VOA News The U.S. «remains deeply concerned with China’s long-standing restrictions on freedom of expression online,» a State Department official said Thursday, reacting to Google’s reported plan to relaunch its search engine in China. «We strongly object to all efforts by China to force U.S. companies to block or censor online content as a condition […]readmore
VOA/Cindy Saine U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with his Turkish counterpart Friday in an effort to obtain the release of Andrew Brunson, a detained U.S. pastor who Turkey accuses of backing terrorism. The Trump administration has placed sanctions on Turkish officials because of Brunson’s detention. Turkey says the sanctions are unacceptable. Pompeo and […]readmore
VOA News/William Gallo U.S. President Donald Trump touted the economy’s strong second quarter performance Friday, saying «we’re on track to hit the highest annual average growth rate in over 13 years.» The U.S. economy grew at a 4.1-percent annualized rate in the second quarter, its fastest pace in nearly four years, the Commerce Department reported […]readmore
VOA News U.S. officials say they expect to reunite all eligible children who had been separated from their parents after entering the country illegally by Thursday’s court-ordered deadline (0700 UTC Friday). The Justice Department said in a court filing Thursday afternoon in San Diego that more than 1,400 children 5 years old and older had […]readmore
VOA News A U.S. military plane brought back 55 cases of remains North Korea says are of U.S. service members killed in the Korean War more than six decades ago, the White House confirmed in a statement late Thursday. “A U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft containing remains of fallen service members has departed Wonsan, North […]readmore
VOA News The court-ordered deadline has passed for U.S. officials to reunite all eligible children who were separated from their parents after entering the country. U.S. officials said they expected to reunite all eligible children who had been separated from their parents after entering the country illegally by Thursday’s court-ordered deadline (0700 UTC Friday). It […]readmore
VOA News Mexico’s President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sent a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, seeking to initiate «a new stage in the relationship» of the two countries and to make progress in the areas of «trade, migration, development and security.» Lopez Obrador handed the seven-page letter to a U.S. delegation that visited the […]readmore
VOA News U.S. President Donald Trump has warned Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to «never threaten the United States,» in a Twitter comment that came shortly after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a speech critical of Iran’s leaders. «To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES […]readmore
VOA News/Nike Ching STATE DEPARTMENT — The U.S. has no intention of allowing Russia to question Michael McFaul, Washington’s former ambassador to Moscow and a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told VOA on Thursday. «It’s not going to happen,» the top U.S. diplomat said in an interview at the […]readmore
VOA News President Donald Trump, via Twitter, extended his “deepest sympathies to the families and friends of those involved in the terrible boat accident which just took place in Missouri.” At least 13 people, including children, were killed when a tourist boat capsized and sank in a lake during a storm late Thursday in the […]readmore