US Noticias

Vice President Biden to Travel to Serbia, Kosovo

VOA News U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will travel next week to Serbia and Kosovo, where the government recently named a highway after one of the vice president’s sons. Beau Biden, who died May 30, 2015, of brain cancer at age 46, served a stint in 2001 as an interim legal adviser in post-war Kosovo. […]Load more...

LPR Red de deportes

Raimondo Signs Bills Supporting Workers, Small Businesses

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo  signed into law legislation passed this year that supports Rhode Island workers and small businesses. The bills aim to assist employees in collecting wages from nonpaying employers and position the state to track data on microbusinesses in order to understand and meet their needs. The signing ceremony was held […]Load more...

Política

Raimondo Signs Bills to Expand Opportunity for Veterans

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo, joined by Representative Jan P. Malik, Senator Walter S. Felag, Jr., Director of Veterans Affairs Kasim Yarn, and Brigadier General Christopher Callahan, Adjutant General of the state of Rhode Island, today ceremonially signed several new bills to strengthen the state’s commitment to veterans and their families. The diverse […]Load more...

Comunidad Salud

American Lung Association to Hold Inaugural Stadium Step Up at

PROVIDENCE, RI (August 8, 2016) American Lung Association of the Northeast today announced that it will host its first-ever Stadium Step Up event at historic Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island this Saturday, August 20 from 10am-12pm. Stadium Step Up, one of several stair climbing training opportunities led by the American Lung Association, will give […]Load more...

Comunidad

UMass Dartmouth, Republic of Iceland sign marine science, biotech research

Pact results from 2015 university visit by Iceland delegation and U.S. Ambassador Robert Barber The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and the Republic of Iceland today announced a partnership to advance marine science and marine-related biotech research and commercialization in recognition of their mutual interest in sustainable marine-based economies. Iceland has strengthened its marine economy by […]Load more...

Noticias del mundo

Turkey’s President Will Head to Russia to Repair Ties

Daniel Schearf VOA MOSCOW—Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is turning to Russia after having received post-coup criticism from the West.In his first trip since the July 15 putsch, he is going to Russia and will meet with President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. “It’s significant for both because both of them have to bargain hard with […]Load more...