VOA News/Carla Babb NORFOLK NAVAL STATION, VIRGINIA – A major military exercise involving maritime forces from 18 countries is underway in the Baltic Sea, but at its helm is not a fleet permanently based in Europe, but one based half a world away in the U.S. state of Virginia. Baltic Operations, known as BALTOPS, is […]readmore
This image taken from video shows singer Jennifer Hudson posing with student journalists from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., who were recognized at the 2019 Pulitzer Prize winners awards luncheon at Columbia University in New York, May 28, 2019. VOA NEWS Student journalists from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were honored by the […]readmore
VOA NEWS/ASSOCIATED PRESS LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS — Historic flooding is hitting communities along the Arkansas River despite little rain in the region, thanks to downpours in areas farther north and efforts by officials to control the powerful surge of water. Intense rain in Kansas and northeast Oklahoma strained aging dams and levees, and a reservoir in […]readmore
Damaged apartments are open up to the air at the Westbrooke Village Apartments in Trotwood, Ohio, after the roof was torn off from a severe storm the night before, May 28, 2019. Associated Press/VOA NEWS BROOKVILLE, OHIO — A swarm of tornadoes so tightly packed that one may have crossed the path carved by another […]readmore
This combination of file photos shows President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden VOA NEWS/Ken Bredemeier The next U.S. presidential election is not until November 2020, but Republican President Donald Trump and the leading Democrat trying to oust him, former Vice President Joe Biden, are launching rhetorical slingshots at each other with gusto. […]readmore
VOA NEWS/ STEVE HERMAN TOKYO — Enhanced military cooperation between the United States and Japan in the face of a rising China was emphasized as President Donald Trump concluded a four-day state visit in the island nation. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on Tuesday morning, hosted Trump on the deck of the JS Kaga, one […]readmore
Former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a rally, May 1, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa. VOA News/William Gallo SEOUL- Juhyun Lee contributed to this report. North Korean state media slammed Joe Biden as an «imbecile» and a «fool of low IQ» Wednesday, Pyongyang’s first substantial comments on the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The […]readmore
The online Radio TV Marti website, programmed by the Office of Cuba Broadcasting. VOA News/Brian Padden The U.S. government service charged with delivering objective news into Cuba produces both “bad journalism” and “ineffective propaganda,” according to an independent audit released Tuesday. The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees taxpayer-funded international broadcasting, ordered the audit of the Office of […]readmore
Orient Craft, one of India’s largest apparel exporters, says it could benefit from increased business as the US-China trade war intensifies. This building in Gurgaon on the outskirts of Delhi houses its office and one of its garment units. VOA News/Anjana Pasricha NEW DELHI — As work on establishing a massive garment-manufacturing unit by one of […]readmore
VOA News Dozens of protests supporting abortion rights unfolded across the United States on Tuesday, including one held outside the Supreme Court in Washington. The demonstrations targeted a recent array of anti-abortion laws being adopted by conservative state legislatures that have voiced the hope that the ensuing legal battles over the strict abortion curbs will […]readmore