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Turkish Engineers Blame Building Amnesty for Quake’s High Death Toll

Turkish Engineers Blame Building Amnesty for Quake’s High Death Toll

As parts of southeast Turkey struggle to recover from last month’s earthquake, many are questioning why so many relatively modern...

EU Defense Ministers Consider Ammunition Aid for Ukraine

EU Defense Ministers Consider Ammunition Aid for Ukraine

European Union foreign ministers gathered Wednesday in Stockholm with a push to provide more ammunition to Ukrainian forces high on...

Australian PM to Visit United States after India Trip

Australian PM to Visit United States after India Trip

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will soon travel to the United States to meet with President Joe Biden amid reports...

Greek Workers Join Walkout Over Deadly Train Crash, Call Protests

Greek Workers Join Walkout Over Deadly Train Crash, Call Protests

Thousands of workers will join a nationwide strike on Wednesday in protest over Greece’s deadliest train disaster that killed 57...

US, Lithuania in Talks Aimed at China

US, Lithuania in Talks Aimed at China

In March 1990, Lithuania became the first republic to break away from the Soviet Union by declaring itself an independent...

US Ambassador to Estonia on Russian Threats, NATO Expansion

US Ambassador to Estonia on Russian Threats, NATO Expansion

Weeks after U.S. Ambassador to Estonia George Kent took up his new post in the country, he spoke to VOA...

VOA Interview: Estonian President Alar Karis

VOA Interview: Estonian President Alar Karis

Estonia’s president has long said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is not only an attack on a neighboring country but...

Key US Intelligence Official Casts Shade on TikTok, Chinese Tech

Key US Intelligence Official Casts Shade on TikTok, Chinese Tech

Add a top U.S. intelligence official to the list of Americans expressing concern about Chinese-made technology and Chinese social media...

France Reports Bird Flu in Foxes Near Paris, WOAH Says

France Reports Bird Flu in Foxes Near Paris, WOAH Says

France has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu among red foxes northeast of Paris, the World Organization...

Quake Aftermath Threatens Syrian Cancer Patients

Quake Aftermath Threatens Syrian Cancer Patients

In the aftermath of last month’s deadly earthquakes on the Turkish-Syrian border, doctors are warning that thousands of cancer patients...

South Africa’s ANC Received Big Donation from Russian Oligarch-Linked Firm

South Africa’s ANC Received Big Donation from Russian Oligarch-Linked Firm

South Africa’s ruling ANC party has brushed aside criticism of a large donation it accepted from a mining company linked...

Syrian Kurdish Refugee Families in Iraq Separate in Quest to Reach Europe

Syrian Kurdish Refugee Families in Iraq Separate in Quest to Reach Europe

The deteriorating economic situation in Iraqi Kurdistan has prompted many Syrian men living there with their families as refugees to...

Is Russia Courting Malawi Support on Ukraine?

Is Russia Courting Malawi Support on Ukraine?

Russia’s ambassador to Malawi has said he hopes African leaders will call for an end to the international sanctions against...

US NSA Director Concerned by TikTok Data Collection, Use in Influence Operations

US NSA Director Concerned by TikTok Data Collection, Use in Influence Operations

U.S. National Security Agency director Paul Nakasone on Tuesday expressed concern about Chinese-owned video app TikTok’s data collection and potential...

Spain Requests US Cleanup of Cold War Nuclear Crash Site

Spain Requests US Cleanup of Cold War Nuclear Crash Site

Nearly sixty years after one of the world’s worst nuclear accidents, Spain has asked the United States to clean up...

France on Strike: Unions Say ‘Non’ to Higher Pension Age

France on Strike: Unions Say ‘Non’ to Higher Pension Age

Garbage collectors, utility workers and train drivers are among people walking off the job on Tuesday across France to show...

Britain to Detail Plan to Ban Asylum for Channel Migrants

Britain to Detail Plan to Ban Asylum for Channel Migrants

Britain’s government will set out details for a new law barring the entry of asylum seekers to the UK in...

Russian Defense Chief Says Capturing Bakhmut Important for Wider Donbas Offensive 

Russian Defense Chief Says Capturing Bakhmut Important for Wider Donbas Offensive 

Russia’s defense minister said Tuesday that capturing the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was important to launching offensive operations deeper...

Japan’s New Rocket Fails After Engine Issue, in Blow to Space Ambitions

Japan’s New Rocket Fails After Engine Issue, in Blow to Space Ambitions

Japan’s new medium-lift rocket failed on its debut flight in space on Tuesday after the launcher’s second-stage engine did not...

Attorneys General in 45 US States Demand TikTok Hand Over Information

Attorneys General in 45 US States Demand TikTok Hand Over Information

A group of attorneys general from 45 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., demanded Monday that social media app TikTok produce...

In Ukraine’s New York, Some Want USSR Back

In Ukraine’s New York, Some Want USSR Back

New York is a city that never sleeps. But this New York, once known as Novgorodske, is in Ukraine’s Donetsk...

Italy Ministers Fume Over Proposed Smoking Ban

Italy Ministers Fume Over Proposed Smoking Ban

The Italian health minister’s proposals to extend a smoking ban include the outdoor areas of bars and parks, according to...