill a childhood passion. Almost ten years later, the American entrepreneur has never been happier, and is spreading that joy to her customers and workers alike… with chocolate. VOA’s …
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Ukraine has taken the extraordinary step of deporting a senior cleric of the Moscow-aligned Orthodox Church and stripping him of his citizenship, marking a political escalation in the historic rift that has shaken the Eastern Orthodox world and further raised tensions between Kyiv and Moscow. …
As he does every Sunday, Father Gomonov doles out relationship advice to single men and women who mingle at the Peter and Fevronia Club, a sort of speed-dating night for the Russian Orthodox. …
“I will build a great wall,” declared Donald Trump in announcing he was running for president in June 2015. “I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words.” A wall at the U.S.-Mexico became Trump’s signature promise — a call and …
Russian-imposed authorities in Ukraine’s occupied Crimea region have detained three Crimean Tatar activists, according to a Ukrainian human rights group. …
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As a nasty diplomatic feud deepens between the two countries over the tech company, involving arrests and execution orders, it hasn’t gone unnoticed that Huawei’s bright red fan-shaped logo is plastered prominently on the set of “Hockey Night in Canada.” TV hosts regularly remind the 1.8 million weekly viewers that program segments are “presented by …
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Coming off a big night at the Grammys, Donald Glover and his alter-ego Childish Gambino have been nominated for five NAACP Image Awards. Glover is nominated for his acting and directing on “Atlanta,” and Childish Gambino got three nominations on the music side. Glover won four Grammy Awards including record and song of the year …
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Scientists are beginning ask whether the European measles epidemic was bolstered by Russian trolls who infiltrated anti-vaccination groups to spread the Kremlin’s agenda. …
Rudy Giuliani, a personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump, has said he favors the “overthrow” of Iran’s theocratic regime. …
The U.S. Justice Department has indicted a former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer for aiding Iran in what Washington says was a cyberespionage operation targeting U.S. intelligence officers. …
Prime Minister Theresa May told lawmakers on Tuesday to hold their nerve over Brexit and give her more time to negotiate a deal acceptable to both the European Union and the British parliament. The United Kingdom is on course to leave the European Union on March 29 without a deal unless May can persuade the …
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