Bogged down in a sprawling trade dispute with U.S. rival China, President Donald Trump took steps Friday to ease tensions with America’s allies: lifting import taxes on Canadian and Mexican …
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‘Caine Mutiny,’ ‘Winds of War’ Author Herman Wouk Has Died
Herman Wouk, the versatile, Pulitzer Prize winning author of such million-selling novels as “The Caine Mutiny” and “The Winds of War” whose steady Jewish faith inspired his stories of religious …
your ads here!Norman Rockwell’s Images of Freedom Revisited 75 Years Later
Norman Rockwell is considered one of America’s most beloved and influential artists, painting scenes of ordinary Americans at work, at play and at war, capturing simple yet compelling details that …
your ads here!Internet Sensation Grumpy Cat Has Died at Age 7
Her owners say Grumpy Cat, whose sourpuss demeanor became an internet sensation, has died at age 7. Posting on social media Friday, Grumpy Cat’s owners wrote that she experienced complications …
your ads here!After Huawei Blow, China Says US Must Show Sincerity for Talks
The United States must show sincerity if it is to hold meaningful trade talks, China said on Friday, after U.S. President Donald Trump dramatically raised the stakes with a potentially …
your ads here!Trade Tensions Seen Tightening Job Market for Chinese Graduates
A record number of 8.34 million university graduates are set to enter the Chinese job market this summer amid escalating trade tensions between Washington and Beijing. Observers say that as …
your ads here!South Korea Waits Out US-China Trade War
Juhyun Lee contributed to this report. SEOUL — As U.S. President Donald Trump intensifies his trade battle with China, one of the hardest-hit countries could be South Korea. Asia’s fourth-largest …
your ads here!Huawei Offers to Sign ‘No-Spy’ Agreements
As anticipation builds for the next-generation mobile communications or 5G, security has become a heated topic. The U.S. government has launched an unprecedented campaign urging countries to ban one of …
your ads here!Chinese-American Pei, Famed Architect, Dies at 102
I.M. Pei, the versatile, globe-trotting architect who revived the Louvre with a giant glass pyramid and captured the spirit of rebellion at the multi-shaped Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, …
your ads here!Tech Startups Move Forward in Africa
The Afrobytes and Viva Tech conferences in Paris this week have provided an opportunity to look at the progress that high-tech startups have made in Africa, where fundraising is booming. According to Partech Africa, …
your ads here!Oregon OKs Largest Expansion of Federal Free Lunch Program
Oregon is spending $40 million to dramatically expand the federal free breakfast and lunch program, ensuring that more than 60 percent of its 400,000 public school students will be included, …
your ads here!In Cannes, ‘Les Miserables’ Rings Alarm for Paris Suburbs
More than 150 years after Victor Hugo’s classic novel, a French film titled Les Miserables gives a gritty, modern view of the Paris suburbs where Jean Valjean first met Cosette. Ladj Ly’s Les Miserables, which …
your ads here!Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms
Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms on display at The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum. …
your ads here!NTSB: Autopilot Was in Use Before Tesla Hit Semitrailer
A Tesla Model S involved in a fatal crash with a semitrailer in Florida March 1 was operating on the company’s semi-autonomous Autopilot system, federal investigators have determined. The car …
your ads here!Huawei Warns US Over Ban on Rollout of 5G Technology
Joyce Huang contributed to this report. SHENZHEN, CHINA — One day after the United States effectively banned Chinese telecom titan Huawei from building next-generation “5G” mobile networks in the United …
your ads here!Consumers Start to Feel Pinch From US, China Trade Standoff
As the U.S. and China escalate their trade standoff, consumers in both countries are starting to see the impact. VOA’s Mykhailo Komadovsky reports from Washington. …
your ads here!Alabama Passes Near Total Ban on Abortions
The U.S. state of Alabama has passed a law that criminalizes abortion in nearly all cases, including pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. Tough abortion laws were earlier adopted in …
your ads here!A Van Gogh Painting is Authenticated in Connecticut
The mystery about the authenticity of a painting has been solved after 25 years. A painting given by a private collector to the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, …
your ads here!Using Garbage to Rebuild Tired Soil
Soil gets tired as repeated farming slowly robs it of nutrients. In the past, farmers would be forced to keep their fields empty for a season while the soil recharged, …
your ads here!Woodstock 50 Festival Says Show Back on After Winning Court Ruling
Organizers of a three-day concert marking the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock music festival said on Wednesday the show was back on after winning a court ruling against a lead …
your ads here!Acting FAA Chief Defends Agency’s Safety Certification Process
The acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration defended the way his agency certifies airline safety after two deadly crashes of the now-grounded Boeing 737 Max jet. Daniel Elwell called …
your ads here!Lawmakers Seek Probe on US Hacking Services Sold Globally
U.S. lawmakers are pushing legislation that would force the State Department to report what it is doing to control the spread of U.S. hacking tools around the world. A bill …
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