VOA News President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on Friday after Congress declined to fulfill his request for $5.7 billion to help build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border that was his signature 2016 campaign promise. His move aims to let him spend money appropriated by Congress for other purposes. What’s next? Legal challenges […]readmore
A scathing British parliamentary report on Monday branded Facebook «digital gangsters» that knowingly violated data privacy and competition laws. Lawmakers’ 18-month investigation into disinformation and «fake news» also accused Facebook of failing to faithfully fight Russia’s alleged attempts to influence elections. Cultural select committee chair Damian Collins said Facebook «deliberately sought to frustrate our work by giving […]readmore
VOA News/Masood Farivar For nearly two decades, Vancouver, the epicenter of Canada’s increasingly deadly drug epidemic, has embraced an initiative that was once dismissed as a reckless experiment but has since won over some of its fiercest critics: a walk-in facility where addicts can inject heroin under the watch of medical professionals. Allowed as an […]readmore
VOA News U.S. President Donald Trump will warn of «the dangers of socialism» in a speech Monday in support of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who is recognized by the United States as the South American nation’s interim president. The White House says Trump will make remarks at Florida International University, as his administration continues […]readmore
VOA News/Ken Bredemeier U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Monday that key law enforcement officials engaged in «treasonous» activity when they considered invoking a constitutional amendment in 2017 to remove him from office while opening an obstruction of justice investigation against him. Trump, from his oceanfront Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, lashed out at former acting Federal […]readmore
NEW YORK — Each weekday morning, 19-year-old Eri Torres of Morristown, New Jersey, catches the 6:45 a.m. public bus to the County College of Morris. Class begins promptly at 8 a.m. but her shuttle bus only operates every hour-and-a-half, so running late is not an option. If it doesn’t stop at all, she’s out of luck. […]readmore
Definitivamente si hablamos de amor no podemos dejar de hablar de la cantautora chilena Myriam Hernández conocida como ‘La baladista de América’. Además la artista, cumple tres de décadas de trayectoria sobre los escenario. Por encima de todo EEG Live NYC Ofrecerá cinco conciertos consecutivos en diferentes ciudades de los Estados Unidos a la Diva de […]readmore
GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) says that measles outbreaks and deaths are surging globally, putting years of progress made in reducing the killer disease at risk. The WHO is calling for urgent action to stop the spread of the highly contagious but fully preventable disease. The WHO says a safe, effective vaccine, which has […]readmore
VOA News/Lisa Schlein GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — U.N. agencies warn that more than 1 billion people ages 12 to 35 risk losing their hearing from listening to loud music on their audio devices. The World Health Organization, and the International Telecommunication Union, are launching new international standards to make smartphones and other devices safer for listening. Listening […]readmore
WASHINGTON – Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Chair David N. Cicilline (RI-01) introduced legislation today to ban the sale, manufacture, or possession of new military-style assault weapons. “Semi-automatic weapons with military-style features are designed for one purpose only – to kill as many people as quickly as possible,” said Cicilline, who is a Vice Chair […]readmore