VOA News Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is being questioned in connection with a financial scandal involving his unsuccessful re-election bid in 2012. Sarkozy appeared in a Paris courtroom Tuesday to face judges investigating allegations that a public relations firm, Bygmalion, engaged in a process of false accounting that allowed Sarkozy’s campaign to conceal unauthorized […]readmore
VOA News Prosecutors in Germany say human error caused last week’s fatal, head-on train crash in Bavaria, and they have opened a criminal investigation of the train dispatcher on duty at the time. Eleven people died and 80 others were injured when two commuter trains slammed into each other 60 kilometers southeast of Munich, near […]readmore
Lisa Schlein GENEVA, SWITZERLAND—The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has condemned airstrikes on at least four hospitals and a school Monday in northern Syria. He says if intentional, these attacks could amount to war crimes.The United Nations reports scores of people were killed and many more injured in the aerial attacks, which have been […]readmore
Mary Alice Salinas RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIF.—Long-term peace, security and prosperity for Southeast Asia are the goals U.S. President Barack Obama and the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are seeking to ensure during a second day of talks in California.Obama and ASEAN leaders focused on developing innovation and entrepreneurship in southeast Asia […]readmore
Michael Bowman Two days after the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the path to installing a successor remains murky and a topic of intense intrigue in a nation where political divisions and polarization are magnified by a fierce presidential campaign. The White House said Monday that President Barack Obama has started preliminary […]readmore
VOA News Four American journalists charged in Bahrain have been released and are due to fly out of the country, their lawyer said Tuesday. The journalists, arrested on Sunday, had been charged earlier in the day with illegally assembling with the intent to commit a crime. Police said the woman and three men entered the […]readmore
Ken Bredemeier The U.S. has approved construction of the first American factory in Cuba in more than 50 years, a two-man business that hopes to hire Cuban workers to assemble as many as 1,000 small tractors a year to sell to private farmers in Cuba. Cuban officials have already endorsed the $5 million to […]readmore
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is moving swiftly following passage of the RhodeWorks legislation into law last night with the issuance of four request-for-proposals for qualified firms to assist the Department in establishing tolling systems to provide a predictable, reliable revenue stream for improving Rhode Island’s crumbling infrastructure. The proposals also will seek […]readmore
Providence – Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that today Superior Court Justice Brian P. Stern sentenced Jose Colon (age 42), formerly of Central Falls, to 50 years with 35 years to serve and the remainder suspended with probation for first degree child molestation. In addition, Justice Stern ordered Colon to have no contact with […]readmore
DEATH OF ANTONIN SCALIA – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION As a mark of respect for Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the United States, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States of […]readmore