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Estonian Foreign Minister: ‘If Ukraine Fails, We All Fail’

Estonian Foreign Minister: ‘If Ukraine Fails, We All Fail’

washington — Ukraine was the focus of a high-level delegation from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in Washington this week. In an...

Slovakians Form Human Chain Around Threatened Public Broadcaster

Slovakians Form Human Chain Around Threatened Public Broadcaster

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Protesters in Slovakia formed a human chain around the country’s public television and radio building Wednesday in anger...

Central Asians in Russia Face Backlash After IS-K Terror Attack

Central Asians in Russia Face Backlash After IS-K Terror Attack

Washington — Russian media and analysts are reporting a spike in hate crimes and violence against migrants from Central Asia following...

Blinken to Discuss Ukraine, Gaza With Macron in Paris

Blinken to Discuss Ukraine, Gaza With Macron in Paris

Washington — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will discuss support for Ukraine during talks in Paris next week with French...

US, UK Impose Sanctions on Hamas-Aligned Fundraising Network

US, UK Impose Sanctions on Hamas-Aligned Fundraising Network

Prosecutor Seeks 2-1/2-Year Jail Term for Spain’s Ex-Soccer Chief Rubiales Over Kiss

Prosecutor Seeks 2-1/2-Year Jail Term for Spain’s Ex-Soccer Chief Rubiales Over Kiss

MADRID — A prosecutor at Spain’s High Court is seeking a prison sentence of 2-1/2 years for former soccer federation chief...

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...

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...

Robots Writing Letters for Humans  

Robots Writing Letters for Humans  

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

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