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Kenya Panel Urges Shutdown of Worldcoin’s Crypto Project Within Country

Kenya Panel Urges Shutdown of Worldcoin’s Crypto Project Within Country

A Kenyan parliamentary panel called on the country’s information technology regulator on Monday to shut down the operations of cryptocurrency...

Temperatures in Spain Shatter Records as October Kicks Off

Temperatures in Spain Shatter Records as October Kicks Off

The start of October in Spain this year has been the warmest since records began, the country’s meteorological agency AEMET...

Armenian Exodus From Nagorno-Karabakh Ebbs as Azerbaijan Moves to Reaffirm Control

Armenian Exodus From Nagorno-Karabakh Ebbs as Azerbaijan Moves to Reaffirm Control

The last bus carrying ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh left the region Monday, completing a grueling weeklong exodus of over 100,000...

Things to Know About the Nobel Prizes

Things to Know About the Nobel Prizes

Fall has arrived in Scandinavia, which means Nobel Prize season is here. The start of October is when the Nobel...

Mourners Hail Dead Russian Mercenary Prigozhin as ‘Patriotic Hero’

Mourners Hail Dead Russian Mercenary Prigozhin as ‘Patriotic Hero’

At memorials to Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed in an unexplained plane crash exactly 40 days ago, dozens of mourners...

UN Mission Now in Nagorno-Karabakh as Ethnic Armenian Exodus Nears End

UN Mission Now in Nagorno-Karabakh as Ethnic Armenian Exodus Nears End

A United Nations mission arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh Sunday, Azerbaijani media reported, as a mass exodus of ethnic Armenians from the...

US Forest Service Helps Equip Ukrainian Volunteer Firefighters

US Forest Service Helps Equip Ukrainian Volunteer Firefighters

he All-Ukrainian Environmental League is a grassroots organization that has been operating since 1997. As part of its portfolio, it...

Suicide Bomber Strikes in Turkish Capital

Suicide Bomber Strikes in Turkish Capital

No group has yet claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing Sunday in the Turkish capital. The attack in Ankara came...

Swiss-Led Team Drives Electric Vans From Geneva to Doha,
Qatar

Swiss-Led Team Drives Electric Vans From Geneva to Doha, Qatar

A Swiss-led team has driven electric vans across Europe and the Arabian Peninsula to Qatar to showcase zero-emission battery powered...

Suicide Bomber Detonates Device in Turkish Capital

Suicide Bomber Detonates Device in Turkish Capital

A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device Sunday in the heart of the Turkish capital, Ankara. A second assailant was...

Nightclub Fire Kills at Least 9 in Murcia in Spain

Nightclub Fire Kills at Least 9 in Murcia in Spain

At least nine people have been killed in a fire in a nightclub in Murcia in southeast Spain, the mayor...

Polish Opposition Holds Massive Warsaw Rally Ahead of Tight Election 

Polish Opposition Holds Massive Warsaw Rally Ahead of Tight Election 

Hundreds of thousands of people held an opposition rally in Warsaw on Sunday, two weeks ahead of an election that...

Populist, Pro-Russia Ex-Premier, Leftist Party Win in Slovakia’s Parliamentary Elections

Populist, Pro-Russia Ex-Premier, Leftist Party Win in Slovakia’s Parliamentary Elections

A populist former prime minister and his leftist party won parliamentary elections in Slovakia, staging a political comeback after campaigning...

Slovakia’s Pro-West, Pro-Russia Parties in Tight Race, Exit Polls Say

Slovakia’s Pro-West, Pro-Russia Parties in Tight Race, Exit Polls Say

Voters in Slovakia cast ballots Saturday in early parliamentary elections, and two exit polls pointed to a tight finish between...

Apple to Fix Software Bug Making iPhone 15 Models Too Hot to Handle

Apple to Fix Software Bug Making iPhone 15 Models Too Hot to Handle

Apple is blaming a software bug and other issues tied to popular apps such as Instagram and Uber for causing...

New Sports Website Broke Exclusive on Disgraced Spanish Soccer Chief

New Sports Website Broke Exclusive on Disgraced Spanish Soccer Chief

The fall of Spanish Football Federation chief Luis Rubiales, forced to resign over an unwanted kiss of midfielder Jenni Hermoso,...

Kosovo Demands Serbia Withdraw Troops From Border

Kosovo Demands Serbia Withdraw Troops From Border

Kosovo demanded Saturday that Serbia withdraw its troops from their common border, saying it was ready to protect its territorial...

Pope Francis Creates 21 New Cardinals to Help Reform Church

Pope Francis Creates 21 New Cardinals to Help Reform Church

Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals at a ritual-filled ceremony Saturday, including key figures at the Vatican and in the...

As Alpine Glaciers Disappear, New Landscapes Take Their Place

As Alpine Glaciers Disappear, New Landscapes Take Their Place

In pockets of Europe’s Alpine mountains, glaciers are abundant enough that ski resorts operate above the snow and ice. Ski...

VOA Immigration Weekly Recap, Sept. 24-30

VOA Immigration Weekly Recap, Sept. 24-30

Editor’s note: Here is a look at immigration-related news around the U.S. this week. Questions? Tips? Comments? Email the VOA...

Food Prices Rising Due to Climate Change, El Nino, and Russia’s War

Food Prices Rising Due to Climate Change, El Nino, and Russia’s War

How do you cook a meal when a staple ingredient is unaffordable?  This question is playing out in households around...

Slovakia Election Pits Pro-Russia Candidate Against Liberal Pro-West One

Slovakia Election Pits Pro-Russia Candidate Against Liberal Pro-West One

Voters in Slovakia cast ballots Saturday in an early parliamentary election that pits a populist former prime minister who campaigned...