New wildfire erupts in Southern California
A new wildfire erupted Wednesday in Southern California, scorching more than 39 square kilometers of trees and brush in the mountains north of Los Angeles. The Hughes Fire is the…
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Trump nominates USAGM head
President Donald Trump nominated conservative activist and writer L. Brent Bozell III as head of the United States Agency for Global Media, which supervises five U.S. government-funded international media entities,…
continue readingEurope posts record year for clean energy
A record 47% of the European Union’s electricity now comes from solar and other renewables, a report Thursday said, in yet another sign of the growing gap between the bloc’s…
continue readingUS House passes immigrant detention bill
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that requires the detainment of unauthorized migrants accused of theft and violent crimes, marking the first…
continue readingBeijing’s lack of clarity about Rubio sanctions sparks speculation in China
washington — Beijing’s lack of clarity about whether it will lift sanctions previously placed on Marco Rubio — the new U.S. secretary of state and a China hawk — has sparked…
continue readingRussia’s Arctic militarization behind Trump’s focus on Greenland
Nuuk, Greenland — A blizzard whips the Danish, Greenlandic and Faroe Islands flags above the Joint Arctic Command headquarters overlooking the harbor of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. The small military…
continue readingGeorgia’s Zourabichvili says US shouldn’t back government that is result of ‘rigged elections’
washington — Last December, Georgia’s parliament chose Mikheil Kavelashvili, a close ally of ruling Georgian Dream party founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, as the country’s new president. He replaced Salome Zourabichvili, who had…
continue readingJustice Department takes aim at local, state officials over immigration enforcement
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department has threatened local and state authorities with prosecution if they fail to cooperate with President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, which include a pledge to deport…
continue readingChina braces for potential trade war after Trump threatens to impose tariffs
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — China is bracing for potential tariffs after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap a 10% duty on Chinese imports as early as Feb. 1. At a regular…
continue readingMurdoch’s UK tabloids apologize to Prince Harry, admit intruding on Diana
LONDON — Prince Harry claimed a monumental victory Wednesday as Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids made an unprecedented apology for intruding in his life over decades and agreed to pay substantial damages…
continue readingTrump expresses possibility of more sanctions against Russia for Ukraine war
U.S. President Donald Trump signaled the possibility of placing additional sanctions on Russia for its war in Ukraine. Asked about the prospect while speaking to reporters Tuesday, Trump responded, “Sounds…
continue readingTurkey detains nine people over ski resort hotel fire that killed 76
ANKARA, TURKEY — Turkey has detained nine people, including the owner of the hotel, in connection with a deadly fire that claimed the lives of 76 people and injured dozens at…
continue readingWeather Service issues red flag warnings for fire-ravaged California
The National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning for most of California’s Los Angeles and Ventura counties on Tuesday for the area’s “extremely low relative humidity and periods of…
continue readingTrump UN ambassador nominee Elise Stefanik calls for reform
Representative Elise Stefanik, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, faced questions at her Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday. The high-ranking House Republican told lawmakers…
continue readingTrump says he would sanction Russia if Putin does not negotiate on Ukraine
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would likely impose sanctions on Russia if its president, Vladimir Putin, refuses to negotiate about ending the war in Ukraine. Trump…
continue readingTrump says EU ‘in for tariffs,’ warns of 10% rate on China
U.S. President Donald Trump pledged Tuesday to hit the European Union with tariffs, adding that a 10% duty on Chinese imports could also come as soon as February 1. Trump,…
continue readingRubio: US will promote peace around the world in its national interest
On his first day on the job, Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with his staff and spelled out his foreign policy priorities. He also met with allies from the…
continue readingReactions to the imprisonment of 6 journalists in Turkey
Six Kurdish journalists have been detained in Turkey, charged with being members of a “terrorist organization” with no word from their lawyers. Journalists and activists say opposition media outlets are…
continue readingIs Venezuelan oil ‘desirable’ for the US or is it not needed, as Trump says?
Venezuela exported millions of barrels of its heavy oil to the U.S. until the economic sanctions of 2019. Its purchase resumed two years ago. Experts explain the characteristics of this…
continue readingNavalny lawyers get jail time for doing their job
Russian lawyer practice could face existential risks after the recent guilty verdict against three lawyers who had represented late opposition leader Alexey Navalny in court. VOA Russian spoke to legal…
continue readingMexico defends sovereignty as US seeks to label cartels as terrorists
MEXICO CITY — Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s executive order moving toward designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations would only impact Mexico if there’s close…
continue readingTrump’s first full day back in White House includes firings, infrastructure announcement
Washington — President Donald Trump is spending his first full day back in the White House meeting with congressional leaders, making an infrastructure announcement and demonstrating one of his favored expressions…
continue readingEU, China warn against trade friction at Davos after Trump return
Davos, Switzerland — EU chief Ursula von der Leyen declared Tuesday that Europe was ready to negotiate with the United States and seek to improve ties with China as Beijing warned…
continue readingQuad foreign ministers meet in Washington in signal of Trump’s China focus
Washington — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will hit the ground running on Tuesday, hosting a meeting in Washington of his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan one day after…
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