VOA News/Steve Baragona WASHINGTON — The United Kingdom is proposing a ban on disposable plastic straws. With Earth Day coming up this Sunday, advocates are asking everyone to follow suit and skip the straw. Straws and stirrers are among the top 10 items found in coastal cleanups worldwide, according to the nonprofit Ocean Conservancy, which has […]readmore
Steve Herman/VOA News WEST PALM BEACH — Despite frequent assurances that they continue to enjoy a warm friendship, U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over two days of talks apparently failed to bridge significant differences on major trade issues. Trump declared his discussions with Abe “extremely productive,” but few details of […]readmore
VOA News/Gianpaolo Pietri/Wayne Lee SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — Eighty-percent of the more than 1.3 million customers who were left without electricity in Puerto Rico have had power restored, the U.S. territory’s power company said Thursday. The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) said power would be restored to the remaining 326,000 customers by […]readmore
VOA News Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has joined President Donald Trump’s legal team dealing with the ongoing investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller. «I’m doing it because I hope we can negotiate an end to this for the good of the country and because I have high regard for the president and for […]readmore
Voz de América WASHINGTON — El ex alcalde de Nueva York, Rudy Giuliani, se unió al equipo personal de abogados del presidente Donald Trump, informó el jueves el jefe del equipo legal del mandatario. «Rudy es grandioso», dijo Trump en un comunicado emitido por Jay Sekulow, el principal abogado del presidente. «Ha sido mi amigo por […]readmore
Jim Malone/VOA News WASHINGTON — To some, it may seem like just another week at the Trump White House. Word of a potentially historic breakthrough on North Korea is forced to compete with a scathing assessment of the president by his former FBI director. Add into the mix, court appearances earlier in the week by his […]readmore
Former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush has died at 92. A family statement said she died Tuesday evening with her family beside her. “My dear mother has passed on at age 92,” former President George W. Bush said in a statement. “Laura, Barbara, Jenna, and I are sad, but our souls are settled because we […]readmore
La ex Primera dama de Estados Unidos, Barbara Bush, ha muerto a los 92 años, informó un portavoz de la familia. La señora Bush, fue solo una de dos primeras damas estadounidenses que también fue madre de un presidente. La otra era Abigail Adams, esposa de John Adams y madre de John Quincy Adams. La […]readmore
El pasado sábado se reunió un grupo de personas de las ciudades de Central Falls y Pawtucket, donde se proclamó que estas comunidades ya tienen una Voz. Es claro que nadie conoce mejor su ciudad y el estado que sus residentes, la reunión empezó con un desayuno y la bienvenida a los participantes. Estuvo presente […]readmore
Voz de America – La ex primera dama de Estados Unidos Barbara Bush está grave y no se le prestará más atención médica, informó el domingo un portavoz de la familia. “Tras una serie de hospitalizaciones recientes, y tras consultar con su familia y sus médicos, la señora Bush, de 92 años de edad, ha […]readmore