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Foreign companies have been flocking to Vietnam. Earlier this year, one of the world’s biggest private equity firms Warburg Pincus added banking and logistics to its Vietnam portfolio, pushing its total investment into the country over the $1 billion mark. Auto players like JAC Motors of China, as well as Kamaz, the largest truck maker …
A blast has hit a munitions depot located some 180 kilometers east of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, the military says. …
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on Saudi Arabia to support a thorough, transparent investigation into the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who has not been seen since entering the country’s consulate in Istanbul last week. Turkish officials have said Khashoggi was murdered inside the diplomatic outpost, while Saudi Arabia says he …
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Actress Amandla Stenberg was named after a 1989 Miles Davis album – a lush, African-tinged funk fusion that takes its name from the Zulu and Xhosa word for “power.” In South Africa under apartheid, “amandla” was – and still is – a rallying cry against oppression. It’s a lot for Stenberg to live up to. …
The International Monetary Fund estimates that Iran’s economy fell into a recession this year that will get worse next year as a result of renewed U.S. sanctions on Tehran. …
The United States has asked the International Court of Justice to throw out a claim by Iran to recover $1.75 billion in bank assets seized by U.S. courts. …
For the first time, researchers have been able to track the amount of Chinese investment in Australia. From the purchase of large cattle properties to residential real estate, the scope of Chinese money has led to fraught discussions about the scale of foreign influence in Australia. The results of the research may have some surprises …
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Mired in the Korean War, President Harry Truman began plotting a federal government takeover of American steel companies to head off a strike. Before he followed through with his plan, he secretly asked Chief Justice Fred Vinson, his close friend and poker buddy, how the Supreme Court might react. Vinson told his friend not to …
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says suspected Russian spies accused of trying to hack into the world’s chemical weapons watchdog weren’t doing anything illegal. Lavrov on Monday was the first senior Russian official to address last week’s accusations by Dutch officials that Russian GRU military intelligence agents tried and failed to hack into the Organization …
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A Pakistani court has ordered that a prominent journalist’s name be removed from a list of people who cannot fly out of the country and the arrest warrant against him withdrawn. …
Oyub Titiyev, a dogged Russian activist who is in jail and on trial in his native Chechnya on what he says is a fabricated drug-possession charge, has been awarded the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize. …
Former Almaty Mayor Viktor Khrapunov and his wife have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms in absentia on corruption charges that they have called politically motivated. …
While President Donald Trump celebrates a major victory, the elevation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, Washington is bracing for political fallout after a bruising Senate confirmation process that concluded one month before midterm elections. VOA’s Michael Bowman reports, the mobilization of liberal voters who opposed Kavanaugh could be matched by an awakening …
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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 …
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. …