International

Argentina's Senate Votes to Legalize Abortion

President Alberto Fernández says safe, legal and free abortion is now the law'

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 30 Dec 20

International

Argentina's Senate Poised to Vote on Legalizing Abortion

If passed, the bill would make Argentina the first big country in predominantly Catholic Latin America to allow abortion on demand

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 29 Dec 20

International

California Governor Picks Alex Padilla to Fill Kamala Harris's Senate Seat

Son of Mexican-born immigrants will be the Golden State's first Latino senator

VOA News • 23 Dec 20

International

US Says Will 'React' if Iran Seeks to Avenge Soleimani Killing

Iranian General Qasem Soleimani was killed January 3 in a U.S. drone strike near the Baghdad airport

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 21 Dec 20

International

No Time to Waste,' Biden Says, Introducing Climate Team

A diverse and experienced team is set to advance next president's climate change and energy agenda

VOA News • 19 Dec 20

International

Boeing 'Inappropriately Coached' Pilots in 737 MAX Testing, US Senate Report Says

Numerous reports have found Boeing failed to adequately consider how pilots respond to cockpit emergencies in its development of the 737 MAX

VOA News • 19 Dec 20

International

The Infodemic: It's Too Soon to Measure Economic Fallout from Pandemic

Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here .

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 17 Dec 20

International

Patience, Engagement Key to Rebuilding Australia's Damaged Ties with China, Expert Says

Australia must engage with China as barbs traded over fake war crimes tweet, according to analysts

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 02 Dec 20

International

China Gave COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate to N. Korea's Kim, US Analyst Says

It was unclear which company had supplied its drug candidate to the Kims and whether it had proven to be safe

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 01 Dec 20

International

Swift Wins Top Prize At AMAs, Says She's Re-Recording Music

This year the AMAs, which typically awards one Latin honor, launched more categories in the genre

VOA News • 23 Nov 20

International

Survivor of Ethiopian Fighting Warns 'People Will Slowly Start to Die'

Fighting that could destabilize the Horn of Africa is hidden from outside view, but evacuees tell of anger, desperation and growing hunger in the regi

VOA News • 22 Nov 20

International

Vietnam Tells Facebook: Yield to Censors or We'll Shut You Down, Source Says

Facebook says it's determined to stay online in Vietnam

VOA News • 20 Nov 20

International

Trudeau Says Canada Will Not Bow to China's Coercive Diplomacy'

Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada almost two years ago, and shortly thereafter China detained two Canadian citizens o

VOA News • 12 Nov 20

International

Peru's Congress to Initiate Impeachment Trial for Vizcarra

Lawmakers approved the measure in a 60-40 vote with 18 abstentions

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 03 Nov 20

International

Era of Pandemics' to Intensify Without Transformative Change, Report Says

With the bill for COVID-19 topping $8 trillion and counting, an ounce of prevention is worth a hundred pounds of cure'

VOA News • 30 Oct 20

International

Pompeo Says China is Gravest Threat to Future of Religious Freedom' in Jakarta

US secretary of state calls out China's persecution of Uighur Muslims during speech before liberal Muslim group/

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 29 Oct 20

International

White House, Democrats 'Serious About Finding Compromise,' Pelosi Says  

Senate Majority Leader McConnell vowed to bring any Trump-approved legislation resulting from such a deal for a vote 

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 21 Oct 20

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US House Speaker Pelosi Says 'Progress' with Trump Admin Over COVID-19 Stimulus Deal

Two sides near Tuesday deadline imposed by Pelosi to make deal////

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 20 Oct 20

International

Trump Objects to 'Mute' Button in Next Biden Matchup, But Debate Will Go On

The Presidential Commission on Debates said each candidate's microphone would be silenced to allow the other to make two minutes of opening remarks at

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 20 Oct 20

Sport

Tour d'Espagne 2020 - Tom Dumoulin : "It's really a strange period but we will try to do a good Vuelta"

Primoz Roglic et Tom Dumoulin seront les leaders de la Jumbo-Visma de ce 75e Tour d'Espagne qui s'élance ce mardi 20 octobre pour finir le 8 novembre

Cyclismactu • Actualités similaires • 19 Oct 20

International

Will Britain's Brexit Chickens Come Home to Roost? 

