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China said Friday it is working to verify a U.S. report that a Chinese spy balloon is traveling over the United States. “Verification is under way,” foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Friday.  She urged calm “until the facts are…

Recent visits to Africa by U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen came as a new study found China's overseas investments in the COVID-19 era are at a 13-year low. China has invested…

U.S. health officials said Thursday a company is recalling its over-the-counter eye drops that have been linked to an outbreak of drug-resistant infections. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week sent a health alert to…

Will President Joe Biden’s second State of the Union speech be a rerun of the first, or will he cover new ground? Analysts lay out what they expect to hear from him. VOA’s Anita Powell reports from Washington.

CIA Director William Burns said Thursday that Chinese President Xi Jinping's ambitions toward Taiwan should not be underestimated, despite him likely being sobered by the performance of Russia's military in Ukraine. Burns said that the…

A Biden administration task force designed to reunite children separated from their families during the Trump administration has reconnected nearly 700 children with their families, officials said Thursday. President Joe Biden issued an…

The president of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan is calling China’s response to the possibility of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s visiting Taiwan “excessive,” saying that exchanges between Taiwan's unicameral legislature…

The northeastern region of the U.S. is experiencing an Artic blast and the frigid temperatures are expected to last into Saturday.   The National Weather Service said numerous low temperature records could be set in the New England area.…

America's employers added a robust 517,000 jobs in January, a surprisingly strong gain in the face of the Federal Reserve's aggressive drive to slow growth and tame inflation with higher interest rates. The unemployment rate dipped to…

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton joined family members and friends Wednesday at the funeral of Tyre Nichols, whose death last month once again focused attention on police brutality. Harris…