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washington — Threats from China, Russia and North Korea have fueled debate in Washington about whether the United States should consider redeploying tactical nuclear weapons to the Indo-Pacific region, with leading U.S. Senate members…
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Abuja, Nigeria — The two-day pan-African AI conference co-hosted by the United States concluded Wednesday in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial hub. Hundreds of delegates including public officials, tech leaders, policy makers academics and…
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MOSCOW — A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American blasted off Wednesday for an express trip to the International Space Station. The space capsule atop a towering rocket set off at 1623 GMT from Russia's manned space launch…
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WASHINGTON — U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson canceled a vote scheduled for Wednesday on his stopgap funding bill, saying more work is needed to build support for a measure, less than three weeks before a government…
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According to Feeding America, a U.S. network of food banks, Americans waste about 41 billion kilograms of food every year - about 145 billion meals. But some new high-tech ways make sure that food gets to people who need it. VOA’s Valdya…
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New York — The United States paused for a moment of reflection and remembrance on Wednesday, the 23rd anniversary of the horrific al-Qaida terrorist attacks on the country that killed nearly 3,000 people. Relatives of those killed as…
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TRABUCO CANYON, California — Alex Luna, a 20-year-old missionary, saw the sky turn from a cherry red to black in about 90 minutes as an explosive wildfire raced toward the Southern California mountain community of Wrightwood and authorities…
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One Washington teacher’s attempt to help one student has turned into something much larger. VOA’s Philip Alexiou has this story of a chess academy for kids. (Camera and produced by: Philip Alexiou)
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Washington — When the U.S. announced the seizure of 32 internet domains tied to Russian efforts to ply American voters with disinformation ahead of November’s presidential election, prosecutors were quick to note the use of artificial…
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BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — Hurricane Francine came ashore Wednesday evening on the Louisiana Gulf Coast, about 48 kilometers southwest of Morgan City. The Category 2 storm is packing winds of 155 kph and could drop from 10-20 centimeters from…
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