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UN Inspectors Set to Start Work at Ukraine Nuclear Plant 

UN Inspectors Set to Start Work at Ukraine Nuclear Plant 

U.N. nuclear inspectors expect to begin their work Thursday at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, assessing safety and security matters...

Why China’s Leaders Think Gorbachev Took Wrong Path

Why China’s Leaders Think Gorbachev Took Wrong Path

The death of the Soviet Union’s last leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, whose reforms led to the disintegration of the former communist...

Journalists Reflect on Gorbachev Legacy

Journalists Reflect on Gorbachev Legacy

As the world marks the passing of former Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev, VOA’s Kane Farabaugh shares the thoughts of international...

News Outlet in Malta Battles 40 Lawsuits Over Records Request  

News Outlet in Malta Battles 40 Lawsuits Over Records Request  

When Caroline Muscat filed Freedom of Information requests in Malta to access public contracts and payments to the director of...

Journalists Reflect on the Legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev

Journalists Reflect on the Legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev

As soon as he arrived with a small motorcade in rural Eureka, Illinois — population 5,400 — he was the...

As Boris Johnson Departs, Britain’s Next Leader Faces Daunting Challenges

As Boris Johnson Departs, Britain’s Next Leader Faces Daunting Challenges

Britain will have a new prime minister next week, nearly two months after the resignation of Boris Johnson in July,...

To Ukrainians, Gorbachev Remains an ‘Imperialist’

To Ukrainians, Gorbachev Remains an ‘Imperialist’

Mikhail Gorbachev could have been celebrated for involuntarily opening a path toward Ukraine’s independence, but his support for Crimea’s annexation...

VOA Interview NASA Astronaut Victor Glover

VOA Interview NASA Astronaut Victor Glover

VOA’s Kane Farabaugh spoke with NASA Astronaut Victor Glover ahead of Monday’s scheduled Artemis launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida. While...

As Johnson Departs, Britain’s Next Leader Faces Daunting Challenges

As Johnson Departs, Britain’s Next Leader Faces Daunting Challenges

A new prime minister will take power in Britain next week after the resignation of Boris Johnson in July, following...

Borrell Says EU Members Agree on Suspension of Visa Deal for Russians

Borrell Says EU Members Agree on Suspension of Visa Deal for Russians

The European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, says the bloc’s 27 members have agreed to suspend an agreement with Russia,...

Fans of Princess Diana Gather to Mark Her Death 25 Years Ago

Fans of Princess Diana Gather to Mark Her Death 25 Years Ago

Fans of the late Princess Diana placed tributes outside the gates of her Kensington Palace home on Wednesday, marking the...

Condolences Pour in as Last Soviet Leader Gorbachev Dies At 91

Condolences Pour in as Last Soviet Leader Gorbachev Dies At 91

Leaders and politicians around the world have expressed their condolences as news spread that the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev,...

Global Tributes Pour in Following Death of Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev

Global Tributes Pour in Following Death of Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev

Condolences and tributes are pouring in from around the world following Tuesday’s death of the former president of the Soviet...

India and China to Take Part in Joint Military Drills with Russia

India and China to Take Part in Joint Military Drills with Russia

India and China are among several countries taking part in Russia’s weeklong joint military drills scheduled to get underway on...

UN Team Heads to Assess Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant 

UN Team Heads to Assess Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant 

A team of inspectors from the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog headed Wednesday to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to assess safety...

Mikhail Gorbachev, Last Soviet Leader, Dies at 91

Mikhail Gorbachev, Last Soviet Leader, Dies at 91

Mikhail Gorbachev, who presided over the demise of the Soviet Union and helped end decades of Cold War fear, earning...

Global Reaction to Death of Mikhail Gorbachev

Global Reaction to Death of Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died...

Russian Media: Ex-Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Is Dead at 91

Russian Media: Ex-Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Is Dead at 91

Mikhail Gorbachev, who as the last leader of the Soviet Union waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire...

Ukraine Lawmaker Questions Kyiv’s Strategic Partnership With Beijing

Ukraine Lawmaker Questions Kyiv’s Strategic Partnership With Beijing

While China’s strategic partnership with Russia “without limits” has been widely reported since the start of the war in Ukraine,...

Musk Cites Whistleblower as New Reason to Exit Twitter Deal

Musk Cites Whistleblower as New Reason to Exit Twitter Deal

Elon Musk and Twitter lobbed salvos at each other Tuesday in the latest round of legal filings over the billionaire...

Vatican Seeks to Clarify Pope’s Stance on Ukraine

Vatican Seeks to Clarify Pope’s Stance on Ukraine

The Vatican sought on Tuesday to clarify the pope’s position on Ukraine, after the pontiff’s comment on the death of...

Russian Prosecutors Ask for 24-Year Sentence for Ex-Reporter

Russian Prosecutors Ask for 24-Year Sentence for Ex-Reporter

Russian prosecutors at the trial of a former journalist asked the court Tuesday to hand him a 24-year prison sentence...