Former US President Jimmy Carter Enters Hospice Care
The Atlanta-based nonprofit Carter Center announced 98-year-old former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is receiving hospice care at his home in Plains, Georgia. VOA’s Kane Farabaugh has more.
Richard Belzer, Stand-Up Comic, TV Detective, Dies at 78
Richard Belzer, the longtime stand-up comedian who became one of TV's most indelible detectives as John Munch in "Homicide: Life on the Street" and "Law & Order: SVU," has died. He was 78.
Belzer died Sunday at his home in…
Record 6,542 Guns Intercepted at US Airport Security in ’22
The woman flying out of Philadelphia’s airport last year remembered to pack snacks, prescription medicine and a cellphone in her handbag. But what was more important was what she forgot to unpack: a loaded .380-caliber handgun in a black…
Blinken Visits Turkey on Sunday
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Turkey on Sunday to observe firsthand the devastating aftermath of of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has killed more than 46,000 and left millions homeless in Turkey and neighboring Syria.…
With COVID Travel Bans Lifted, Hong Kong-China ‘Parallel Import Trade’ Returns
Long before the pandemic shut down Hong Kong’s vibrant retail sector, traders from China crossed the border to purchase everything from cosmetics to cars tax-free for profitable reselling upon returning home, where buyers worried about the…
US, China Diplomats in Munich to Cool Rising Tensions
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi in Munich on Saturday, a meeting widely seen as an attempt to cool rising tensions between the two countries.
Blinken’s motorcade has left the…
China’s Top Diplomat Renews Criticism of Balloon Downing
China's top diplomat on Saturday renewed Beijing's criticism of the United States for shooting down what Washington says was a Chinese spy balloon, arguing at a conference in Germany that the move doesn't point to U.S. strength.
Beijing…
Former President Jimmy Carter Enters Home Hospice Care
The Carter Center said Saturday that former President Jimmy Carter has entered home hospice care.
The charity created by the 98-year-old former president said on Twitter that after a series of short hospital stays, Carter “decided to…
US, China Diplomats Meet in Munich to Cool Rising Tensions
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi in Munich on Saturday and told him the violation of U.S. airspace by China’s high-altitude surveillance balloon must never occur again.
Blinken was direct and…
Angry Bing Chatbot Just Mimicking Humans, Experts Say
When Microsoft's nascent Bing chatbot turns testy or even threatening, it’s likely because it essentially mimics what it learned from online conversations, analysts and academics said.
Tales of disturbing exchanges with the artificial…