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‘We Are Not Winning’ Counterterror War in Sahel, US Military Leader in Africa Says
01/03/2019
The United States and its allies are not winning the counterterrorism war for the Sahel, the head of U.S. special operations forces in Africa told VOA Thursday. “I would tell you at this time, we are not winning,” U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Marcus Hicks, the head of U.S. Special Operations Command Africa, said Thursday …
Huawei Units Plead Not Guilty to US Trade Secret Theft
28/02/2019
Huawei Device Co Ltd and Huawei Device USA Inc pleaded not guilty on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle on fraud, trade secrets conspiracy and other charges, the Justice Department said. The units of China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd were arraigned and Chief U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez set trial for March 2, …
US Sees Possible Easing of India-Pakistan Tensions
28/02/2019
U.S. President Donald Trump signaled there might be an easing of tensions between nuclear-armed South Asian rivals India and Pakistan after days of escalation that resulted in skirmishes between their air forces and fears of all-out war. “I think reasonably attractive news from Pakistan and India. They’ve been going at it and we’ve been involved …
House Takes Aim at Loose Gun-Sale Checks; Passes 2nd Bill
28/02/2019
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a second bill in as many days to toughen background checks for gun purchases, but both bills were likely to face opposition from the Republican-controlled Senate and the White House. The bills are the first major gun control measures approved in Congress in many years. They are …
US House Passes Gun Control Bill
28/02/2019
The U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday passed the most significant gun control bill in years, expanding background checks to include gun shows and internet sales. The vote was 240 to 190, with Congressman Mike Thompson of California calling it a “new day” in Congress, with Democrats in control and making a “commitment to address the …
Openness an Asset, US Transgender Service Members Say
28/02/2019
Members of a U.S. House Armed Services subcommittee on Wednesday heard testimony from five transgender members of the U.S. military, just over a month after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can ban future transgender members of the military. The ruling made Jan. 22, 2019, said transgender men and women already …
Walmart Is Eliminating Greeters, Worrying Disabled Workers
28/02/2019
As Walmart moves to phase out its familiar blue-vested “greeters” at 1,000 stores nationwide, disabled workers who fill many of those jobs say they’re being ill-treated by a chain that styles itself as community-minded and inclusive. Walmart told greeters around the country last week that their positions would be eliminated on April 26 in favor …
Nadler: Former US AG Whitaker to Clarify House Testimony
27/02/2019
Former acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker agreed to meet with lawmakers to clarify his testimony, a congressional leader said on Tuesday, referring to an appearance where Whitaker was quizzed about whether President Donald Trump had sought to influence investigations. “I want to thank Mr. Whitaker for volunteering to meet with us to clarify his …
US Denies IS Supporter’s Request to Return Home
27/02/2019
A few years ago, Hoda Muthana was a hard-talking 20-something from a religiously conservative Alabama family, with a propensity for aggressive tweets and an affinity for the Islamic State’s extremist rhetoric. “Americans wake up!” she posted on March 19, 2015, from her now-defunct @ZumarulJannah account. “Men and women altogether. You have much to do while …
Abrams: More Sanctions Coming on Maduro Allies
27/02/2019
A senior U.S. official said Tuesday the Trump administration would impose more sanctions on Venezuela in the coming days. “We announced some sanctions yesterday, there will be more,” Special Representative on Venezuela Elliott Abrams told reporters at the United Nations, where he addressed a meeting of the Security Council called by the United States. “There …
Trump, North Korea’s Kim Set for Hanoi Summit
26/02/2019
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are due to meet Wednesday in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, to continue talks that began last year on a range of issues, most importantly the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. VOA’s Bill Gallo reports from the site of the summit in Hanoi. …
Trump, North Korea’s Kim Set for Hanoi Summit
26/02/2019
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are due to meet Wednesday in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, to continue talks that began last year on a range of issues, most importantly the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. VOA’s Bill Gallo reports from the site of the summit in Hanoi. …
Former Trump Lawyer Starting 3 Days of Congressional Testimony
26/02/2019
