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IPVM, a U.S.-based security and surveillance industry research group, says the Chinese surveillance equipment maker Dahua is selling cameras with...

More US-Bound Migrants From Former Soviet Republics Arrive in Mexico

08/11/2023 Newsmaker

Despite U.S. efforts to curb migration, the flow of migrants at Mexico’s northern border continues. But it’s not just people...

VOA Immigration Weekly Recap, Aug. 6-12

08/11/2023 Newsmaker

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

China, Russia and Iran are Engaged in Foreign Interference in New Zealand, Intelligence Agency Says

08/11/2023 Newsmaker

China, Iran and Russia are engaged in foreign interference in New Zealand, the nation’s domestic intelligence agency said Friday after...

Kyiv Residents Urged to go to Air Raid Shelters as Explosions Heard in Capital

08/11/2023 Newsmaker

Several explosions were heard across Kyiv early Friday. Earlier, Mayor Vitali Klitschko had urged residents to go to air raid...

Putin Profits Off US, European Reliance on Russian Nuclear Fuel

08/10/2023 Newsmaker

The U.S. and its European allies are importing vast amounts of nuclear fuel and compounds from Russia, providing Moscow with...

Biden Asks Congress for More Than $21 Billion to Support Ukraine

08/10/2023 Newsmaker

The Biden administration on Thursday asked Congress to provide more than $13 billion in emergency defense aid to Ukraine and...

Group Helps Ukrainian Students Get Into Top US Schools

08/10/2023 Newsmaker

They are talented, smart, and ambitious, and live in the middle of a war. But 84 Ukrainian high school students...

Caicedo, James, Fowler Among Rising Stars of Women’s World Cup

08/10/2023 Newsmaker

A new generation of stars has emerged at the Women’s World Cup. While the likes of Brazil’s Marta, Canada’s Christine...

Data on Online Hate Directed at BBC Journalists Mirrors Global Trend

08/10/2023 Newsmaker

A journalist who reports on disinformation for the British broadcaster BBC has spoken out about the level of online harassment...

China and Wagner in Africa: Friends or Foes?

08/10/2023 Newsmaker

China’s “friendship without limits” with Russia may be tested in Africa, where Beijing’s long-established economic interests are at risk of...

Virgin Galactic Flies Its First Tourists to the Edge of Space

08/10/2023 Newsmaker

Virgin Galactic rocketed to the edge of space with its first tourists Thursday, including a former British Olympian who bought...

Paris Plans Dramatic Facelift to Cope With Rising Temperatures

08/10/2023 Newsmaker

Paris has recently been shivering under the kind of summer for which it was once infamous — before climate change...

Paris Plans Dramatic Transformation to Cope With Warming Temperatures

08/10/2023 Newsmaker

Paris’ escape from record temperatures gripping parts of Europe this summer could be a short-term reprieve. A study finds the...

China to Require all Apps to Share Business Details in New Oversight Push

08/10/2023 Newsmaker

China will require all mobile app providers in the country to file business details with the government, its information ministry...

Three Years on From Contested Election, Belarus at New Low for Free Press, Speech

08/09/2023 Newsmaker

Wednesday marks three years since the contested elections in Belarus that resulted in a widescale crackdown on dissent and opposition...

US to Provide up to $200 Million in New Aid for Ukraine  

08/09/2023 Newsmaker

The United States is providing up to $200 million in additional military aid for Ukraine, two U.S. officials told VOA,...

Fire at French Vacation Home for Adults With Disabilities Leaves 11 Dead

08/09/2023 Newsmaker

A devastating fire that raged through a vacation home for adults with disabilities in eastern France left 11 people dead...

Dam in Norway Partially Bursts After Days of Heavy Rains

08/09/2023 Newsmaker

A dam partially burst on Wednesday following days of heavy rain that triggered landslides and flooding in mountainous southern Norway,...

US Launches Contest to Use AI to Prevent Government System Hacks

08/09/2023 Newsmaker

The White House on Wednesday said it had launched a multimillion-dollar cyber contest to spur use of artificial intelligence to...

Kremlin Falsely Accuses West of Censoring Media Over War

08/09/2023 Newsmaker

At a youth forum near the Moscow region last week , Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed that Western media take orders and...

US to Restrict High-Tech Investment in China

08/09/2023 Newsmaker

U.S. President Joe Biden is planning Wednesday to impose restrictions on U.S. investments in some high-tech industries in China. Biden’s...