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Ukraine’s military said Tuesday it destroyed all nine aerial drones that Russia used in overnight attacks targeting multiple parts of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian air force said the intercepts took place over the Kherson, Mykolaiv, Khmelnytskyi, Poltava, Cherkasy and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

https://www.voanews.com/a/ukraine-downs-9-drones-from-russian-attacks/7571708.html #voanews

VOANews, 1 month ago to random

🏆Ethiopia's Sisay Lemma, Kenya's Hellen Obiri win Boston Marathon

https://www.voanews.com/a/ethiopia-sisay-lemma-kenya-hellen-obiri-win-boston-marathon/7571079.html #voanews

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Western allies Monday to display the same "unity" toward Ukraine as they did toward Israel when they thwarted an Iranian aerial assault against the Israeli skies over this past weekend.

"By defending Israel, the free world has demonstrated that such unity is not only possible, but also 100% effective," he said.

https://www.voanews.com/a/zelenskyy-calls-for-same-defense-from-allies-as-for-israel-/7571223.html #voanews

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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said Monday it has opened a criminal investigation into the collapse of Baltimore’s Frances Scott Key Bridge after it was struck by cargo vessel last month.

https://www.voanews.com/a/fbi-opens-investigation-into-baltimore-bridge-collapse/7570884.html #voanews

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📷: Soldiers from the Karen National Liberation Army patrol next to an area destroyed by a Myanmar airstrike in Myawaddy, the Thailand-Myanmar border town under the control of a coalition of rebel forces, in Myanmar, Monday. (Reuters)

https://www.voanews.com/a/myanmar-rebels-say-they-have-repelled-junta-push-to-take-back-border-town/7570411.html

VOANews, 1 month ago to random

Jury selection begins Monday for the first ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president. Donald Trump is in New York for legal proceedings, which are expected to last the next few months. Tina Trinh has more from New York.

WATCH: https://youtu.be/7XxzqLYelsc?si=oENn0-ZIl10hKBsB #voanews

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Donald Trump is headed to trial on Monday, the first former U.S. president ever to face criminal charges and the threat of imprisonment if he is convicted.

https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-heads-to-first-criminal-trial-ever-of-a-former-us-president/7569424.html #voanews

VOANews, 1 month ago to random

Botswana objects to G7 EU diamond-tracking system

https://www.voanews.com/a/botswana-objects-to-g7-eu-diamond-tracking-system-/7568093.html

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Commandos from Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard rappelled from a helicopter onto an Israeli-affiliated container ship near the Strait of Hormuz and seized the vessel Saturday, the latest in a series of attacks between the two countries.

https://www.voanews.com/a/iran-s-revolutionary-guard-seizes-cargo-ship-near-strait-of-hormuz/7568685.html #voanews

VOANews, 1 month ago to random

The judge in Donald Trump's hush money criminal case on Friday turned down the former president’s request to postpone his trial because of publicity about the case.

It was the latest in a string of delay denials that Trump got from various courts this week as he fought to stave off the hush money case, set to begin Monday with jury selection.

https://www.voanews.com/a/judge-declines-to-delay-trump-hush-money-trial-over-publicity-complaints/7568505.html #voanews

VOANews, 1 month ago to random

Thousands continue to flee Myanmar to Thailand, a day after the strategically vital town of Myawaddy near the border fell to anti-junta resistance that is gaining strength. Thailand is urging peace and dialogue as it remains neutral in the conflict.

https://youtu.be/bhFttLpV8BA?si=9rmA2yE_KeOBDjIA #voanews

VOANews, 1 month ago to random

State television in Niger broadcast footage on Thursday of Russian military trainers arriving in the country aboard a plane equipped with military supplies to boost its air defenses amid deteriorating relations between Niger and the United States.

https://www.voanews.com/a/russian-military-trainers-arrive-in-niger-as-relations-with-us-deteriorate/7567478.html #voanews

