VOA News The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, has left Moscow on a trip to Cuba in which he will both make a state visit to the Cuban President, Raul Castro, and hold a historic meeting with the head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis. Kirill left Moscow on Thursday, ahead […]Load more...
VOA News U.S. defense chief Ash Carter appealed Thursday to his counterparts in the U.S.-led coalition conducting aerial attacks on Islamic State in Iraq and Syria for more military and financial help to carry out the campaign. Carter met with defense ministers from more than two dozen countries in Brussels, talking privately with some officials […]Load more...
VOA News The remaining armed protestors occupying a U.S. federal wildlife refuge in the northwestern state of Oregon have agreed to turn themselves in Thursday morning, according to media reports. As that development was unfolding, word came that the patriarch of the family at the center of the takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge […]Load more...
Smita Nordwall The government in the northern U.S. state of Michigan is scrambling to help resolve the toxic water crisis in the city of Flint, where lead has been found in the bloodstreams of more than 200 children. Here’s a look at the who, what, where and why of the public health crisis that has […]Load more...
VOA News The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the central U.S. city of Ferguson, Missouri, after it refused to accept a deal that would have reformed its mostly white police department. The Ferguson City Council said the package, which had been negotiated between the federal government and city officials, costs too much. At […]Load more...
La Corte Suprema de Justicia de Estados Unidos decidió suspender un ambicioso programa del gobierno que limita de forma draconiana las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero de las centrales eléctricas. El tribunal suspendió temporalmente la aplicación del Clean Power Plan (‘Proyecto para una Energía Limpia’), elaborado por la Agencia de Protección del Ambiente (EPA) […]Load more...
El presidente Barack Obama anunció el martes un nuevo esfuerzo centralizado para incrementar la seguridad cibernética en el país. Obama dijo que los sistemas de computación del gobierno federal son demasiado arcaicos y no están preparados para proteger de ataques cibernéticos las enormes cantidades de importantes datos que almacenan. “Hoy estamos proponiendo un nuevo plan […]Load more...
VOA News NATO’s secretary general says the alliance’s increased “forward presence” in Eastern Europe sends a «clear signal» to any would-be aggressor. Speaking Wednesday in Brussels before a two-day NATO defense ministers meeting, Jens Stoltenberg said with an obvious reference to Russia, that “NATO will respond as one to any aggression against any ally.” «I […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo, joined by Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor, visited Agcore Technologies to highlight the importance of small businesses working alongside state universities on research and development projects to build a new economy in Rhode Island. This Cranston-based small business is collaborating with the University of Rhode Island to develop a […]Load more...
Gracias. Señor Presidente, honorables miembros del Concejo Municipal y residentes de nuestra gran ciudad de Providence– Un poco más de un año atrás en mi discurso inaugural, dije que íbamos a construir en nuevo Providence–una ciudad que trabaja para todos sus residentes, una ciudad comprometida con la innovación y una ciudad que ofrece oportunidades para […]Load more...
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