VOA NEWS/REUTERS ST. AUGUSTINE, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO — At home in the United States, Kerrie Springer takes pride in being environmentally conscious. So when she booked a week’s getaway at the Bucuti and Tara Beach Resort in Aruba, she choose the «green stay» option, agreeing to reuse her sheets and towels rather than have them changed […]readmore
VOA News OSLO — Greenland could start to export sand in a rare positive spinoff from global warming that is melting the island’s vast ice sheet and washing large amounts of sediment into the sea, scientists said Monday. Mining of sand and gravel, widely used in the construction industry, could boost the economy for Greenland’s 56,000 […]readmore
VOA NEWS/Margaret Besheer UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that there has been a «quantum leap» in relations between the world body and the African Union and he hopes this can translate into progress on some of the continent’s biggest challenges. «I am totally committed to the cooperation between the African Union and […]readmore
VOA News Colombia’s military says it has killed a militant leader who refused to adhere to a peace accord his rebel group and the government agreed to in 2016. “Today in a seamless operation the criminal known as Rodrigo Cadete, one of the most feared figures of terrorism in our country, was neutralized,” Colombian President […]readmore
VOA News/Reuters QUITO — Ecuador is setting up new units to check Venezuelan immigrants’ legal status and may tighten entry requirements after a Venezuelan man murdered his pregnant Ecuadorian girlfriend, President Lenin Moreno said on Sunday. The killing in the northern city of Ibarra is the first reported murder perpetrated by a Venezuelan immigrant in Ecuador […]readmore
El Louvre batió un nuevo récord de frecuentación, con más de 10 millones de visitas en 2018, gracias a un aumento del turismo en París y a la publicidad generada por el clip de Beyoncé «Apeshit» filmado entre las obras maestras del museo, declaró este jueves el director. «Por primera vez en su historia y […]readmore
El gobierno de Venezuela confirmó este jueves la muerte del cónsul de Grecia en Caracas, Aggelos Haritos, quien según un parte de la policía falleció de un infarto en un hotel de la capital. En un comunicado, la administración del presidente Nicolás Maduro expresó sus «más sentidas palabras de condolencia» al gobierno griego por el […]readmore
VOA News/Henry Ridgwell LONDON — China is meeting a growing demand for armed drones in the Middle East, adding new military capabilities to an already tense security situation, according to a new report from the London-based Royal United Services Institute. Report author Justin Bronk says Beijing asks few questions when selling the technology overseas. “Because the […]readmore
VOA News/Joyce Huang In China, 2018 has been a year that rights defenders worldwide say was extremely repressive, particularly when it comes to religious persecution. China’s communist party leadership has strongly defended its actions amid growing calls that its actions may constitute crimes against humanity. Those actions include the internment of hundreds of thousands – […]readmore
CRANSTON- Reynaldo Almonte, CEO, President and General Manager of Latino Public Radio (LPR) is making a direct appeal to Elected Officials in Rhode Island to support the station’s efforts to stay on the air at 1290 AM. The station is slated to go off the air on the radio after negotiations with Rhode Island Public […]readmore