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
VOA News- Ken Bredemeier File: Former White House counsel Don McGahn arrives for a ceremony in the Great Hall at the Department of Justice in Washington, May 9, 2019. WASHINGTON — Former White House Counsel Donald McGahn defied a subpoena Tuesday from the House Judiciary Committee to testify about his conversations with President Donald Trump […]readmore
VOA News – Carla Babb Michael Bowman on Capitol Hill contributed to this report. PENTAGON — Acting Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan said the steps taken to bolster the U.S. military presence in the Middle East have deterred Iran and “put on hold the potential for attacks on Americans,” even as Iran carried out other […]readmore
President Donald Trump says abortions were acceptable to him in three instances, when a woman becomes pregnant by rape or incest and when the life of a mother is endangered. VOA NEWS – Ken Bredemeier U.S. President Donald Trump says he is less restrictive in his anti-abortion views than provisions in a string of pro-life […]readmore
A China Coast Guard vessel patrols at the disputed Scarborough Shoal April 6, 2017 VOA NEWS The United States military said one of its warships in the South China Sea sailed Monday near the disputed Scarborough Shoal claimed by China and the Philippines. «USS Preble sailed within 12 nautical miles of Scarborough Reef in order to challenge […]readmore
VOA NEWS – Julie Taboh WASHINGTON, DC — Norman Rockwell is considered one of America’s most beloved and influential artists, painting scenes of ordinary Americans at work, at play and at war, capturing simple yet compelling details that illuminated everyday life in the country. Helping tell America’s story Most Americans became familiar with his work […]readmore
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson arrives for a news conference in his Capitol office in Jefferson City, Missouri, May 14, 2019. Parson voiced support for an abortion ban bill on Wednesday. VOA News Missouri is the latest U.S. state to act in favor of a restrictive abortion ban bill, bolstering a national movement Republicans hope could […]readmore