Chinese Leader to Dutch PM: Restricting Technology Access Won’t Stop China’s Advance

Chinese Leader to Dutch PM: Restricting Technology Access Won’t Stop China’s Advance

BEIJING — Chinese leader Xi Jinping told visiting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday that attempts to restrict China’s access...

France Airlifts 240 People From Chaotic Haiti

France Airlifts 240 People From Chaotic Haiti

Paris — France has evacuated some 240 people from violence-wracked Haiti on French army helicopters, its foreign ministry said Wednesday. “More...

Bus Accident in Eastern Germany Kills at Least 5 People 

Bus Accident in Eastern Germany Kills at Least 5 People 

Berlin — At least five people were killed Wednesday when a bus headed from Berlin to Switzerland came off a highway...

Ukraine Raises Country’s Spirits with Euro 2024 Qualification

Ukraine Raises Country’s Spirits with Euro 2024 Qualification

WROCLAW, Poland — Ukraine’s qualification for the Euro 2024 soccer finals has cheered a country suffering hardship in its conflict with...

Russia Reports Thwarting Ukrainian Aerial Attack in Belgorod

Russia Reports Thwarting Ukrainian Aerial Attack in Belgorod

Vietnamese Automaker VinFast to Start Selling EVs in Thailand

Vietnamese Automaker VinFast to Start Selling EVs in Thailand

Bangkok — Vietnamese automaker VinFast announced Tuesday that it plans to sell its electric vehicles in Thailand and said it had...

Dutch Hyperloop Center Aims to Advance Futuristic Transport Technology

Dutch Hyperloop Center Aims to Advance Futuristic Transport Technology

VEENDAM, Netherlands — A 420-meter, or quarter-mile, white steel tube running alongside a railway line in the windswept northern Netherlands could...

Thousands Protest Against Hungary’s Orban After Leaks of Graft Case Tape

Thousands Protest Against Hungary’s Orban After Leaks of Graft Case Tape

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Thousands of people protested in Budapest near parliament on Tuesday demanding the chief prosecutor and Prime Minister Viktor...

Critics Slam Apple CEO Tim Cook for Laudatory Remarks in China

Critics Slam Apple CEO Tim Cook for Laudatory Remarks in China

 Washington — Tim Cook, CEO of the American technology giant Apple, is facing criticism at home over laudatory remarks he made...

British Judges Want Guarantee Wikileaks’ Assange Won’t Face Death Penalty

British Judges Want Guarantee Wikileaks’ Assange Won’t Face Death Penalty

Britain’s high court has ruled the United States must guarantee that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will not get the death...

One Year Since Arrest, Journalist Gershkovich Remains in Russian Prison

One Year Since Arrest, Journalist Gershkovich Remains in Russian Prison

As American journalist Evan Gershkovich marks one year in Russian prison, his family and colleagues fight for his release. VOA’s...

US Aims to Tap Domestic Lithium Supply Without Chinese Products

US Aims to Tap Domestic Lithium Supply Without Chinese Products

washington — Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a record conditional loan of $2.26 billion to tap the...

Robots Writing Letters for Humans  

Robots Writing Letters for Humans  

LogOn: Robots Hand Write Letters for Humans

LogOn: Robots Hand Write Letters for Humans

Not long ago, people wrote letters by hand. But like many things eclipsed by modern technology, handwritten letters are less...

Battery Swap Technologies May Advance E-Vehicle Adoption in Africa

Battery Swap Technologies May Advance E-Vehicle Adoption in Africa

Electric vehicles can lower pollution and save drivers money, but in Africa, uneven access to electricity is a significant barrier...

West Reliant on Russian Nuclear Fuel Amid Decarbonization Push

West Reliant on Russian Nuclear Fuel Amid Decarbonization Push

London — A new report and research from a British defense research group has found that many Western nations are still...

West Reliant on Russian Nuclear Fuel Amid Decarbonization Push

West Reliant on Russian Nuclear Fuel Amid Decarbonization Push

An analysis by Britain’s Royal United Services Institute has found that many Western nations still rely on Russian nuclear fuel...

UK Court: Assange Can’t Be Extradited Until US Rules Out Death Penalty

UK Court: Assange Can’t Be Extradited Until US Rules Out Death Penalty

LONDON — A British court ruled Tuesday that Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the United States on espionage charges unless...

Ukraine Downs 12 Russian Drones

Ukraine Downs 12 Russian Drones

Russia Extends Detention of US Journalist Gershkovich

Russia Extends Detention of US Journalist Gershkovich

Ex-Brazilian President Stayed at Hungarian Embassy After Revelations of Coup Investigation

Ex-Brazilian President Stayed at Hungarian Embassy After Revelations of Coup Investigation

New Zealand Links Parliament Hacking to China State-Backed Group

New Zealand Links Parliament Hacking to China State-Backed Group