Category: World

Across the impoverished country you’ll find children going to work instead of school so they can help support their families …

Britain’s Conservative minority government faced its first test in Parliament since the June 8 election on Wednesday — an opposition demand for an end to public spending cuts. The main opposition Labour Party called for a pay raise for public-sector workers, whose salaries have been capped during seven years of austerity, and an end to …

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The first-ever deaf woman leader of a U.S. university for deaf students is touring Africa, hoping to learn and to teach institutions here how to provide for hearing-impaired students. In South Africa, an estimated one-fifth of the disabled population is hard of hearing. Anita Powell shares a portion of her interview with Gallaudet University President …

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Kenya’s ruling Jubilee coalition and main opposition coalition have launched their campaign platforms for the August elections. Launching their campaign pledges the ruling Jubilee party and opposition coalition National Super Alliance have promised to transform the country and Kenyan’s lives. Both sides pledged to improve education, health, infrastructure to foster economic growth, and to create …

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Ukraine says a security service (SBU) colonel was killed and three others injured when a car exploded in the Donetsk region on June 28. …

Four activists who were charged with preparing mass disturbances in Belarus have been released from custody by authorities in Minsk, a day after three others facing similar charges were freed. …

Most of the salt produced in Russia comes from a remote and desolate lake near the country’s border with Kazakhstan. Lake Baskunchak accounts for 80 percent of Russia’s salt production. Its eerie beauty and healing properties also attracts tourists to its salty shores. (RFE/RL’s Current Time TV) …

The United Nations envoy for Syria said violence is down in the war-torn country despite repeated clashes recently between U.S., Syrian, and Iranian-backed forces there. …

Iran accused the United States of a “dangerous escalation” in Syria after Washington warned President Bashar al-Assad may be preparing another chemical attack for which he would pay a “heavy price.” …

European regulators fined Google a record 2.42 billion euros ($2.72 billion) for abusing its dominance of the online search market in a case that could be just the opening salvo in Europe’s attempt to curb the company’s clout on that continent. The decision announced Tuesday by the European Commission punished Google for unfairly favoring its …

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The World Anti-Doping Agency on June 27 partly restored drug-testing duties to Russia’s anti-doping agency. …

Computers around the world were locked up and users’ files held for ransom in a cyberattack Tuesday that paralyzed some hospitals, government offices and major multinational corporations. Here’s a look at how malware and ransomware work and what people can do if they fall victim to attacks. What is malware and ransomware? Malware is a …

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Liberia’s future as a stable democracy hinges on successful presidential and legislative elections in October and broad acceptance that they are free and fair followed by a smooth transfer of power, the U.N. envoy to the West African nation said Tuesday. Farid Zarif told the Security Council that “no major threats are envisaged beyond possible …

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The image of the United States has deteriorated sharply in most countries under President Donald Trump, with an overwhelming majority of global citizens expressing little confidence in his ability to lead, a Pew Research survey has found. …

Jury deliberations in the trial of five men who are charged in connection with the 2015 killing of opposition politician and former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov are set to resume in Moscow on June 27. …

U.S. attorneys offered closing arguments on June 26 in a case where the government is attempting to seize a Manhattan office tower from an Iranian charitable foundation because it allegedly violated U.S. sanctions. …

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday gave a partial victory to President Donald Trump, allowing parts of his revised travel ban to take effect until it reviews the issue definitively in October. Trump’s executive order bans granting new visas for travelers from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days, and suspends the U.S. …

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President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are pledging to work together to boost security and trade ties. Details from VOA White House Bureau Chief Steve Herman. …

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis travels this week to Brussels, where he will consult with NATO allies on troop contributions and other support in Afghanistan before announcing his own decision on increasing the number of U.S. forces in that war-torn country. But as VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb reports, the new strategy is likely to …

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he is “confident in the growing convergence” between India and the U.S. as he prepares to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House. In an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, Modi stated his optimism for economic growth and increased bilateral trade between the two countries. …

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Two people were found dead as more than 200 migrants adrift in two dinghies off the Libyan coast were rescued by the Spanish navy on Sunday, the Spanish Defense Ministry said on Monday. In total, 229 people were picked up after a Spanish navy ship was dispatched to help the boats struggling to stay afloat. …

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Families in Pakistan began holding funerals Monday for the victims of the overturned oil tanker fire. Officials say more than 150 men, women and children were killed Sunday when they rushed to the scene to gather leaking fuel. Authorities say more than 100 people were injured in the explosion outside the town of Bahawalpur and …

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In the best soap-opera tradition, the ongoing process of constitutional reform in Georgia has yielded drama aplenty over the past week. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.) …

The man who will be taking much of the credit for achieving peace in Tajikistan is President Emomali Rahmon. Rahmon was indeed a part of efforts to reach peace in Tajikistan, but he was just one of many people involved in the process. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the …

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