Johnson's ministers are now scrambling to improve their contacts with Democrats, hedging bets 

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 12 Oct 20

International

Pelosi Introduces 25th Amendment Measure After Questioning Trump's Fitness to Serve

House speaker announces bill to create panel allowing use of Constitution to strip president of executive duties

VOA News • 09 Oct 20

International

« This is America » (J-25) : Donald Trump examiné à la télé, Nancy Pelosi attaque et l'Arizona « is the place to be »

Devenez incollable sur la présidentielle américaine grâce à « 20 Minutes »

20 Minutes • Actualités similaires • 09 Oct 20

International

In 25th Amendment Bid, Pelosi Mulls Trump's Fitness to Serve

Just weeks before the Nov. 3 election, Pelosi says Trump needs to disclose more about his health after his COVID-19 diagnosis

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 09 Oct 20

International

Next Presidential Debate to Be Virtual; Trump Says He Won't Take Part

Debate commission says candidates will participate from separate, remote locations

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 08 Oct 20

International

Facebook Says It Will Ban Groups for 'Representing' QAnon

The move comes less than two months after Facebook said it would stop promoting the group and its adherents but faltered with spotty enforcement

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 07 Oct 20

International

Trump Tweets Video, Says He Hopes to Be Back Soon'

In four-minute video, Trump says he 'wasn't feeling so well' initially but is doing better now

VOA News • 04 Oct 20

International

Biden Says He'll Continue to Pray for Health, Safety of Trump and Family

Democratic challenger and his wife Jill send thoughts to President Donald Trump, his opponent in November election, and Trump's wife Melania, who both

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 02 Oct 20

International

UN Chief Says No Action on UN Iran Sanctions Due to 'Uncertainty'

US had declared that all UN sanctions on Iran had been reimposed

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 20 Sep 20

International

Trump Calls on Senate to Vote 'Without Delay' on His Supreme Court Pick

President's call comes after seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just six weeks before the election

VOA News • 19 Sep 20

International

Libya's Haftar Says He Will Lift Oil Blockade

Libya and many of its state institutions have been split for years between the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripo

VOA News • 18 Sep 20

International

Oregon Governor Says State Has Been 'Pushed to Its Limits' by Wildfires  

At least 35 people confirmed killed by infernos in western U.S. states of Oregon, Washington state and California 

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 15 Sep 20

International

Iran's Execution of Wrestler Who Said He Was Tortured Happened Without Notice to Family and Lawyers, Source Says

Source close to Navid Afkari's family told VOA Persian that Iran gave no advance warning to wrestler's family and lawyers that it would execute him in

VOA News • 15 Sep 20

International

UK's Johnson Defends Plan to Rewrite Brexit Deal, Says EU 'Unreasonable'

Johnson's Conservative government has acknowledged that the bill breaches the legally binding withdrawal treaty that Britain and the EU have both rati

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 15 Sep 20

International

Melania Trump's Ex-Adviser Says She Taped Calls for Protection

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, whose book 'Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady' was released this week, helped produce

VOA News • 02 Sep 20

Sport

Tour de France 2020 - Primoz Roglic : "It's a good job and confidence for the future and we will have to continue like that on this Tour"

La quatrième étape du Tour de France a été remportée ce mardi par Primoz Roglic. Pour ce qui était la première arrivée au sommet de cette Grande Boucl

Cyclismactu • Actualités similaires • 01 Sep 20

International

Czech Senate Leader Declares 'I Am a Taiwanese' in Speech to Self-Ruled Island's Parliament

Invoking US President John F. Kennedy's famous 1963 anti-communist speech in West Berlin, Milos Vystrcil incurs further wrath from Beijing

VOA News • 01 Sep 20

International

Harris Will Be Democrats' Main Counter to Trump on Thursday

With Trump planning an evening address from the White House lawn, Harris' afternoon remarks from Washington will be the Democrats' main counter to the

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 26 Aug 20

International

US Election Mail Will Be Handled 'Securely and On Time' Postmaster Tells Senate

On Tuesday, Louis Dejoy suspended all mail changes until after the November 3 election

