PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo today recognized North Providence High School for attaining the highest graduation rate in the state at 98 percent. «Congratulations to the entire North Providence High School community,» Raimondo said. «You’ve shown that with dedication and by focusing on the individual learning needs of each student, we can dramatically […]readmore
Reuters KABUL—Afghan officials took delivery of 10,000 automatic rifles and millions of rounds of ammunition as a gift from Russia on Wednesday, another sign of deepening involvement by Moscow in the war-torn country.Dependent almost entirely on foreign aid, Afghan security forces are struggling to secure the country amid a rising insurgency. As the NATO-led coalition’s […]readmore
VOA News A court in the German city of Cologne has given a suspended jail term to a Moroccan man convicted of trying to steal a mobile phone from a woman on New Year’s Eve, a night when numerous sexual assaults were reported and blamed on immigrants. In Wednesday’s proceedings, the court gave a six-month […]readmore
Reuters CAIRO—Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said on Wednesday that the Russian plane that crashed in Sinai last year was downed by terrorists seeking to damage Egypt’s tourism industry and relations with Moscow.»Has terrorism ended, no it has not but it will if we unite. Whoever downed the Russian plane, what did he mean? He meant […]readmore
Reuters PRISTINA—Hundred of Kosovars put up tents in Pristina’s main square on Tuesday demanding snap elections and the suspension of a parliamentary vote that will bring in a president who helped broker a deal giving more powers to the ethnic Serb minority.Opposition parties accuse presidential candidate, Hashim Thaci, deputy prime minister and the head parliament’s […]readmore
Jeff Seldin Even as U.S. officials highlight military gains against the Islamic State terror group in Iraq and Syria, there is a growing sense of unease among former officials and analysts that the current strategies are not enough. Their fear is that while the U.S. and its coalition partners are degrading Islamic State’s abilities on […]readmore
BEIJING—China’s recent announcement of a stringent new publishing law for online content and a visit by the country’s increasingly powerful leader to several state run media headquarters is but the latest chilling sign of President Xi Jinping’s efforts to exert increasing control over society, analysts say. But, it also highlights the limits of that […]readmore
VOA News The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says it is investigating 14 new reports of Zika virus infection in the United States, all suspected to be sexually transmitted. The Atlanta-based CDC made the announcement Tuesday and said all of the 14 cases are women whose only known risk factor is sexual […]readmore
Cindy Saine CAPITOL HILL—President Barack Obama is vowing to finally close down the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as he pledged to do when he first ran for office eight years ago. But the Republican leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate was quick to reject the president’s plan, calling it […]readmore
Boston, MA, 23 de Febrero, 2016 — *Berklee Latino, el programa de Berklee College of Music impartido en español, se expande a Ecuador y Perú en su tercer año de vida. Berklee Latino también regresa a México con dos programas de 1 semana y a Colombia durante el 2016. El programa ofrece a músicos hispanohablantes […]readmore