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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed to G-20 leaders ahead of their meetings this week to cooperate more to address some of the planet’s most pressing issues.  “Threats to human prosperity are becoming increasingly acute,” Guterres wrote in a five-page letter dated Nov. 16 and released by the U.N. on Wednesday. “More, rather than less, …

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell boosted U.S. stock markets on Wednesday when he said interest rates were “just below” estimates of a level that neither brakes nor boosts a healthy economy. Many took his comments as a signal that the Fed’s three-year tightening cycle is ending.  The S&P 500 and Dow posted their biggest percentage gains …

The breakdown of a plea deal with former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and an explosive British news report about alleged contacts he may have had with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange threw a new element of uncertainty into the Trump-Russia investigation on Tuesday.   A day after prosecutors accused Manafort of repeatedly lying to them, …

Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith won a divisive Mississippi runoff Tuesday, surviving a video-recorded remark decried as racist and defeating a former federal official who hoped to become the state’s first African-American senator since Reconstruction.   The runoff was rocked by the video, in which Hyde-Smith said of a supporter, “If he invited me to …

To hear President Donald Trump tell it, he was made for a moment like this: A high-stakes face-off. A ticking clock. A cagey adversary.   The man who calls himself a supreme dealmaker will have the opportunity this week to put himself to the test. The question is whether he can defuse a trade war …

The U.S. military in Afghanistan says three of its service members were killed and three others wounded when an improvised explosive device exploded near the troubled central eastern city of Ghazni. An American contractor was also wounded in the blast. A brief statement issued in Kabul said, “The wounded service members and contractor were evacuated …

U.S. President Donald Trump told supporters at a political rally late Monday that his administration has no intention of allowing Central American migrants who traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border to enter the United States. “We are sending a simple message to the lawless caravans and to the illegal trespassers marching toward our border,” he said …

President Donald Trump is defending his administration’s use of tear gas to stop a group of Central American migrants who tried to force their way into the United States. The unrest represented a serious escalation of the crisis, with authorities on both sides of the border arresting migrants and pledging to prosecute those engaging in …

The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo says the United States is creating “needless fear” after the U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa said it had knowledge of a credible threat to its security before an election to replace the country’s long-serving leader. The embassy closed its doors on Monday after reporting over the weekend …

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday expressed his”deep disappointment” in General Motors Co’s decision to close its Oshawa plant, a move Canadian officials only learned about on Sunday and which led workers to walk off the job on Monday. Canadian officials promised to aid auto workers affected by the 2019 closure, part of a …

Five international charities on Monday urged the United States to halt all military support for a Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Shi’ite rebels, saying it would save millions of lives. A joint statement by the International Rescue Committee, Oxfam America, CARE US, Save the Children, and the Norwegian Refugee Council said that 14 million people are …

Several U.S. lawmakers broke with President Donald Trump on Sunday, disagreeing with his assessment that it was uncertain whether Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was involved in the killing of a Saudi dissident journalist inside Riyadh’s consulate in Istanbul. Congressman Adam Schiff, set to become the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee when Democrats …

Washington is digesting the U.S. government’s starkest-ever warnings and most dire predictions to date on climate change. VOA’s Michael Bowman reports, the White House is issuing no calls for action in response to the National Climate Assessment, and President Donald Trump continues to mock the very concept of global warming. …

U.S. Department of Defense officials say a 25-year-old soldier from Leavenworth, Washington, was killed during combat operations in Afghanistan. Army Sgt. Leandro A.S. Jasso died Saturday in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, while supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.   Army spokesman Lt. Col. Loren Bymer said Sunday that Jasso was wounded by small arms fire and was immediately …

The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is a famed tourist attraction and, to many, even one of the so-called “Seven Wonders of The Modern World.” But to some, it serves as a dark path, a way to end their lives. Throughout the years, thousands have committed suicide by jumping off this iconic bridge, but, …

Washington’s National Museum of Women in the Arts is the only museum in the world that showcases creations made exclusively by women. But in the three decades since it first opened, the museum has never had exhibitions dedicated to fashion until now. In November, it opened an exhibit dedicated to the famous American fashion house, …

Teams searching for remains from the deadliest wildfire in California history were able to comb through wreckage in dry weather Saturday, but rains are expected to return next week and officials warned of a threat of mudslides. The Camp Fire all but obliterated the mountain community of Paradise, 175 miles (280 km) northeast of San …

Meredith Ellis gets a bit rapturous about the little patch of earth under her feet. When she bought this northern Texas land several years ago, it was overgrazed and overrun with weeds. Now, she’s thrilled to find a dark green blob of fungus she rolls under her sparkly-nail-polished thumb. She picks a tiny patch of …

It was a monumental task: design a museum beside Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi’s “Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World,” in honor of her enduring legacy — and to accommodate 4.5 million annual visitors. Its creators felt the weight of every detail before ever breaking ground. The new museum is expected to open in May. “When we …

With unparalleled views of the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan, a new 2,400-square-meter (26,000-square-foot) museum celebrating the statue’s legacy is set to open in 2019. VOA’s Ramon Taylor takes a peek into the building that is still under construction and pays homage to the universal concept of liberty and Lady Liberty’s more than 4 million …

An immigrant who sought refuge from deportation in a North Carolina church for 11 months was arrested Friday after arriving at an appointment with immigration officials. Mexican national Samuel Oliver-Bruno, 47, was detained at a Raleigh-area immigration office, according to a U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement news release. The advocacy group Alerta Migratoria NC said …

The pair of turkeys that President Donald Trump pardoned Tuesday will be living out their days at Virginia Tech. The Virginian-Pilot report s that the turkeys named Peas and Carrots are going to a place called Gobblers Rest in Blacksburg, Virginia. It’s a home created for them at the university’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. …

A conservative writer and associate of Trump confidant Roger Stone says he is in plea talks with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team. Jerome Corsi told The Associated Press on Friday that he has been negotiating a potential plea but declined to comment further.   He said on a YouTube show last week that he expected …

Iran has not declared all its chemical weapons capabilities to the global chemical warfare watchdog in The Hague, in breach of international agreements, the U.S. ambassador to the organization said Thursday. Ambassador Kenneth Ward told the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) that Iran has failed to declare a production facility for the …

A few blocks from a shelter housing members of a Central American migrant caravan sits the first Haitian restaurant to open in Tijuana, a bustling eatery that has come to symbolize an immigrant success story in this Mexican border city where Haitians are now a part of the fabric, landing jobs, studying and marrying locals.   Tijuana welcomed …

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that his administration was conducting “very strong” peace negotiations in Afghanistan but that he was not sure whether they would be successful.    Trump made the remarks during a Thanksgiving teleconference call with U.S. troops stationed in the war-ravaged country. He also hinted he might visit Afghanistan, where the U.S. has been engaged since shortly after …