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VOANews, 13 hours ago to random

Ghana court hears challenge to contested anti-LGBTQ law

https://www.voanews.com/a/ghana-court-hears-challenge-to-contested-anti-lgbtq-law-/7602807.html

VOANews, 18 hours ago to random

⬅️ ➡️ Why do left and right have political meaning? The divide between left and right is one of the most fundamental markers in politics. But have you ever stopped to think about why we use those directional terms to describe ideological camps? It may surprise you to learn that this terminology traces back to the seating arrangements of French revolutionaries over 200 years ago.⁠

Do you view politics from the left or the right? WATCH https://youtu.be/EXKpJULPZ2M?si=TV8VF37kgwZehvw7 #voanews

VOANews, 20 hours ago to random

The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely.

https://www.voanews.com/a/judge-postpones-trump-s-classified-documents-trial-indefinitely-/7602372.html #voanews

VOANews, 1 day ago to random

Israel is sending a delegation back to Cairo for more talks on the details of a cease-fire.

The Israeli move came a day after Hamas made a surprise announcement that it accepted an Egyptian cease-fire proposal that Israel had previously accepted.

But on Tuesday, Israeli officials said that the terms Hamas accepted are not the same as those in the original Egyptian proposal, and that the changes that Hamas is demanding make it impossible for Israel to agree.

https://www.voanews.com/a/israel-says-hamas-has-changed-the-terms-of-a-ceasefire-deal-/7601654.html #voanews

VOANews, 2 days ago to random

UN atomic watchdog chief seeks tougher nuclear checks in Iran

https://www.voanews.com/a/un-atomic-watchdog-chief-seeks-tougher-nuclear-checks-in-iran-/7599777.html

VOANews, 2 days ago to random

🚨 Hamas says it has accepted a cease-fire proposal to halt its war with Israel.

The Palestinian militant group issued a statement accepting the Egyptian-Qatari proposal on Monday. Negotiators in Cairo had been trying to bring about a temporary halt in the fighting and the release of hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza. #voanews

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VOANews, 2 days ago to random

Global approval of U.S. leadership is higher than China's, according to a Gallup analysis Monday. The report says that although more countries have a higher net support for U.S. leadership, global support for both the U.S. and China decreased in 2023.

https://www.voanews.com/a/gallup-report-us-ahead-of-china-in-global-leadership-approval/7599330.html #voanews

VOANews, 3 days ago to random

Taliban face rare public uprising against their rule in northeastern Afghanistan

https://www.voanews.com/a/taliban-face-rare-public-uprising-against-their-rule-in-northeastern-afghanistan/7598640.html

VOANews, 3 days ago to random

Israeli police raid Al Jazeera office in east Jerusalem, confiscate equipment

https://www.voanews.com/a/netanyahu-s-cabinet-votes-to-close-al-jazeera-offices-in-israel-after-rising-tensions-/7598524.html

VOANews, 3 days ago to random

A rising challenger to Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held what he called the largest countryside political demonstration in the country’s recent history Sunday, the latest stop on his campaign tour that has mobilized thousands across Hungary’s rural heartland. (Reuters)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jzF_Ly71CwE

VOANews, 4 days ago to random

U.S. President Joe Biden has called for the release of all imprisoned journalists — including three American reporters — who have been jailed over their work, in a Friday statement commemorating World Press Freedom Day.

https://www.voanews.com/a/biden-all-jailed-journalists-should-be-released/7597229.html

VOANews, 4 days ago to random

Sunday, May 5, is Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day in the U.S., a date set aside to raise awareness about an epidemic of violence and violent crimes in Native and Indigenous communities.

Communities across the U.S. are marking the day with gatherings, marches and workshops.

https://www.voanews.com/a/native-american-news-roundup-april-28---may-4-2024-/7596539.html #voanews

VOANews, 5 days ago to random

Pakistan on Friday witnessed the launch of its first lunar satellite aboard China’s historic mission to retrieve samples from the little explored far side of the moon in a technologically collaborative mission that signals deepening ties between the countries.

China’s largest rocket, a Long March-5, blasted off from the Wencheng Space Launch Center on Hainan Island at 09:27 UTC, ferrying China’s 8-metric-ton Chang’e-6 probe

https://www.voanews.com/a/china-carries-pakistan-into-space/7597357.html #voanews

VOANews, 6 days ago to random

📷: Rescuers and excavators working at the site of a highway section that collapsed on the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Meizhou, China.