Michael Cohen, the longtime personal attorney of U.S. President Donald Trump, goes before the Senate intelligence committee Tuesday for the first of three days of congressional testimony. Committee Chairman Richard Burr says there will be no question that is off limits, though the answers Cohen gives will be private due to the closed-door nature of …
What to Expect from the US-North Korea Summit in Vietnam
26/02/2019
President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un will meet this week in Vietnam for a second summit on denuclearization. In an interview Monday with VOA News Center Deputy Managing Editor David Jones, VOA’s Korean Service Chief Dong Hyuk Lee talked about the outcome of the 2018 summit and what can be expected …
Trump Heads to Hanoi for Second Summit With Kim
25/02/2019
U.S. President Donald Trump is heading to Hanoi for his second summit with Kim Jong Un amid hopes for a deal that would lead to the North Korean leader to give up his nuclear weapons. “I think we’ll have a very tremendous summit. We want denuclearization, and I think he’ll have a country that will …
West Point Sets Aside Day to Confront Sexual Harassment
25/02/2019
West Point Sets Aside Day to Confront Sexual Harassment WEST POINT, NEW YORK West Point has suspended classes for a day so cadets can address sexual assault and harassment after a survey found an increasing number of incidents at the academy. U.S. Military Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams ordered a full-day “stand-down” at …
Trump Goes After Spike Lee After Oscars Speech
25/02/2019
President Donald Trump is going after director Spike Lee, who used his Oscar acceptance speech to urge mobilization for the 2020 election. Trump tweeted Monday that Lee did a “racist hit on your President.” Trump claimed that he had “done more for African Americans” than “almost” any other president. Lee won for best adapted …
Maduro Opponents Boost Military Rhetoric In Venezuela Crisis
25/02/2019
Opposition leader Juan Guaido has called on the international community to consider “all options” to resolve Venezuela’s crisis, a dramatic escalation in rhetoric that echoes comments from the Trump administration hinting at potential U.S. military involvement. Guaido’s comments late Saturday came after a tumultuous day that saw President Nicolas Maduro’s forces fire tear gas and …
Trump Postpones New Trade Tariffs on China
25/02/2019
Trump Postpones New Trade Tariffs on China …
Teens Tweet Trump, Find Senate Ally, Score Civil Rights Win
25/02/2019
All the bill needed to become law was President Donald Trump’s signature. It would create a national archive of documents from civil rights cold cases. Students had been working on the project for years, families waiting on it for decades. But time was running out. Legislation dies in the transition from one session of Congress …
Part of Brooklyn’s Coney Island Avenue Named After Pakistan Founder
24/02/2019
The United States has a long tradition of recognizing foreign figures by naming streets after them. Often that’s done at the request of an immigrant community with a significant presence in the area. That’s the case along of stretch of Brooklyn’s Coney Island Avenue in New York City, which has been renamed after the founder …
Report: Kushner Family Firm Pays $1.1B for 6,000 Apartments
24/02/2019
The real estate firm run by White House adviser Jared Kushner’s family has pulled off its biggest deal in more than a decade. Kushner Cos. paid $1.1 billion for a portfolio of about 6,000 apartments in Maryland and Virginia that had been owned by Lone Star Funds, according to a story published Friday by The …
Interstate Closed, Towns Threatened by Floods Across South
24/02/2019
Homes, highways, parks and bridges throughout the South have been flooded or put out of commission Saturday, as the toll of days of drenching rains swelled waterways and pooled over saturated lands amid a threat of severe storms. Interstate 40 near the Tennessee line with North Carolina was closed by a rockslide, one of the …
Butina Lawyer to Russian State Media: Deportation Logistics Underway
23/02/2019
The attorney for Maria Butina, the Russian women whom U.S. federal prosecutors have charged with illegal foreign lobbying, says her passport has been handed over to U.S. immigration officials to expedite her anticipated deportation to Russia. In an interview with Russia’s state run TASS news agency, defense attorney Robert Driscoll said he hopes the U.S. …
Native Hawaiian Activists: We’ll Keep Fighting Thirty-Meter Telescope
23/02/2019
Any day now — or perhaps weeks from now — a caravan of trucks hauling heavy equipment will begin the eight-mile climb up Mauna Kea, a sleeping volcano on the “Big Island” of Hawaii, the first step toward building the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), the largest in the world, and the first of its kind. …
Hate Crimes Increasing, But Few Turn Out to be Hoaxes
23/02/2019
The number of hate crimes, or crimes against a protected minority, has increased over the last several years in the United States. Advocates fear the alleged false reporting of a hate crime by an American actor may cause people to doubt real victims and prevent some victims from going to the police. VOA’s Carolyn Presutti …