Chris Hannas VOA News Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump again shook up the leadership of his campaign Wednesday, less than three months before Americans choose who will take over the White House in January. Trump hired Stephen Bannon, a senior executive at the conservative news website Breitbart, to be campaign chief executive officer and […]Load more...
Ten years ago, a 10-year-old Katie Ledecky had her picture taken with Michael Phelps as the young swimmer asked one of her idols for an autograph. View image on Twitter Follow Darren Rovell ✔@darrenrovell 10 years ago: A 9-year-old named Katie Ledecky gets an autograph from Michael Phelps (Credit: Ledecky Family) Now that Phelps is […]Load more...
Jill Craig NAIROBI — South Sudanese troops gang-raped, beat, and robbed aid workers, specifically targeting Americans, at a hotel compound in Juba on July 11, according to an Associated Press report published Monday. Witnesses interviewed by the news agency said soldiers carried out mock executions and forced the foreigners to watch as they killed a local […]Load more...
GENEVA — The United Nations is condemning an attack Monday by the Saudi-led coalition on a hospital in Yemen that local health officials report has left 18 people dead and another 18 wounded. The rural hospital in northwestern Yemen was supported by the charity, Doctors Without Borders. The attack on the Abs Hospital in Hajjah governorate […]Load more...
Sharon Behn VOA News IRBIL, IRAQ — Up to a million people are trapped in the Islamic State-controlled city of Mosul. As Iraqi, Kurdish and tribal forces close in, men, women and children are expected to come flooding out. Protecting them will be one of the largest, most complex humanitarian operations in the world. Kurdish forces […]Load more...
Wayne Lee Opponents of the Islamic State group outnumber the extremists’ supporters on Twitter, although those who are pro-IS are more active on the social media channel, a Rand Corporation study said. The nonprofit research organization’s study found that IS opponents outnumber supporters 6-to-1 on Twitter, even though the extremist group reputedly has found Twitter […]Load more...
VOA News The FBI has sent Congress documents related to its investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state. The House Oversight Committee said Tuesday it had received the documents, marked «secret,» which include notes on FBI interviews with Clinton and other witnesses during the investigation. […]Load more...
Esha Sarai Twenty thousand people have been rescued from unprecedented flooding in the southern state of Louisiana’s capital, the governor said Tuesday. Most of those rescues were made by the National Guard and state authorities, but city residents with boats, trucks and kayaks have taken it upon themselves to help out. «A tremendous response by […]Load more...
PAWTUCKET— Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island will sponsor an AARP Drivers Safety Program in cooperation with the American Association of Retired People (AARP). The course will be held on September 28th from 1:00 to 5:30 p.m. in the Sayles Conference Room 2 & 3 at Memorial Hospital. The AARP Drivers Safety Program is a refresher […]Load more...
VOA NEWS Donald Trump on Monday called for «extreme vetting,» including ideological screening, to make sure only people who share American values and respect the American people can emigrate to the United States. The Republican presidential candidate spelled out his immigration and foreign policies to an appreciative crowd in Youngstown, Ohio who interrupted him several […]Load more...