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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is hinting that the goodwill established with the United States in 2018 may not continue into 2019. In his New Year’s Day address Tuesday, Kim said he would be willing to hold another summit with President Donald Trump, but demanded sanctions relief. “If the U.S. fails to carry out …
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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 …
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 …
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.” …
An estimated 1 million people will pack New York City’s Times Square to watch the huge, brilliantly lighted, crystal ball drop to signal the start of the new year. It is an American New Year’s tradition that goes back more than a century. As VOA’s Kevin Enochs reports, lot of work goes into making sure …
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A Palestinian court sentenced an American-Palestinian on Monday to life imprisonment for violating a ban on selling land to Israelis, judiciary officials said. The U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, called in November for dual national Issam Akel to be released, saying his suspected crime was “selling land to a Jew” and his incarceration violated …
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When the Tupolev Tu-144 successfully took to the air on December 31, 1968, it gave the Soviet Union bragging rights as the first to put a supersonic airliner into flight, beating its Western competitor by two months. …
Iran deployed scores of policemen to disperse a brief protest in downtown Tehran over a bus crash last week that killed 10 people, including eight students. Monday’s rally — which saw about 200 protesters gather — was the third consecutive day of demonstrations over the accident. Earlier protests took place inside the Azad University campus in northern …
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Rescue workers are looking for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed high-rise apartment building in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk. At least four people were killed when a section of the apartment complex came down following a suspected gas explosion. One official said as many as 50 people could be trapped in the debris. …
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Iran says a Taliban delegation has made a rare visit to Tehran for talks with a senior Iranian official on efforts to end Afghanistan’s 17-year-long war. …
Retired four-star General Stanley McChrystal says a major withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, which the White House is considering, would damage peace talks with the Taliban and shake Kabul’s confidence in its alliance with the United States. …
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U.S.-led coalition airstrikes against Islamic State have killed over 1,000 civilians in Iraq and Syria since 2014. In a monthly civilian casualty report, the Coalition detailed confirmed deaths of 1,139 civilians in airstrikes conducted since the beginning of Operation Inherent Resolve between August 2014 and November 2018. “The Coalition conducted a total of 31,406 strikes …
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An umbrella of independent professional unions is calling on people to march on the presidential palace in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, to demand that autocratic President Omar Bashir step down. It’s the second time that the umbrella, which enjoys the support of opposition parties, has called for the march. On Christmas Day, thousands attempted …
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Afghanistan’s election authorities have decided to delay a presidential election by three months to July 20, AFP reported, quoting the head of the Independent Election Commission (IEC). …
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow remains open for dialogue with Washington. …
A newly discovered note in the U.K.’s National Archives shows Queen Elizabeth II let government officials know she would welcome a replacement for the Royal Yacht Britannia once it was decommissioned. The 1995 note is unusual because the queen is required to remain politically neutral and avoids lobbying the government on specific requests. The message …
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Former senior diplomats who have steered U.S. policy on Afghanistan say U.S. President Donald Trump’s reported decision to pull thousands of troops out of that country complicates U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad’s efforts to broker a cease-fire with the Taliban. Trump announced he was considering withdrawing roughly half of the 14,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan, shortly after he …
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