VOA News • 21 Aug 20

International

Trump Says Will Try 'Snapback' to Force Return of UN Iran Sanctions

President referred to the contested argument that the US remains a participant in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, despite Trump's withdrawal from it

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 16 Aug 20

International

Trump's Ex-Lawyer Michael Cohen Says to Reveal President's 'Skeletons' in Upcoming Book

Michael Cohen worked closely with Trump for years before turning against him, most publicly in testimony to Congress last year prior to Trump's impeac

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 14 Aug 20

International

US Troop Size in Afghanistan Will Reduce to 4,000  'Very Soon', Trump Says  

Taliban officials say their deputy leader discussed the state of Afghan peace process with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday 

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 04 Aug 20

International

It's Not Too Late to Turn COVID Around, WHO Says

World Health Organization says leadership can bring pandemic under control

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 03 Aug 20

International

US Activist Accused of Breaching HK's Security Law Says he Will Not Back Down

Samuel Chu says he will not be intimidated after China placed him and five other Hong Kongers on wanted list

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 02 Aug 20

International

Requirements for Huawei Official's Extradition to US Have Been Met, Canada Says

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was arrested in December 2018 on US warrant alleging she misled HSBC about Huawei's business dealings in Iran

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 31 Jul 20

Sport

Tour d'Italie 2020 - Remco Evenepoel : "I will try to survive during the three weeks"

En octobre, Remco Evenepoel prendra le départ du Tour d'Italie, son premier Grand Tour. Il s'est exprimé sur ses objectifs. Crédits vidéo : @RCSSport

Cyclismactu • 31 Jul 20

International

North Korea's Kim Says No More War Thanks to Nuclear Weapons

Kim made the remarks as he celebrated the 67th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 28 Jul 20

International

Argentina Says it Will not Raise 'Last' Debt Offer, Willing to Tweak Legal Terms

Argentina has been in default since May

VOA News • 26 Jul 20

International

Suspect in Attack on Judge's Family Tied to Killing in California, FBI Says

Anti-feminist lawyer Roy Den Hollander is suspected of killing former associate in men's rights group earlier this month

VOA News • 23 Jul 20

International

Justice Ginsburg Says Cancer Has Returned, But She Won't Retire

The 87-year-old Ginsburg, who spent time in the hospital this week for a possible infection, said her treatment so far has succeeded in reducing lesio

VOA News • 17 Jul 20

International

Iraqi Refugees Extremely Vulnerable' to COVID-19, MSF Says  

Doctors Without Borders says access to adequate hygiene in refugee camps scarce    

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 14 Jul 20

International

Trump Says US Treasury to Examine Schools' Tax Status, Funding

The president has threatened to cut federal education funding for schools that don't reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 10 Jul 20

International

US Dangerously Dependent' on Foreign Suppliers to Fight COVID-19, Biden Says

Democratic candidate's campaign promises not to let US become vulnerable in a crisis

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 08 Jul 20

International

At Rushmore, Trump says Protesters Seek to 'Defame' Heroes

Left hopes to 'defame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children,' he says

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 04 Jul 20

International

Pelosi Accuses White House of Trying to 'Con' US Public on Intelligence

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says US intelligence agencies 'have enough' on alleged Russian plot to pay Taliban to target US and coalition forces for ad

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 02 Jul 20

International

France's Macron to Travel to Russia Soon

Macron has called for Europe to re-examine its strategic partnership with Russia, saying that a policy of defiance towards Moscow in recent years had

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 27 Jun 20

International

Nominee to Be CIA Watchdog Says He'll Stand Up to Trump

Peter Thomson is a New Orleans attorney and former federal prosecutor

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 25 Jun 20

International

Trump Says He'll Issue Executive Order to Protect Monuments

Trump opposes the removal of monuments of leaders of the Confederacy or other distasteful aspects of American history

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 23 Jun 20

International

UK to Announce New 'One Meter Plus' Social Distancing Rule, Report Says

New rule will take effect July 4

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 21 Jun 20

International

Senate GOP to Propose Policing Changes in 'Justice Act'

As the outlines emerged, Democrats said it didn't go far enough, and the 106-page bill is not as sweeping as a Democratic proposal

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 17 Jun 20