The Trump administration released a list of hardline immigration priorities on Sunday that threaten to derail efforts to protect from deportation hundreds of thousands of young immigrants, many of whom were brought into the U.S. illegally as children. The demands include overhauling the country’s green card system, hiring 10,000 more immigration officers and building…
read moreThe New Zealand currency sunk to a fresh four-month low on Monday as a small nationalist party carried out negotiations to determine the country’s next government. The currency fell to $0.7160, its lowest since early June, from $0.7090 on Friday evening. New Zealand’s inconclusive election on Sept. 23 has generated intense political uncertainty that has…
read moreBorn and raised in this Texas Gulf Coast beach town, James Wheeler Jr. finds himself sawing plywood and hanging sheet rock at a time when he would normally be leading deep-sea fishing excursions, trying to hook tuna or Spanish mackerel by the cooler-full. Since Hurricane Harvey came through Port Aransas just before Labor Day…
read moreThe powerful U.S. gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, said on Sunday it would oppose an outright ban on bump-stock devices that the killer in the Las Vegas massacre of 58 people used to turn rifles into automatic weapons and strafe a crowd with bursts of sustained gunfire. The NRA, which has seldom embraced new…
read moreOne week after the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, debate is raging once again on whether to impose new restrictions on firearms. VOA’s Michael Bowman reports, gun control efforts have repeatedly failed in Congress, but a new effort is underway to ban an accessory that made the Las Vegas shooter’s firearms far more…
read moreSudan’s currency strengthened to 18.5 pounds to the dollar from 20.2 on the black market on Sunday, the first day of business since the United States lifted trade sanctions, raising a glimmer of hope for recovery in the war-torn country. The decision to suspend 20-year sanctions and lift a trade embargo, unfreeze assets and remove…
read moreU.S. Vice President Mike Pence has walked out of a football game in his home state of Indiana after some of the players knelt during the playing of the national anthem. The former Indiana governor said on Twitter, “I left today’s Colts game because President Trump and I will not dignify any event that disrespects…
read moreU.S. President Donald Trump exchanged derogatory tweets with Tennessee Senator Bob Corker of his own party Sunday. Trump wrote that he had refused to endorse Corker for a re-election race which led the senator to drop out, saying Corker had “begged” for the endorsement. “He is also largely responsible for the horrendous Iran Deal!” Trump…
read moreThe divisive U.S. political scene was again on display Sunday. President Donald Trump exchanged barbed tweets with Tennessee Senator Bob Corker of his own party, while Vice President Mike Pence walked out of a professional football game after some players protested against racism by kneeling during the playing of the national anthem. Trump wrote that…
read moreDonald Trump boasts of making great deals, but a financial report filed with the British government shows he has lost millions of dollars for three years running on a couple of his more recent big investments: his Scottish golf resorts. A report from Britain’s Companies House released late Friday shows losses last year at the…
read moreThe decline of the world’s industrialized honeybees has been well documented. A combination of pesticides and parasites have led to whole bee colonies dying off, a phenomenon called Colony Collapse Disorder. Now, it turns out the pesticides that are hurting the bees are also turning up in the world’s honey supply. VOA’s Kevin Enochs reports.…
read moreThe new U.S. ambassador to Russia said Saturday that restoring Ukrainian sovereignty and bringing North Korea to the negotiating table would be central issues as he works to improve U.S.-Russian relations. Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. said trust is at a low point as many Americans believe Russia wants to undermine U.S. democracy amid…
read moreIra Gerhart finally found a place last year to fulfill his yearslong dream of opening a brewery: a 1923 Presbyterian church. It was cheap, charming and just blocks from downtown Youngstown. But soon after Gerhart announced his plans, residents and a minister at a Baptist church just a block away complained about alcohol being served…
read moreU.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday he spoke with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer to determine whether Democratic lawmakers would be interested in helping pass a health care bill. “I called Chuck Schumer yesterday to see if the Dems want to do a great HealthCare Bill. ObamaCare is badly broken, big premiums. Who knows!,” Trump…
read moreU.S. President Donald Trump has expressed surprise that The Washington Post — a newspaper Trump repeatedly has accused of writing inaccurate news stories about him — published a favorable news story about his fundraising prowess. The Post reported Friday the Republican Party is on the verge of raising more money in small amounts than in…
read moreHome to half the world’s Mountain gorilla and 50 percent of world bird species, conservation tourism marketing remains a challenge for Uganda. In a first ever conservation Finance Giants Forum, Uganda also known as the Pearl of Africa, Friday, got an opportunity to market its beauty in a bid to lure more investors and tourists…
read moreTwo back-to-back hurricanes in the continental U.S. displaced more workers than first thought resulting in a net loss of 33 thousand jobs in September. But the job losses seem to have had little effect on the national unemployment rate, which fell to 4.2 percent the lowest since 2001. Mil Arcega has more. …
read moreVenezuelans already struggling to find food, medicine and other basic necessities have a new shortage to worry about: cash. Troubling shortfalls of Venezuelan bolivars are forcing many in this distressed South American nation to form long lines outside banks several times a week to withdraw what little cash is available. Others are resorting to…
read moreThe U.S. Chamber of Commerce warned on Friday that the Trump administration was making “highly dangerous demands” in the North American Free Trade Agreement modernization talks that could erode U.S. business support and torpedo the negotiations. John Murphy, the chamber’s senior vice president for international policy, said the largest U.S. business lobby was urging the…
read moreA U.S. House of Representatives committee said Friday that it had scheduled a new hearing on Kaspersky Lab software as lawmakers review accusations that the Kremlin could use its products to conduct espionage. Kaspersky Lab has strongly denied those allegations — which last month prompted the Trump administration to order civilian government agencies to purge…
read moreThe U.S. Commerce Department said Friday that it is imposing more duties on Canada’s Bombardier C series aircraft, charging that the Canadian company is selling the planes in America below cost. The 80 percent duty comes on top of duties of nearly 220 percent Commerce announced last month. The case is a victory for U.S.…
read moreJust 24 percent of Americans believe the country is heading in the right direction after a tumultuous stretch for President Donald Trump that included the threat of war with North Korea, complaints about hurricane relief and Trump’s remarks about white supremacists. That’s a 10 percentage-point drop since June, according to a poll from The Associated…
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