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The United States has pledged more than $85 million dollars in humanitarian assistance to Turkey and Syria after an earthquake killed more than 20,000 people in the region. As VOA's Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports,…
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The Biden administration Friday added six Chinese entities connected to Beijing's suspected surveillance balloon program to an export blacklist.  The new restrictions came after the White House said it would consider broader efforts to…
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A group of 35 countries, including the United States, Germany and Australia, will demand that Russian and Belarusian athletes are banned from the 2024 Olympics, the Lithuanian sports minister said on Friday, deepening uncertainty over the…
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California residents are collecting and sending warm clothing and other essentials to help earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria. Angelina Bagdasaryan has the story, narrated by Anna Rice
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Editor's note: Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as seen from the United Nations perch. More Than 22,000 Dead in Earthquakes  Two devastating earthquakes, one a 7.8 magnitude and the…
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Since its release in late 2022, an artificial intelligence-powered writing tool called ChatGPT has won instant acclaim but has also raised concerns, especially on school campuses. High school senior Galvin Fickes recently demonstrated how…
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When the two U.S. football teams take the field Sunday for the Super Bowl, members of the Ukrainian League American Football will be on the field of battle. Olena Adamenko has the story, narrated by Anna Rice. Camera: Mykhailo Zaika
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As the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches, Russia is facing a “difficult choice,” Britain’s Defense Ministry said Saturday in its daily intelligence report. With the Wagner Group announcing earlier this week that…
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A U.S. fighter jet shot down a mysterious, high-altitude object that traveled into American airspace Friday, acting on orders from President Joe Biden after it was determined the object posed a potential threat to commercial aviation.…
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China on Friday dismissed a U.S. House of Representatives resolution condemning Beijing over a suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down above U.S. waters as "purely political manipulation and hyping up."  "China is strongly dissatisfied…
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