New Artificial Intelligence Solutions Developed to Combat Wildfires
Wildfires fueled by climate change have ravaged communities from Maui to the Mediterranean this summer, killing many people, exhausting firefighters...
EU Businesses ‘Questioning Their Position’ in China: Trade Commissioner
European businesses in China are increasingly questioning their positions in the face of tough new security laws and a politicization...
Turkey’s Erdogan to Meet Azeri’s Aliyev as Thousands Flee Karabakh
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is to meet his ally Azeri President Ilham Aliyev on Monday, as thousands of ethnic Armenians...
Macron: France Pulling Ambassador, Troops From Niger After Coup
French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday, France is imminently to withdraw its ambassador from Niger, followed by the French military...
Ukrainian Train Is Lifeline Connecting Kyiv With the Front Line
Among the hundreds of trains crisscrossing Ukraine’s elaborate railway network every day, the Kyiv-Kramatorsk train stands apart, shrouded in solemn...
Kremlin Critic and Journalist Kara-Murza Transferred to Siberian Prison, Lawyer Says
An imprisoned Russian opposition figure has been transferred to a maximum security prison in Siberia and placed in a tiny...
NASA’s 1st Asteroid Samples Land on Earth After Spacecraft Release
NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. In...
Holocaust Revisionist Is Top Mayor Candidate in One German City
A populist far-right politician is the front-runner in a mayoral race Sunday in the German city of Nordhausen, best known...
Italian PM Admits She Hoped to Do ‘Better’ on Migration
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has admitted she had hoped to do “better” on controlling irregular migration, which has surged...
Armenian PM Says Armenians May Flee Karabakh, Blames Russia
Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Sunday the likelihood was rising that ethnic Armenians would flee the breakaway region...
Ukraine Grain Shipment Reaches Turkey
A second shipment of Ukrainian wheat reached Turkey on Sunday, according to Agence France-Presse. Russia had threatened to attack vessels...
1 Police Officer Killed, 1 Wounded in Kosovo
One policeman was killed and another wounded in north Kosovo early Sunday, according to authorities, during an armed attack on...
6 Young Portuguese Activists Head to Court in Climate Fight
Sofia Oliveira was 12 years old when catastrophic wildfires in central Portugal killed more than 100 people in 2017. She...
As World’s Problems Grow More Challenging, United Nations Head Gets Bleaker
At the annual meeting of world leaders last year, the U.N. chief sounded a global alarm about the survival of...
Illegal Migration to Greece Surges, Sparking Measures to Shield Borders
Thousands of migrants have made their way illegally into Greece from Turkey, using rickety rafts to cross the Aegean, the...
Ukraine War Pushes NATO to Bolster Drone-Tackling Expertise
A small drone flits over opened earth, and an explosion appears on the video feed. The drone has just dropped...
Ukraine’s Peace Plan, Grain Deal ‘Not Realistic,’ Lavrov Says
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov castigated Ukraine’s proposed 10-point peace plan and spurned a revival of the Black Sea Grain...
VOA Immigration Weekly Recap, Sept. 17–23
Editor’s note: Here is a look at immigration-related news around the U.S. this week. Questions? Tips? Comments? Email the VOA...
Germany’s Scholz Asks Poland to Clarify Cash-for-Visas Affair
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on the Polish government Saturday to clarify allegations about a cash-for-visas deal for migrants that...
Pope Says Migrants at Sea ‘Must Be Rescued’
“People who are at risk of drowning when abandoned on the waves must be rescued,” Pope Francis said Friday in...
Swedish Sinkhole Opens After Landslide
At least three people were injured early Saturday after a landslide in western Sweden resulted in the opening of a...
Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Concealing Loan From Former Intelligence Officer
Former FBI official Charles McGonigal pleaded guilty on Friday to accepting $225,000 from Albanian-American Agron Nezaj, a former Albanian intelligence...
