Investigators believe a man who stabbed four people to death and wounded two others targeted his victims at random during a bloody rampage across two Southern California cities, authorities said. …
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Norway Downplays Maduro’s Skipping of Talks With Opposition
The chief facilitator of negotiations between Venezuela’s socialist administration and opposition has downplayed the decision by President Nicolas Maduro to skip a scheduled round of talks. Dag Nylander of Norway’s …
your ads here!Ebola Fears Slow Crossings at Rwanda-DRC Border
Witnesses say fears of the Ebola virus have brought border traffic between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to a virtual standstill. Long lines and lengthy delays at the …
your ads here!Lebanese Daily Publishes Blank Edition to Protest Crisis
Lebanon’s only English-language daily protested the country’s deteriorating economic and political conditions by publishing a blank edition Thursday, calling it an “alarm bell.” Each page of The Daily Star’s …
your ads here!Medicare to Cover Breakthrough Gene Therapy for Some Cancers
Expanding access to a promising but costly treatment, Medicare said Wednesday that it would cover for some blood cancers a breakthrough gene therapy that revs up a patient’s own immune cells …
your ads here!Samsung’s New Note Takes on Huawei in Selfie Beauty Pageant
Samsung unveiled a new version of the Galaxy Note smartphone on Wednesday with fast 5G network connection and improved camera features, hoping the premium model helps it revive slumping profit …
your ads here!Step Aside Chanel: North Korea’s ‘Raccoon Eye Makers’ Get State Push
North Korea is encouraging its beauty-conscious middle class women to choose domestic cosmetics over foreign brands in an effort to boost self-reliance as international sanctions deepen. Promoting homegrown beauty has …
your ads here!Thousands Rally in Support of Maduro in Caracas
Thousands marched Wednesday in Caracas in support of President Nicolas Maduro, two days after the United States imposed the toughest sanctions yet on Venezuela. National Assembly speaker Diosdado Cabello, considered the country’s …
your ads here!5.9-Magnitude Quake Jolts Taiwan
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake rattled Taiwan on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. The quake struck at 5:28 a.m. (21:28 GMT Wednesday) at …
your ads here!Some Skeptical as Trump Prepares to Visit Sites of Shootings
President Trump is bringing a message aimed at national unity and healing to the sites of the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. But the words he offers for …
your ads here!Amid Lockdown in Kashmir, Indian Parliament Approves Resolution to Revoke Its Special Status
Ayaz Gul in Islamabad, Pakistan, contributed to this report. As Kashmir remained locked down for a second straight day, India’s parliament approved scrapping the special status that gave Kashmir significant …
your ads here!India’s Ladakh Buddhist Enclave Jubilant at New Status But China Angered
The Buddhist enclave of Ladakh cheered India’s move to break it away from Jammu and Kashmir state, a change that could spur tourism and help New Delhi counter China’s influence …
your ads here!Rocket Lab Plans Reusable Booster for Satellite Launches
Small-satellite launch firm Rocket Lab announced on Tuesday a plan to recover the core booster of its Electron rocket using a helicopter, a bold cost-saving concept that, if successful, would …
your ads here!Groups Sue to Block Trump Administration’s Expansion of Rapid Deportations
Advocacy groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday in an effort to block a rule published last month that expands the number of migrants who can be subject to a …
your ads here!Visitors Flock to Ghana for Year of the Return Events
2019 marks the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved Africans to be brought to what is now the United States, arriving in the English colony of Virginia. In Ghana, the …
your ads here!Slavery, a Fraught Subject in Angolan Classrooms
In Angola, young people people are learning about the history of the slave trade in the classroom, as VOA’s Mayra de Lassalette and Betty Ayoub found when they traveled to …
your ads here!Slave Records in Angola Show Exploitation – and Resistance
Four hundred years ago, the first enslaved Africans landed in what is now the United States. Those first African captives came from the Portuguese colony of Angola, brought to the …
your ads here!Japan PM Says WWII Labor Row is Biggest Issue With S. Korea
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the main cause of escalating tensions between Japan and South Korea is a loss of trust over court rulings ordering Japanese companies to compensate …
your ads here!Slave Legacy Still Haunts Angola and America
This year marks the 400th anniversary since the first enslaved Africans set foot in what is now the United States. The arrival in the British colony of Virginia in August …
your ads here!Sudanese Cautiously Cheer Power-Sharing Deal
Sudan’s Transitional Military Council and opposition coalition finalized a power-sharing agreement Sunday that aims to stabilize the country for the first time since the military ousted Omar al-Bashir in April …
your ads here!Orthodox Church Files New Suit in Jerusalem Property Battle
The Greek Orthodox Church says it has filed a new lawsuit against a Jewish settler group in a bid to overturn an Israeli Supreme Court decision upholding the sale of …
your ads here!Are False Assumptions Driving Americans Apart?
The United States might seem more divided than ever, but that could be because Americans have a distorted impression of people with opposing political views. “Democrats and Republicans overestimate the …
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