👉 The death toll has climbed to 48 as search efforts continue in southern China after a highway section collapsed in a mountainous area.
https://www.voanews.com/a/death-toll-reaches-48-in-china-highway-collapse/7595259.html #voanews

📷: Rescuers and excavators working at the site of a highway section that collapsed on the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Meizhou, China.
📷: Rescuers and excavators working at the site of a highway section that collapsed on the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Meizhou, China.
📷: Rescuers and excavators working at the site of a highway section that collapsed on the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Meizhou, China.

VOANews, 6 days ago to random

UN observes reduction in Taliban’s enforcement of hijab on Afghan women

https://www.voanews.com/a/un-observes-reduction-in-taliban-s-enforcement-of-hijab-on-afghan-women/7594843.html

VOANews, 6 days ago to random

▶️ President Joe Biden says the pro-Palestinian protests on U.S. college campuses test two fundamental American principles, the right to free speech and the rule of law. He stressed that both must be upheld.

https://www.voanews.com/a/police-order-ucla-pro-palestinian-protest-to-disperse/7594708.html #voanews

VOANews, 6 days ago to random

Helmeted police entered the central plaza of the University of California at Los Angeles early Thursday to dismantle a pro-Palestinian protest camp attacked the previous night by pro-Israel supporters.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ook8Ph065GE

VOANews, 6 days ago to random

More than 800 mine action leaders attending a U.N.-sponsored conference in Geneva this week are warning of the ongoing dangers from unexploded ordnance and landmines in countries affected by conflict.

https://www.voanews.com/a/explosives-clearance-enables-aid-to-reach-victims-of-war-in-gaza/7594015.html #voanews

VOANews, 6 days ago to random

Police moved against a pro-Palestinian protest camp at the University of California, Los Angeles, early Thursday, pulling apart a barricade and arresting multiple people after issuing orders for people to leave.

https://www.voanews.com/a/police-order-ucla-pro-palestinian-protest-to-disperse/7594708.html #voanews

VOANews, 7 days ago to random

▶️ Tensions on U.S. campuses enter a new phase as a Jewish student files a proposed class action lawsuit alleging students were displaced from Columbia University because its administration could not guarantee their safety.

👉 Amid pro-Palestinian protests, Jewish students sue Columbia University for failing to protect them

https://youtu.be/SjyCS6yOyXg?si=d0cbSdUBWt8Sn2_P #voanews

VOANews, 7 days ago to random

A 98-year-old woman in Ukraine who escaped Russian-occupied territory by walking almost 10 kilometers (6 miles) alone, wearing a pair of slippers and supported by a cane has been reunited with her family days after they were separated while fleeing to safety.

https://www.voanews.com/a/ukrainian-woman-98-escapes-russian-occupied-home-on-foot-with-slippers-cane/7593050.html #voanews

VOANews, 8 days ago to random

New York City Police equipped with helmets and riot shields entered the campus of Columbia University late Tuesday and detained pro-Palestinian protesters who had occupied a building.

A university spokesman said in a statement the administration decided to call in police in order to “restore safety and order to our community.”

https://www.voanews.com/a/police-detain-pro-palestinian-protesters-after-takeover-of-columbia-university-building/7593069.html #voanews

VOANews, 8 days ago to random

🌋Indonesia’s Mount Ruang volcano erupted Tuesday, prompting authorities to order an evacuation and forcing a nearby airport to close.

Indonesia’s geological agency raised the alert level on Sulawesi Island to its highest level, as the eruption blew clouds of ash, lava and rocks as high as two kilometers into the sky.

https://youtu.be/dLHggDhfG1Y?si=cNhekdMK4SZmLVyg #voanews

VOANews, 8 days ago to random

The Pentagon says a floating pier that will be used for bringing more aid into Gaza will cost about $320 million.

Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters Monday the cost includes the transportation and construction of the equipment and pier sections from the United States to the coast of Gaza. It also includes the cost of aid delivery operations.

https://www.voanews.com/a/pier-for-gaza-aid-to-cost-us-320-million-/7589942.html #voanews

VOANews, 8 days ago to random

🦛 🦛Herds of endangered hippos are stuck in drying ponds in Botswana's northwest as the El Nino-induced drought takes its toll on wildlife.

In Botswana, home to one of the world’s largest hippopotamus populations, around 500 hippos are stranded as blistering heat dries up water sources, Moemedi Batshabang, director of the Department of Wildlife and National Parks, told VOA.

https://youtu.be/J4lrVJoKekU?si=nAAaPd2Qc183mc4T #voanews