Year of the Snake underway with Lunar New Year festivities
BEIJING — Lunar New Year festivals and prayers marked the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther...
Russian diplomats make first Syria visit since Assad’s fall
MOSCOW — The first Russian official delegation to visit Syria since the toppling of long-term Moscow ally Bashar al-Assad has arrived...
Truth struggles against propaganda and censorship on China’s DeepSeek AI
Washington — Just one week after its initial release, China’s new artificial intelligence assistant, DeepSeek, has shocked American financial markets, technology...
Zelenskyy orders report on US support programs
Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ordered government officials to report on the U.S. support programs whose funds are “currently suspended”...
Trump wants Greenland, but Greenlanders want independence
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that America needs to take control of Greenland from Denmark for, in his...
Ukrainians skeptical Trump can end war with Russia on acceptable terms
U.S. President Donald Trump has promised repeatedly to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. But some Ukrainians are...
Russia weds biolab, organ harvesting conspiracies to discredit US, Ukraine
Russian disinformation narratives about illicit organ harvesting and biological experiments in Ukraine have no basis in fact. Russia intentionally distorts...
AI technology helps boost forest conservation in Kenya
Conservationists in Kenya are using an artificial intelligence-powered application to monitor forest degradation and launch reforestation. The data collected by...
Serbian prime minister to resign as popular protests persist
BELGRADE — Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic on Tuesday announced his resignation, becoming the highest ranking official to leave since anti-corruption...
Italian ship carrying migrants picked up offshore reaches Albania
TIRANA, ALBANIA — An Italian navy ship carrying 49 migrants picked up in international waters arrived in Albania on Tuesday, amid...
Ukrainian officials say Russian drone attacks cause injuries in several regions
Russian drone attacks overnight hit multiple Ukrainian regions and injured at least six people, officials said Tuesday. In the Odesa...
Rubio and Lammy reaffirm US-UK partnership on Indo-Pacific security, China challenges
State Department — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with his British counterpart, Foreign Secretary David Lammy, on Monday to...
Belarusian opposition, Western leaders denounce Lukashenko’s reelection
Belarus’ opposition activists and Western officials have denounced the reelection of Alexander Lukashenko to serve his seventh five-year presidential term. ...
China’s DeepSeek AI rattles Wall Street, but questions remain
Chinese researchers backed by a Hangzhou-based hedge fund recently released a new version of a large language model (LLM) called...
Survivors, world leaders mark 80th anniversary of Auschwitz death camp liberation
Around 50 survivors joined world leaders Monday at the site of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in Poland, on...
VOA Mandarin: What is Stargate? Is China catching up in AI?
The multibillion-dollar Stargate Project announced by U.S. President Donald Trump will focus on building data centers with the goal of...
Serbian farmers join striking university students’ 24-hour traffic blockade in Belgrade
BELGRADE, SERBIA — Serbia’s striking university students on Monday launched a 24-hour blockade of a key traffic intersection in the capital,...
Auschwitz liberation at 80: Survivors, world leaders mark milestone
LONDON — Around 50 survivors and dozens of world leaders attended memorial events at the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp...
EU renews sanctions against Russia, eases them on Syria
PARIS — European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday to continue sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine, but to ease...
Trump’s sanctions could force Russia’s Putin to negotiating table, some experts say
WASHINGTON — On Jan. 22, Donald Trump — just two days after being inaugurated for his second term as U.S. president...
Flood victims rescued by boat as Storm Herminia hits northern France
RENNES, FRANCE — Residents in western France used boats to escape their flooded homes Monday as rivers and waterways broke their...
Tech stocks sink as Chinese competitor threatens to topple their AI domination
New York — Wall Street is tumbling Monday on fears the big U.S. companies that have feasted on the artificial-intelligence frenzy...
