Siyob bazaar, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, September 7, 2021 (VOA) TASHKENT — Excitement is building in Uzbekistan ahead of this week’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting, where Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese… Read More »Ukraine War Overshadows SCO Summit in Uzbekistan
FILE – Owner Kymme Williams-Davis, right, takes orders at her Bushwick Grind Café after raises prices to keep up with inflation, in New York, Sept. 8, 2022. Washington — U.S.… Read More »Government: US Inflation Rate Eased in August, but Remains High
More than 50 African ministers of the environment are attending the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, Sept. 12-16, 2022, in Dakar, Senegal. (Annika Hammerschlag/VOA) Dakar — More than 50… Read More »Plastics, Waste Burning on Agenda at African Environment Conference
Uganda Kampala — Uganda has made its first war reparations payment to the Democratic Republic of Congo for losses its troops caused during wars and occupations in the 1990s. Uganda… Read More »DRC Welcomes Uganda War Reparations Payment
FILE – Vendors are seen with their goods at Mvog Ada market in Yaounde, Cameroon, Jan. 29, 2022. Yaounde, Cameroon — Farmers’ associations from 11 Central African countries say disruptions… Read More »Central African Farmers Say Hunger Looms as Ukraine War Disrupts Imports
FILE – People attend the launch of Ethiopia’s first micro-satellite (ETRSS-1) at the Entoto Observatory on the outskirts of the capital Addis Ababa, Dec. 20, 2019. Ethiopia’s first-ever satellite has… Read More »Why China, African Nations Are Cooperating in Space
FILE – European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 17, 2022. BRUSSELS — The European Union wants to enact tougher rules for media groups… Read More »EU Wants to Assess Media Mergers for Media Pluralism, Editorial Independence
Maryan Madey, who fled the drought-stricken Lower Shabelle region, holds her malnourished daughter Deka Ali, 1, at a camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, Sept. 3,… Read More »FAO: 300,000 People Facing Famine in Somalia
FILE – This Feb. 7, 2012 photo shows a cross on a grave at the Wounded Knee National Historic landmark in South Dakota. SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA — Two American… Read More »South Dakota Tribes Buy Land Near Wounded Knee Massacre Site
FILE – Signage is seen at the United States Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, Aug. 29, 2020. The U.S. Justice Department has issued about 40 subpoenas over the past… Read More »Report: US Justice Department Issues About 40 Subpoenas in 2020 Election Probe
FILE – A soldier stands at a border check point between Armenia and Azerbaijan near the village of Sotk, Armenia, June 18, 2021. Fresh clashes broke out Tuesday between Armenia… Read More »Armenia, Azerbaijan Clash Along Border
File – Map showing Lithuania, which is opening a new trade office in Taiwan. taipei, taiwan — Lithuania’s new representative office in Taiwan has begun operations although it has yet… Read More »Lithuania Deepens Relations With Taiwan Amid China Tensions
FILE – Ukrainian service members fire a shell from a towed howitzer FH-70 at a front line, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in Donbas Region, Ukraine, July 18, 2022.… Read More »Ukraine Calls for More Australian Weapons as Its Forces Retake Territory
Map showing the Tigray region of Ethiopia. An airstrike wounded at least one person on Tuesday in Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, a hospital official said, two… Read More »Hospital Official: Airstrike Hits Capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
Peter Møller, center, attorney and co-founder of the Danish Korean Rights Group, submits the documents at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. SEOUL,… Read More »Nearly 300 Demand South Korea Probe Their Adoptions Abroad
Crowds are seen under a screen showing Kenya’s President William Ruto, during his swearing-in ceremony at Moi International Stadium Kasarani in Nairobi, Sept. 13, 2022. nairobi, kenya — Kenya swore… Read More »Kenya Swears in President Ruto After Heated Elections
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II in the royal hearse arrives at Buckingham Palace in London, Sept. 13, 2022. LONDON — Hundreds of people lined up outside Buckingham Palace and… Read More »Queen Elizabeth’s Coffin Flown to London for Final Commemorations
Ukrainian servicemen inspect a destroyed Russian military vehicle, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Sept. 13, 2022. Ukrainian troops advanced further into the northeastern region of… Read More »Ukraine Advances Further in the Northeast as Russian Forces Retreat
Sheryl Lee Ralph accepts the Emmy for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for “Abbott Elementary” at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles,… Read More »‘Succession,’ ‘Ted Lasso’ Top Emmys; 1st Time Winners Shine
Nurses picket outside Children’s Minnesota in south Minneapolis, Sept. 12, 2022. Minneapolis — Thousands of nurses in Minnesota launched a three-day strike Monday, pressing for salary increases they say will… Read More »Thousands of Minnesota Nurses Launch 3-day Strike Over Pay
FILE – People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration made Sept. 27, 2013. Washington — Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, the Twitter… Read More »Twitter Whistleblower Bringing Security Warnings to Congress
Members of the County Administrative Board in Stockholm County begin the final vote count at Nacka Expo Center after Sunday’s election, in Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 12, 2022. (TT News Agency/Reuters)… Read More »Swedish Conservatives Close to Election Win Amid Crime Fears
In this image made from video, Rwandan police patrol a road in Palma, Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique, Aug. 15, 2021. A new offensive by Mozambique’s Islamic extremist rebels in Cabo… Read More »Mozambique’s Jihadis Spread Into Most Populous Province
FILE – A woman sits on a hospital bed with her 4-month-old twins in the malnutrition ward at the Boost Hospital, run by Medecins Sans Frontieres, in Lashkar Gah, Helmand… Read More »Afghans Trapped in Human Rights Crisis With No Way Out
FILE – An oil storage facility is pictured in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria, June 8, 2016. Nigeria has lost its position as Africa’s top oil producer to Angola, industry insiders… Read More »Nigeria Loses Africa’s Top Oil Producer Spot to Angola
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen watches as Treasurer Lynn Malerba’s signature is copied for U.S. currency, Sept. 12, 2022, in Washington. WASHINGTON — Mohegan Chief Marilynn “Lynn” Malerba was sworn in… Read More »Malerba Sworn in as 1st Native American in US Treasurer Post
FILE – A researcher at Protein Sciences works in a lab in Meriden, Connecticut, March 12, 2020, when the biotech company was researching a vaccine for COVID-19. In an executive… Read More »Biden Administration Plans to Boost US Biotechnology Manufacturing
Protesters shout slogans during a rally against sharp increases in fuel prices in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept. 12, 2022. JAKARTA, Indonesia — Hundreds of conservative Muslims marched in Indonesia’s capital Monday… Read More »Conservative Muslims Protest Indonesian Fuel Price Hikes
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a speech on his “Cancer Moonshot” initiative at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts, Sept. 12, 2022. Boston — President Joe… Read More »Biden Hopes Ending Cancer Can Be ‘National Purpose’ for US
FILE – In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers transfer an earthquake affected villager through a damaged mountain road near Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China’s Sichuan… Read More »Death Toll From Western China Earthquake Rises to 93