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Washington may still impose sanctions over the construction of an underwater natural-gas pipeline between Russia and Germany through the Baltic Sea, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has said. …
President Donald Trump declared the U.S. midterm elections were “close to complete victory” the day after Republicans lost control of the House of Representatives but maintained their majority in the Senate. Patsy Widakuswara reports on the president’s combative news conference after his party’s mixed performance at the polls. …
U.S. President Donald Trump forced his controversial Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign Wednesday, setting up a possible showdown with newly energized congressional Democrats over the investigation of Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election. Sessions, in a resignation letter to Trump, wrote that he was stepping down at “your request,” accepting a fait accompli …
Dramatic steps are needed to avoid potentially catastrophic levels of global warming, says the latest report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Experts say nature provides some of the best ways to pull planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Restoring forests is one route. In West Virginia, where strip mines scarred the earth, …
Read more “Experts Turn Old Coal Mines into Carbon-Sucking Forests”
The United States is warning other countries not to allow Iranian oil tankers into their ports, saying the tankers not only could incur penalties under U.S. sanctions but may be courting “environmental disaster.” …
Pakistan has begun talks with the International Monetary Fund on a possible bailout package to help the country overcome a deepening economic crisis. …
Amnesty International warned on November 7 that the executions of 12 Saudi Shi’ite Muslim prisoners could be imminent, after they were sent to a secretive state security body that reports directly to the king. …
Media reports in Russia says that the acting mayor of Makhachkala, the capital of the North Caucasus region of Daghestan, has been detained after his office was searched. …
America is getting older and grayer. All of the baby boomers — people born in the “boom” years after World War II from about 1946 to 1964 — will be older than 65 by 2030, which means that 1 in every 5 residents in the United States will be of retirement age. Right now, …
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman says that relations with the United States cannot get much worse, but also suggests that prospects for improvement are hard to discern following the midterm elections in the United States. …
The car of a Russian human rights lawyer who is involved in cases against law enforcement agencies has been set on fire, a rights watchdog reports. …
The Chinese government granted 18 trademarks to companies linked to President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump over the last two months, Chinese public records show, raising concerns about conflicts of interest in the White House. In October, China’s Trademark Office granted provisional approval for 16 trademarks to Ivanka Trump Marks LLC, bringing to …
Read more “China Grants 18 Trademarks in 2 Months to Trump, Daughter Ivanka”
Shouts of “Beto 2020!” filled the air in El Paso’s 7,000 seat-capacity baseball stadium, after their underdog candidate for U.S. Senate — Beto O’Rourke — had already lost the race. On Tuesday night, “Beto,” a 46-year-old congressman from Texas’ 16th district, lost his bid to unseat the incumbent Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, by …
Read more “Despite Loss in Senate Race, A National Star Emerges in Texas”
The United Nations has rejected a claim that it forced a Pakistani lawyer to leave the country after successfully defending a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy. …
Authorities in Somalia are investigating the deaths of four civilians reportedly killed by African Union troops Tuesday, after a roadside bomb targeted the peacekeepers’ convoy. The bombing occurred in Mogadishu’s northern Huriwaa district, near Ex-Control Balad Junction, and damaged a water truck. Witnesses tell VOA’s Somali Service that afterward, AU troops looking for the …
Read more “AU Peacekeepers Accused of Killing 4 Somali Civilians”
People magazine has named Idris Elba as 2018’s Sexiest Man Alive, and the British actor says the honor has given him a boost of self-confidence. Elba, who starred in “The Wire” and “Luther,” was surprised after being crowned this year’s winner, the magazine said. “I was like, ‘Come on, no way. Really?’” he told …
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Advocates of a monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in the center of Novosibirsk believe they have an ally in the city’s communist mayor, while opponents say the proposal is being pushed through without considering the feelings of relatives of his millions of victims. …
Despite concerns about foreign interference, the 2018 U.S. midterm election launched to a relatively uneventful start Tuesday morning with federal monitors reporting no attempted disruptions. While still early in a pivotal voting day that will shape the direction of the country for the next two years, absent were reports of a much-feared cyber assault …
Read more “Officials: No ‘Coordinated Campaign’ to Disrupt US Vote”
French President Emmanuel Macron is calling for a “real European army” to allow the European Union to defend itself against Russia and even the United States. …
Britons would vote to stay in the European Union if there were another ballot as those in the biggest “leave”-voting areas change their minds, a survey for Channel 4 published on Monday showed. Britain would back “remain” by 54 percent to 46 percent, the study by Survation for the broadcaster showed. It estimated that more …
Read more “Channel 4 Poll: Britons Would Back ‘Remain’ in New Brexit Vote”
The German military has received a hefty boost in a revised budget plan from 2020 after Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen refused to sign off the previous draft. Finance Minister Olaf Scholz on Monday proposed adding 5.7 billion euros ($6.5 billion) to the planned military budget from 2020, to buy more ships, fighter jets …
Read more “Military Gets a Boost in Revised German Spending Plan”
Venezuela has reinforced its border with Colombia with more troops after three Venezuelan soldiers died in an attack by an armed group over the weekend, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said Monday. Ten other soldiers were injured in the attack in Amazonas state, which Padrino said was retribution for Venezuela’s capture of “nine Colombian paramilitary members,” …
Read more “Venezuela Adds Troops Near Colombian Border After 3 Soldiers Killed”
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he “probably” won’t be meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin when he travels to the French capital later this week. …
Twelve newborns have died at a health center in northeastern Afghanistan amid an outbreak of “an unknown and as yet not determined origin,” the Italian nongovernment organization running the facility says. …