“Attorney-client privilege is dead,” President Donald Trump tweeted early Tuesday. The outburst came a day after the FBI raided the New York office and hotel room of longtime Trump attorney Michael Cohen. The FBI reportedly seized emails, tax documents and other records related to Cohen’s alleged payment of hush money to adult film actress…
read moreU.S. lawmakers on Tuesday demanded better personal data protection at Facebook, whose CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, weathered heated questions from two Senate panels over data breaches affecting tens of millions of users of the mammoth social media platform. “There was clearly a breach of consumer trust and a likely improper transfer of data,” said Judiciary Committee…
read moreThe Turkish lira Tuesday hit another historic low against the U.S. dollar amid growing financial market concerns that the Turkish economy is overheating. With elections on the horizon, the government is stoking economic growth. The latest figures saw growth running at over 7 percent, making Turkey one of the fastest-growing economies in the developed world.…
read moreFuture Russian gas transit flows through Ukraine to Europe may be between 10 and 15 billion cubic metres per year, Alexei Miller, head of Russian gas giant Gazprom, said on Tuesday, which is a significant decline from current levels. Miller issued his comments after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the planned new Nord Stream…
read moreU.S.President Donald Trump is still not letting on whether he intends to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, who appears to have angered the president after getting the court’s permission to search the office of Trump’s personal attorney. VOA’s Michael Brown reports. …
read moreFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify publicly Tuesday before a group of U.S. senators after apologizing for the way his company handled data for millions of users. He is due to appear before a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Senate Commerce Committee, and on Wednesday will go before House lawmakers.…
read moreU.S. President Donald Trump responded sharply Monday to a Federal Bureau of Investigation raid on his personal lawyer Michael Cohen’s office, calling it a “disgraceful situation” and a “whole new level of unfairness.” FBI agents executed search warrants at both Cohen’s office and a hotel where he has been staying in order to seize financial…
read morePresident Donald Trump was elected in 2016 proudly wearing the badge of a political disrupter. In recent weeks, Trump has harkened back to his roots as a candidate, at times literally tossing away his prepared script to deliver an unvarnished message aimed at pleasing his core supporters. But an unscripted Donald Trump also brings some…
read moreFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faces tough questions on Capitol Hill this week following revelations that the Trump-affiliated political firm Cambridge Analytica accessed the data of as many as 87 million users of the social media site during the 2016 election. VOA’s Congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson looks at the questions lawmakers have been waiting to ask…
read moreChina’s President Xi Jinping did not mention U.S. President Donald Trump by name or speak directly about rising trade frictions with Washington during a closely watched speech at the Boao Forum — China’s version of Davos for Asia. But the pledges Xi made to press forward with economic reforms had everything to do with the…
read moreIn war-torn Afghanistan, honey is regarded as a traditional cure-all but for one schoolgirl, the sticky commodity has also created sweet opportunities to work and own a business in a country where few women do so. Three years ago, Frozan, now 19 years old, obtained a small loan, bought two beehives and learned about apiculture…
read moreIran unified the country’s official and open market exchange rates, state media said, after its currency, the rial, plunged to an all-time low on Monday on concerns over a return of crippling sanctions. The U.S. dollar jumped in a day from 54,700 rials to 60,000 rials in the open market in Tehran on Monday. A…
read moreBrazil’s government has been told that development projects, including hydropower dams, in protected areas can no longer go ahead without the prior approval of lawmakers. Last week’s ruling by the supreme court followed the use by the government in recent years of the controversial “provisional measure”, a legal instrument that allowed the president to approve…
read moreApple on Monday said it had achieved its goal of powering all of the company’s facilities with renewable energy, a milestone that includes all of its data centers, offices and retail stores in 43 countries. The iPhone maker also said nine suppliers had recently committed to running their operations entirely on renewable energy sources like…
read moreThe speech was written. A cast of relatable Americans with emotional stories was standing by to reinforce the message. But President Donald Trump was in no mood to play along. “The hell with it,” Trump said, recounting the scene with his aides to a West Virginia crowd last week. Trump tossed the staff-prepared remarks on…
read moreLawyers representing U.S. President Donald Trump’s family hotel business appealed to Panama’s president for help days before an emergency arbitrator declined to reinstate the Trump management team to a luxury waterfront hotel. The Britton & Iglesias firm, which has represented the Trump Organization in its fight to continue running the hotel, addressed a letter dated…
read moreThe grain that feeds half the world may have taken a big leap forward. Scientists report the biggest improvements in rice productivity in decades. If the results hold up in further tests, it could greatly increase harvests of a critical staple crop at a time when global population growing rapidly. Researchers found one version of…
read moreU.S. President Donald Trump on Monday touted the United States’ “very good relationship with China” and his “good” friendship with President Xi Jinping, but again accused China of taking advantage of the United States for far too long. Surrounded by Cabinet officials before a White House meeting Monday, Trump said the trade deal between the…
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read moreChina’s Foreign Ministry said Monday that trade talks with the United States are impossible under current conditions. The comment from spokesman Geng Shuang during a briefing with reporters came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump predicted there would be a resolution of the U.S.-China standoff on tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of…
read moreRussia said Monday it will support companies hit by fresh U.S. sanctions as Russian stocks dropped and shares in aluminum producer Rusal plummeted. Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said in comments reported by state news agencies that Russia is prepared to back the companies if their positions worsen. “We have a very attentive approach…
read moreAnother key member of the Trump White House is leaving his job as the shakeup of his national security team continues. National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton, one of Trump’s earliest supporters during his run for the presidency, said Sunday he is stepping down to become an author and college lecturer. “I will be forever…
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