VOANews, 1 month ago to random

FBI fears 'coordinated attack' on US homeland

https://www.voanews.com/a/fbi-fears-coordinated-attack-on-us-homeland/7565964.html

VOANews, 2 months ago to random

O.J. Simpson, the American football star and actor who was acquitted in a sensational 1995 trial of murdering his former wife but was found responsible for her death in a civil lawsuit and was later imprisoned for armed robbery and kidnapping, has died at the age of 76.

https://www.voanews.com/a/o-j-simpson-football-star-turned-celebrity-murder-defendant-dies-at-76/7565971.html?123 #voanews

VOANews, 2 months ago to random

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump faces multiple criminal charges in a hush money payment case in New York City. After several attempts by the former president's lawyers to delay the trial, it is scheduled to begin April 15.

https://youtu.be/FJdaoLoL5SY?si=6FBDRbyon6876NR3 #voanews

VOANews, 2 months ago to random

At least three people were shot and five were in custody Wednesday after gunfire erupted in a Philadelphia park where an Eid al-Fitr celebration marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan was taking place.

The city of an estimated 1.5 million people is located in the eastern U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

https://www.voanews.com/a/at-least-3-shot-during-eid-al-fitr-celebration-in-us/7565426.html #voanews

VOANews, 2 months ago to random

VOA's Anita Powell reports at the White House, where the arrival of spring is marked by a state dinner hosted by First Lady Jill Biden, featuring Washington's cherry blossoms to honor Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his wife.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXr9haqIo7s

VOANews, 2 months ago to random

U.S. President Joe Biden said in an interview aired late Tuesday that he does not agree with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach to Israel’s war against the Hamas militant group, and that Israel should call for a halt in fighting to facilitate humanitarian aid deliveries.

https://www.voanews.com/a/biden-calls-netanyahu-s-approach-to-hamas-war-a-mistake-/7563998.html #voanews

VOANews, 2 months ago to random

A New York appeals court judge Tuesday rejected former President Donald Trump's latest bid to delay his hush money criminal trial while he fights a gag order. Barring further court action, the ruling clears the way for jury selection to begin next week.

https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-seeks-delay-in-stormy-daniels-hush-money-trial-as-he-appeals-gag-order-/7562941.html #voanews

VOANews, 2 months ago to random

▶️ In the United States, the two major political parties have been illustrated by a donkey, symbolizing the Democratic Party, or an elephant, symbolizing the Republican Party. The images are used on campaign-related materials. But why were these two beasts chosen?

https://youtu.be/ChvwT5Ud8hg?si=5JnQnnQKQmQYYEeJ #voanews

VOANews, 2 months ago to random

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron is set to meet Tuesday with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington as part of a trip to push U.S. officials to support a new aid for Ukraine.

Cameron’s visit will also have him hold talks with congressional leaders, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, who has opposed moving forward with a security bill that features $60 billion in aid for Ukraine’s military.

https://www.voanews.com/a/cameron-to-try-to-rally-us-support-for-ukraine-aid/7562364.html #voanews

VOANews, 2 months ago to random

A timelapse shared on social media Monday captured the solar eclipse in Ashtabula, Ohio.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SNoEEywG0JQ

VOANews, 2 months ago to random

Brazil Supreme Court strikes down military intervention thesis in symbolic vote for democracy

https://www.voanews.com/a/brazil-supreme-court-strikes-down-military-intervention-thesis-in-symbolic-vote-for-democracy/7561288.html

VOANews, 2 months ago to random

Regretting coming to US, some illegal Chinese immigrants return home

https://www.voanews.com/a/regretting-coming-to-us-some-illegal-chinese-immigrants-return-home/7561083.html

VOANews, 2 months ago to random

A solar eclipse Monday briefly plunged Mexico's northern region into darkness, attracting locals and tourists who equipped themselves with special glasses and filters to witness the event.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/90DY5b7etiI