Posts by Newsmaker

Q&A: How Do Europe’s Sweeping Rules for Tech Giants Work?

Q&A: How Do Europe’s Sweeping Rules for Tech Giants Work?

Google, Facebook, TikTok and other Big Tech companies operating in Europe must comply with one of the most far-reaching efforts...

Electric Vehicle ‘Fast Chargers’ Seen as Game Changer

Electric Vehicle ‘Fast Chargers’ Seen as Game Changer

With White House funding to help get more electric cars on the road, some states are creating local rules to...

 Ukrainian Soldier Spent Weeks in Wagner Group’s Captivity, Lost Both Arms

 Ukrainian Soldier Spent Weeks in Wagner Group’s Captivity, Lost Both Arms

Ukrainian soldier Ilya Mikhalchuk was wounded near Bakhmut and captured by Wagner Group mercenaries in February. He had both arms...

Nerve Agents, Poison and Window Falls. Over the Years, Kremlin Foes Have Been Attacked or Killed

Nerve Agents, Poison and Window Falls. Over the Years, Kremlin Foes Have Been Attacked or Killed

The attacks range from the exotic — poisoned by drinking polonium-laced tea or touching a deadly nerve agent — to...

Russia Claims to Have Shot Down 42 Ukrainian Drones

Russia Claims to Have Shot Down 42 Ukrainian Drones

Russia said early Friday that it has downed dozens of drones launched from Ukraine. Russia’s Defense Ministry said that 42...

Spain Football Chief Will Resign for Kissing a Player, Reports Say

Spain Football Chief Will Resign for Kissing a Player, Reports Say

The president of the Spanish football federation faces an emergency meeting of its general assembly on Friday amid media reports...

Norway Donates F-16 Fighter Jets to Ukraine

Norway Donates F-16 Fighter Jets to Ukraine

Norway is donating F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on a visit to Kyiv...

Pentagon to Train Ukrainian Pilots on F-16s in US 

Pentagon to Train Ukrainian Pilots on F-16s in US 

The Pentagon says the military will start training Ukrainian pilots to fly U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets inside the United States...

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...