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VOANews, 7 days ago to random

UN chief warns target to limit global warming is slipping away

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VOANews, 7 days ago to random

Boeing launched astronauts for the first time Wednesday, belatedly joining SpaceX as a second taxi service for NASA.

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VOANews, 7 days ago to random

U.S. President Joe Biden landed Wednesday in France to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy invasion – and plans to use the occasion to underscore the need for a strong transatlantic alliance in the face of Russian aggression in Ukraine.

https://www.voanews.com/a/biden-with-france-visit-looks-to-past-and-future-of-global-conflicts-/7643530.html

VOANews, 9 days ago to random

UN: Urgent global aid needed for flood-affected Afghan children

https://www.voanews.com/a/un-urgent-global-aid-needed-for-flood-affected-afghan-children/7640861.html

VOANews, 9 days ago to random

An official quick count released early Monday showed ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum winning Mexico’s presidential election and becoming the country’s first female leader.

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VOANews, 10 days ago to random

📷: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet at the Shangri-La Dialogue, in Singapore, June 2, 2024. (Reuters)

https://www.voanews.com/a/zelenskyy-at-shangri-la-meeting-urges-countries-to-join-peace-summit/7639386.html

VOANews, 10 days ago to random

Mexico is holding its largest elections June 2, 2024. It is the first time in 200 years that a woman will likely be elected president. VOA's Celia Mendoza reports from Mexico City, Mexico.

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VOANews, 12 days ago to random

US-British strikes leave at 16 dead in Yemen, Houthi TV says

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VOANews, 12 days ago to random

📷: Lava continued to spurt from a volcano in southwestern Iceland on Thursday but the activity had calmed significantly from when it erupted a day earlier.

https://www.voanews.com/a/lava-spurts-from-iceland-volcano-for-second-day/7637188.html

VOANews, 12 days ago to random

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun held their first in-person meeting on the sideline of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Friday.

https://www.voanews.com/a/us-chinese-defense-leaders-exchange-views-over-contentious-issues-in-singapore-/7637264.html #voanews

VOANews, 13 days ago to random

Jury finds Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts

https://www.voanews.com/a/jurors-at-trump-hush-money-trial-deliberating-for-second-day/7634861.html

VOANews, 14 days ago to random

Cape Town residents began lining up outside polling stations in the early morning hours on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, to cast their ballots in what may prove to be a sea-change general election in South Africa.

South Africans began voting Wednesday in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years, and one that could put their young democracy in unknown territory.

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VOANews, 14 days ago to random

North Korean balloons dropped feces and other garbage on busy streets, in front of residences, and in other areas across South Korea on Wednesday, according to local media reports and South Korea’s military, in Pyongyang’s latest escalation of tensions with its southern neighbor.

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VOANews, 15 days ago to random

15-year-old Uyghur becomes youngest in China to summit Everest. Seafood production rises in Xinjiang as Uyghur forced labor concerns continue. U.S. Senate committee finds Uyghur forced labor in supply chains of automakers.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U76XOVok7mc

VOANews, 15 days ago to random

UN Security Council to discuss Rafah after deadly Israeli strike

https://www.voanews.com/a/un-security-council-to-discuss-rafah-after-deadly-israeli-strike/7629517.html

VOANews, 16 days ago to random

Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile grows, IAEA reports

https://www.voanews.com/a/iran-s-enriched-uranium-stockpile-grows-iaea-reports/7628904.html

VOANews, 18 days ago to random

Richard M. Sherman, one half of the prolific, award-winning pair of brothers who helped form millions of childhoods by penning the instantly memorable songs for Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang — as well as the most-played tune on Earth, It's a Small World (After All) — has died. He was 95.

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VOANews, 19 days ago to random

The United States will provide a new $275 million military aid package for Ukraine to help the beleaguered country repel Russia’s assault on Kharkiv, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Friday.

The package includes ammunition for HIMARS, 155 mm and 105 mm artillery rounds, missiles, anti-armor systems and precision aerial munitions, the State Department said.

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VOANews, 21 days ago to random

China accelerating forced relocation of rural Tibetans to urban areas, report says

https://www.voanews.com/a/china-accelerates-forced-relocation-of-rural-tibetans-to-urban-areas-report-says/7622395.html

VOANews, 21 days ago to random

Ireland, Norway and Spain each announced Wednesday the recognition of a Palestinian state, citing the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and a need to achieve a two-state solution for lasting peace in the region.

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VOANews, 21 days ago to random

Russia has launched a likely space weapon and deployed it in the same orbit as a U.S. government satellite, the Pentagon said.

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VOANews, 23 days ago to random

A large crowd of mourners gathered in the Iranian city of Tabriz Monday after a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others crashed Sunday while crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog. (Reuters)

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VOANews, 23 days ago to random

Lai Ching-te was sworn in as Taiwan’s new president Monday, kicking off an unprecedented third consecutive term for the pro-sovereignty Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which has consistently highlighted the strength of the island’s democracy over the last eight years.

https://www.voanews.com/a/taiwan-s-new-president-inherits-strong-foreign-policy-position-but-political-gridlock-at-home/7618461.html #voanews

VOANews, 23 days ago to random

▶ Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and other officials were found dead Monday at the site of a helicopter crash in northwestern Iran.

Search crews found the wreckage Monday, a day after the helicopter crashed in bad weather near Varzaqan in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. The Iranian officials were returning to Iran after attending a dam project inauguration at the Iran-Azerbaijan border.

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