Missouri Governor Eric Greitens warned Sunday that his administration will deal harshly with those responsible for violent protests in St. Louis over the death of a black man. A small band of protesters began breaking windows and throwing objects at police late Saturday during the second night of protests over the acquittal of a white…
read morePolice in St. Louis, Missouri, said they made more than 80 arrests Sunday after some people smashed store windows following what had been a peaceful protest against the acquittal of a former officer in the shooting death of a black man. Police Chief Larry O’Toole told reporters early Monday that some people assaulted officers and…
read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s biggest dam on Sunday, ignoring warnings from environment groups that hundreds of thousands of people will lose their livelihoods. The controversial Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river in the country’s western state of Gujarat that will provide power and water to three big states was dedicated to the…
read moreStarting Monday, world leaders will gather for their annual U.N. meetings in New York, where President Donald Trump will make his debut on the U.N. stage and the North Korean nuclear issue is poised to top the global agenda. The U.N. Security Council adopted additional economic sanctions on Pyongyang last Monday, the second round in…
read moreSecurity and protesters are warming up for Tuesday’s United Nations General Assembly. VOA’s Daniel Schearf reports from New York. …
read moreWorld leaders gather in New York, beginning Sept. 17, for their annual U.N. meetings that promise a busy agenda amid numerous ongoing conflicts. The talks follow increased nuclear and ballistic missile activity from North Korea and a growing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar. VOA’s Margaret Besheer reports that leaders will also be eager to hear what…
read moreJust a stone’s throw across a narrow waterway from the world’s largest gambling hub Macau, a former oyster farming island is being transformed into China’s newest tourism haven. Dubbed by some as China’s answer to Florida’s Orlando — a global tourist magnet with its cluster of major theme parks — Hengqin has seen property prices…
read moreFifty years ago, U.S. Army Captain Steve Yedinak returned home from Vietnam believing that he had led covert operations that contributed significantly to the U.S. efforts to counter communist infiltration from the North into South Vietnam. Yedinak, now 77, left behind more than 200 local troops who had fought alongside U.S. forces. Ethnic Cambodians living…
read moreThe United Nations reports world hunger is rising because conflicts and problems related to climate change are multiplying. The report finds about 815 million people globally did not have enough to eat in 2016 — 38 million more than the previous year. The statistics in this report are particularly grim. They show that global hunger…
read moreFarmer Russ Higgins’ ancestors settled a wide expanse of land south of Morris, Illinois, in 1858. Through the U.S. Civil War and every major event since then, there has been someone from the Higgins family planting and harvesting on the land. Since the first plow churned up the fertile soil here nearly 160 years ago,…
read moreCalifornia lawmakers have approved a bill to make the most populous U.S. state a sanctuary state for immigrants who do not have legal residency. The measure would ban police from asking for the immigration status of people who have been arrested. It also would limit police cooperation with immigration officers. Governor Jerry Brown says…
read moreCalifornia Democrats approved a “sanctuary state” bill Saturday that would limit how local and state police can interact with federal immigration agents. The bill is intended to bolster immigrant protections in the state that are among the toughest in the nation. It will now be considered by Gov. Jerry Brown, who announced his…
read morePresident Donald Trump will push the case for tightening the global economic isolation of North Korea at next week’s U.N. General Assembly meeting, according to two senior officials who say he will argue that the failure of diplomacy increases the likelihood of war. At a White House briefing Friday, Washington’s U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley and…
read moreA resolution condemning white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other hate groups has been approved by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Donald Trump, who faced criticism over his response to violence that erupted at a white nationalist rally last month in Charlottesville, Virginia. A 32-year-old woman, Heather Heyer, was killed and 19 others were injured…
read moreAttorney General Jeff Sessions can’t follow through — at least for now — with his threat to withhold public safety grant money to Chicago and other so-called sanctuary cities for refusing to impose new tough immigration policies, a judge ruled Friday in a legal defeat for the Trump administration. In what is at least a…
read moreThere is a price to pay for free speech, and the University of California-Berkeley forecasts inflation. It cost the famously liberal university an estimated $600,000 to put the campus on virtual lockdown as conservative commentator Ben Shapiro spoke Thursday night. That’s on top of another $600,000 spent in April to secure the campus during the…
read moreThe German Marshall Fund has documented Russian interference in the elections or political affairs of at least 27 countries since 2004, ranging from disinformation campaigns on Facebook, Twitter and other social media to cyberattacks. The Helsinki Commission focused on what it calls the “scourge of Russian disinformation” and U.S. efforts to set the record straight…
read moreWhen Hurricane Irma hit the Florida Coast, the Islamic Circle of North America arranged shelter. After it passed, they provided relief. Its volunteers — made up of immigrant and nonimmigrant, Muslim and non-Muslims — has opened minds and hearts wherever they go, to their shared desire to give back to the country. …
read moreWhen Hurricane Irma battered the Florida Coast, volunteers of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) arranged shelter. After it passed, they provided relief — from flood-damaged homes in Naples to uprooted tree trunk clearings in Cooper City, Florida. Abdulrauf Khan, a Pakistani immigrant and assistant executive director at ICNA Relief USA — a network…
read moreDuring natural disasters, why do some companies open their doors to the community while other take advantage of its members? Tina Trinh explores the reasons why businesses react the way they do and the cost to their public image. …
read moreThink of it as motorbike banking. For Vietnamese who live far from a retail bank branch, VietinBank scrambles scooters so its officers can meet clients where they live, tablet in hand. There’s also the strategy of DongA Bank, which decks out a van with four ATMs and parks it near factories to reach laborers. All…
read moreJim McIngvale was standing in the parking lot of Gallery Furniture, greeting drivers and directing cars as they trickled in one sunny afternoon. It had been a week and a half since his local furniture store chain opened the doors to its showrooms and offered shelter to hundreds of Houstonians during Hurricane Harvey. Everyone had…
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