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What Does Death of Wagner Group Chief Prigozhin Mean for Russia?

What Does Death of Wagner Group Chief Prigozhin Mean for Russia?

On Thursday, the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency confirmed the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of the Russian mercenary...

US Sanctions Russians Involved in Abduction, Deportation of Ukrainian Children

US Sanctions Russians Involved in Abduction, Deportation of Ukrainian Children

The United States announced new sanctions Thursday against several Russian entities and individuals for their roles in the abduction and...

Death Toll Rises to Five in Poland Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak

Death Toll Rises to Five in Poland Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak

The death toll from an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Rzeszow, southeast Poland, has risen to five, local authorities said...

Istanbul Battles Drought as Reservoirs Dry Up

Istanbul Battles Drought as Reservoirs Dry Up

Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, faces one of its worst droughts and now record-high temperatures, blamed on climate change. With many...

US Sues SpaceX for Discriminating Against Refugees, Asylum-Seekers

US Sues SpaceX for Discriminating Against Refugees, Asylum-Seekers

The U.S. Justice Department is suing Elon Musk’s SpaceX for refusing to hire refugees and asylum-seekers at the rocket company....

VOA on the Scene: Ukraine Counteroffensive Captures ‘Only Villages in Name’

VOA on the Scene: Ukraine Counteroffensive Captures ‘Only Villages in Name’

Slower than expected but still moving forward, frontline soldiers say the Russian defenses are fierce in southern Ukraine as they...

Jailed American Journalist’s Arrest Extended by Moscow Court

Jailed American Journalist’s Arrest Extended by Moscow Court

A Moscow court on Thursday extended by three months the pre-trial detention of jailed U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich. He will...

Russian Missile Attack Injures 7 in Dnipro

Russian Missile Attack Injures 7 in Dnipro

A Russian missile attack wounded at least seven people early Thursday in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro. Serhiy Lysak,...

Ukrainian Families Demand Return of Loved Ones From Russia

Ukrainian Families Demand Return of Loved Ones From Russia

Mykola and Natalia Navrotsky are from the small town of Dymer, about 48 kilometers from Kyiv. They last saw their...

Putin, Xi Slam West at BRICS Summit

Putin, Xi Slam West at BRICS Summit

China and Russia used the second day of the BRICS Summit of emerging economies to criticize the West, while also...

AI Firms Under Fire for Allegedly Infringing on Copyrights

AI Firms Under Fire for Allegedly Infringing on Copyrights

New artificial intelligence tools that write human-like prose and create stunning images have taken the world by storm. But these...

Russia Asks Court to Extend Pre-Trial Detention for Jailed American Journalist

Russia Asks Court to Extend Pre-Trial Detention for Jailed American Journalist

Russia on Wednesday requested that the pre-trial detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich be extended.  The Wall Street Journal reporter’s...

Ukrainian Intelligence Says It Lured Russian Helicopter Pilot to Land in Ukraine

Ukrainian Intelligence Says It Lured Russian Helicopter Pilot to Land in Ukraine

Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence agency deliberately lured a Russian military pilot to land his Mi-8 helicopter at a Ukrainian airfield,...

US Seeks to Extend Science, Tech Agreement With China for 6 Months

US Seeks to Extend Science, Tech Agreement With China for 6 Months

The U.S. State Department, in coordination with other agencies from President Joe Biden’s administration, is seeking a six-month extension of...

Syria, Russia Increase Attacks on Rebel Bases

Syria, Russia Increase Attacks on Rebel Bases

Syrian forces have ramped up their attacks on rebel bases and weapons depots, targeting dozens of fighters, the defense ministry...

How AI Can ‘Resurrect’ People

How AI Can ‘Resurrect’ People

In 2023, a new way to use AI has come online. Some companies are using the tool to make lifelike avatars of people,...

Greece Cracks Down on Attacks on Migrants as Wildfires Rage 

Greece Cracks Down on Attacks on Migrants as Wildfires Rage 

Greece’s Supreme Court has ordered an urgent investigation into racist attacks that followed the outbreak of ferocious wildfires in the...

Jet Crash in Russia Kills 10; Wagner Chief Was on Passenger List

Jet Crash in Russia Kills 10; Wagner Chief Was on Passenger List

A private jet crashed in Russia on Wednesday, killing all 10 people aboard, emergency officials said. Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin...

India Lands Craft on Moon’s Unexplored South Pole

India Lands Craft on Moon’s Unexplored South Pole

An Indian spacecraft has landed on the moon, becoming the first craft to touch down on the lunar surface’s south...

Kenyan Court Gives Meta and Sacked Moderators 21 Days to Pursue Settlement  

Kenyan Court Gives Meta and Sacked Moderators 21 Days to Pursue Settlement  

A Kenyan court has given Facebook’s parent company, Meta, and the content moderators who are suing it for unfair dismissal...

Turkey Orders VOA Turkish to Obtain License or Face Charges

Turkey Orders VOA Turkish to Obtain License or Face Charges

Turkey’s media regulator has given Voice of America’s Turkish Service a three-day deadline to apply for a broadcast license or...

Daughter Pleads With US, Germany to Help Father on Iran’s Death Row

Daughter Pleads With US, Germany to Help Father on Iran’s Death Row

The daughter of a German citizen of Iranian descent who was sentenced to death by Tehran pleaded Tuesday for the...