VOA News The United States says it still hopes to complete a massive trade pact with the European Union by the end of 2016, even after French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday that negotiations had stalled. The White House said President Barack Obama was sending his top trade official, Michael Froman, to Europe in September […]readmore
The head of the U.S. Central Command scolded Iran Tuesday for «provocative» naval actions in the Persian Gulf, following recent close encounters between U.S. warships and Iranian gunboats. General Joseph Votel spoke just days after the coastal patrol ship USS Squall was forced to fire warning shots to ward off an Iranian gunboat that was […]readmore
Smita Nordwall VOA News U.S. President Barack Obama cut short the sentences of 111 federal inmates Tuesday, in another round of commutations for those convicted of nonviolent drug offenses. The early release is part of Obama’s effort to correct what he views as unreasonably long mandatory minimum sentences. His push to lessen the burden on […]readmore
Zunilda Rosario acababa de regresar el jueves de la República Dominicana cuando fue detenida como principal sospechosa del asesinato de Juan de León, ocurrido en Harlem, en el 1990. NUEVA YORK / PROVIDENCE – Tras 26 años de incertidumbre sobre quién le disparó de muerte al joven Juan de León, el 11 de febrero de […]readmore
Wayne Lee VOA NEWS U.S. President Barack Obama made his first visit Tuesday to the southeastern state of Louisiana, where historic flooding has ravaged much of the southern part of the state. The president hoped to reassure flood victims that his administration has made disaster recovery a top priority. «You are not alone on this. […]readmore
RIO DE JANEIRO — A bid by Los Angeles to host the 2024 Olympic Games could fall victim to anti-American sentiment brewing inside the International Olympic Committee, sources inside the IOC said. The bid, which is competing against three European cities, risks an anti-U.S. protest vote by several IOC members angry over America’s prominent role in […]readmore
Lochte y tres de sus compañeros enfrentan además posibles sanciones por parte del Comité Olímpico de Estados Unidos. El fabricante de trajes de baño Speedo anunció que deja de patrocinar al nadador estadounidense Ryan Lochte, involucrado en un incidente de vandalismo en Brasil. “Si bien hemos disfrutado una relación ganadora con Ryan por más de […]readmore
Voz de América El departamento de Justicia manifestó no estar de acuerdo con la disposición del juez y que se encuentra revisando sus opciones. Un juez federal de Texas bloqueó de manera temporal la orden anunciada por el presidente Barack Obama, que requiere que las escuelas públicas permitan a sus estudiantes transgénero usar los baños […]readmore
ASSOCIATED PRESS/VOA NEWS America’s oldest millennials — nearing 20 when airplanes slammed into the World Trade Center — can remember the economic prosperity of the 1990s, and when a different Clinton ran for president. The younger end of the generation — now nearing 20 — can’t recall a time without terrorism or economic worry. Now […]readmore
VOA News South Korea and the United States have begun their annual joint military exercise under the threat of military retaliation by North Korea. About 25,000 U.S. forces and 50,000 South Korean troops are involved in the two-week Operation Ulchi Freedom exercise, which is largely simulated. The annual drills routinely anger Pyongyang, which says it […]readmore