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Japan’s Abe to Bring Offer of Jobs, Investment to Trump
09/02/2017
President Donald Trump’s salvos on trade and currency are rattling Japan Inc., but many here hope Prime Minister Shinzo Abe can sell him a “win-win” package of job creation and investment when they meet this week, averting a return of the Japan-bashing of the 1980s. Abe moved early to build a personal rapport with …
7 Months in, Expanded Panama Canal Still Faces Challenges
09/02/2017
Loaded with more than 6,000 cargo containers, the ship Ever Living prepared for the final leg of its journey through the newly expanded Panama Canal when things hit a snag: The last of the massive steel lock doors failed to open all the way. The pilots controlling the ship and the captains of the tugboats …
Brexit Bill Support Overwhelming from British Lawmakers
09/02/2017
Britain is set to begin the process of leaving the European Union at the end of March. Members of the House of Commons voted Wednesday to back the legislation, and it goes to the House of Lords. Zlatica Hoke reports the legislation received strong backing in Parliament’s lower chamber. …
Russia Loses Right To Host Biathlon World Championships In 2021
09/02/2017
Russia lost the right to host another major athletic event on February 8 due to its doping scandal. …
Macedonia Blasts U.S. Congressman’s Claim It’s ‘Not A Country,’ Should Be Divided
09/02/2017
Macedonia angrily rejected a U.S. Republican lawmaker’s assertion that it “is not a country” and it should be divided between neighboring Bulgaria and Kosovo. …
European Ministers Agree To Fortify Blockade Of Migrants’ Balkans Route
09/02/2017
Ministers from 15 European countries have agreed to come up with new measures to ensure that the so-called Western Balkans route to the European Union remains shut for migrants. …
Republican Senators Propose Cuts in Legal Immigration to US
08/02/2017
Two Republican senators say they are sponsoring legislation that would make major changes in the U.S. immigration system, slashing the number of foreign nationals admitted into the country each year by up to 50 percent. The proposal, which by some estimates would reduce immigration from 1 million to 500,000 people per year, would align the …
Kremlin Critic Navalny Found Guilty In Retrial
08/02/2017
Russian anti-corruption campaigner and Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny has been found guilty in a politically-charged embezzlement case. A judge in the city of Kirov read out the verdict against him on February 8, in a conviction which would make him ineligible to run for president. (Reuters) …
Turkish, Rebel Fighters Seize Area Around Key Syrian Town
08/02/2017
Turkey’s military said Wednesday that Syrian rebel forces with Turkish support have taken control of strategic hills surrounding the Islamic State-held town of al-Bab. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the war in Syria, said Turkish forces and allied Syrian rebels launched an operation late Tuesday and seized territory on the western …
Red Cross Says Six Workers Killed In Afghan Attack
08/02/2017
Six Afghan employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have been killed in an attack in the northern Afghan province of Jowzjan, officials say. …
Islamic State Kills 6 ICRC Employees in Afghanistan
08/02/2017
Authorities in northern Afghanistan say Islamic State terrorists have killed at least six local employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Jowzjan province government spokesman Reza Ghafoori told VOA Wednesday’s attack occurred in the Qushtipa district and the assailants also took away two ICRC workers. He said the ICRC staff were bringing animal …
Turkey-Backed Syrian Rebels Close In On IS-Held City
08/02/2017
Syrian rebels backed by Turkish forces have seized control of strategically important hills around the Islamic State (IS)-controlled town of Al-Bab, Turkey’s military says. …
If You Ghost Do You Throw Shade? US Dictionary Adds New Words
07/02/2017
The next time someone throws shade at you for ghosting them so you can binge-watch a TV show or retreat to your safe space, you can let them know your behavior has been recognized by the United States’ leading dictionary publisher. Merriam-Webster on Tuesday added more than 1,000 new words and definitions, ranging from conversational …
Russian Filmmakers Protest Attempts To ‘Censor’ Film About Young Tsar
07/02/2017
Filmmakers in Russia say a State Duma deputy and Russian Orthodox activists are trying to prevent a romantic film about Tsar Nicholas II from being screened in Russia. …
National Parks Traveler Finds Paradise in US Islands
07/02/2017
Some people may be surprised to learn that in addition to its 50 states and Washington, DC, the United States includes more than a dozen territories located in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. They include Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. National parks traveler Mikah Meyer, who’s on a mission to visit all …
Russia to Host Wider Regional Conference on Afghanistan
07/02/2017
Russia will host a regional conference on Afghanistan later this month to discuss efforts aimed at settling the protracted Afghan conflict and containing “spillover effects” of Islamic State terrorists trying to get a foothold in the war-ravaged nation. Moscow organized a tripartite meeting on the subject late December where it only invited Pakistan and China. …
Lavrov Says Trump Position On Ukraine Differs From Obama’s
07/02/2017
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says he views U.S. President Donald Trump’s opinion about the conflict in Ukraine as “a qualitative change” compared to that of Barack Obama. …
Putn’s Navalny Dilemma
07/02/2017
The Kremlin appears to have no idea what to do with Aleksei Navalny. They seem afraid to imprison him; they’ve been unable to co-opt him; and no matter how much they harasses him, they just can’t seem to neutralize him. …
Peru Opens Corruption Probe into ex-President Toledo
07/02/2017
Peruvian prosecutors opened a formal investigation Monday into suspicions that former President Alejandro Toledo took bribes from a Brazilian construction firm at the heart of a major corruption scandal shaking politicians across Latin America. The move came after police searched Toledo’s home in Lima on Saturday. Authorities in Peru and throughout Latin America …
United States Disburses $98M to El Salvador
07/02/2017
The United States granted El Salvador $98 million on Monday, as part of a plan to combat lawlessness and corruption and diminish the flow of migrants heading north. The funds, which were approved by the U.S. Congress in 2015, will be used to prioritize security and development strategies in 50 impoverished areas of the Central …
Israeli Parliament Legalizes 4,000 Jewish Settlements on Private Palestinian Land
07/02/2017
Israel’s parliament has passed a new law on settlements which is sure to be challenged in court and bring global wrath against Israel. The Knesset voted 60-52 Monday night to retroactively legalize 4,000 Jewish settlements on private Palestinian land in the West Bank — land Palestinians want for a future state. Israeli lawmakers on the …
Top Shots
06/02/2017
Some of the most compelling photographs from RFE/RL’s broadcast region and beyond for the sixth week of 2017. …
IAAF Upholding Russia Ban In Wake Of Doping Scandal
06/02/2017
World athletics’ governing body says Russia will remain suspended from international competition and will likely be ruled out of the world championships slated for August in London. …
Trump Says U.S. ‘Strongly’ Supports NATO But Urges Members To Boost Spending
06/02/2017
U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States “strongly” backs NATO but that members of the military alliance must earmark more money for defense spending. …
Russia, Turkey, Iran Begin Second Round Of Syria Talks
06/02/2017
Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry says Russia, Turkey, and Iran have begun meeting to discuss mechanisms to monitor the cease-fire they brokered in Syria. …
WHO, Medical Experts, Warn of Rising Health Costs in Asia
06/02/2017
Asia faces a growing burden in treatment costs due to rising numbers of patients diagnosed with cancer, as well as those suffering from stroke and dementia over the next decade. While Asia’s economic progress has led to sharply lower levels of poverty, it has resulted in social and lifestyles changes ranging from diets to increasing …