VOA News There’s more bad news for Twitter. The troubled microblogging site is planning to reduce its workforce by 8 percent, according to Bloomberg News. The report comes on the heels of the company failing to find a buyer. Twitter reportedly is seeking to eliminate around 300 people, around the same number cut when Twitter […]readmore
BOSTON – October 25, 2016 – State and federal officials today released a pair of marine wildlife studies on the presence of endangered whale, turtle and bird species to inform federal offshore wind development permitting processes. The studies, which are the result of a three-year effort sponsored by MassCEC in partnership with the U.S. Bureau […]readmore
VOA News Ride hailing service Uber is offering free flu shots to customers in select U.S. cities. “This flu season, we’re delivering free flu-fighting care packages across the country,” the company said in a blog post. “When you receive a pack, you’ll have the option to request a free flu shot from a registered nurse […]readmore
Care package initiative expected to serve over 350 troops who are away from home during the holidays PROVIDENCE, R.I. – This morning, Lieutenant Governor Daniel J. McKee launched the 14th Annual Operation Holiday Cheer accompanied by Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian, Brigadier General Christopher P. Callahan of the Rhode Island National Guard and a host of […]readmore
June Soh VOA News WASHINGTON — «The Art of the Qur’an», the first major exhibition of its type in the United States that opened Oct. 22 in Washington, features more than 60 of the most important manuscripts of and about the Quran, created over more than 1,000 years across the Islamic world – from North Africa […]readmore
Three Massachusetts firms, one Rhode Island firm, submit qualifications The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced today that it has received proposals from four real estate development firms in response to a request for qualifications (RFQ) process for the construction of the Providence Intermodal Transit Center, a facility that will integrate bus and train […]readmore
HOUSTON — Texas, a state known for oil production, has become a leader in the development and use of renewable energy, especially wind power. And solar energy production is growing rapidly in the “Lone Star state” spurred on by the state’s abundant sunshine and the sharp drop in the price of solar panels in recent years. […]readmore
Carla Babb VOA News PENTAGON — The United Nations said Tuesday it has preliminary reports of extrajudicial killings and summary executions by Islamic State fighters around the northern city of Mosul, including the militants using civilians as human shields. U.N. human rights spokesman Rupert Colville told reporters in Geneva the reports have not been fully verified, […]readmore
Daniel Schearf VOA News MOSCOW — In Russia’s so-called «information war» with the West, the pro-Kremlin youth group SET (Network) is a foot soldier fighting primarily on the internet. At their roomy headquarters in an upscale office compound in Moscow, the group designs online videos criticizing the West and praising President Vladimir Putin – videos they […]readmore
VOA News An extremist attack targeting non-Muslims along Kenya’s northeast border with Somalia on Tuesday has killed 12 people, according to a Kenyan official. Militants belonging to the Somalia-based militant group al-Shabab attacked the Bisharo Guest House, a lodging in Mandera County that hosts out-of-towners, with grenades and IEDs, Mandera County commander Job Boronjo said. […]readmore