Providence – “I do not support placing this question before the voters. The administration has yet to provide concrete plans on how the money will be used. Promises of future oversight from the very councilmembers that were prepared to create multi-million dollar council-controlled slush-funds provides no assurance that this money will be spent wisely. City […]Load more...
Chris Hannas Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence says he and presidential candidate Donald Trump believe a Muslim American soldier killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq in 2004 is a hero and families like his «should be cherished by every American.» The statement late Sunday followed intense criticism of Trump’s reaction to an appearance […]Load more...
VOA News U.S. political surveys are showing that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has regained her edge over Republican contender Donald Trump in the aftermath of last week’s Democratic convention where she and a raft of other speakers attacked his credentials to be the American leader. Trump, a real estate tycoon seeking elected office for […]Load more...
Chris Hannas Turkish forces detained 11 soldiers Monday who are suspected of attacking a hotel where President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was staying during an attempted coup in mid-July. The captures were made near the resort town of Marmaris, and followed the detention last week of several other soldiers accused of targeting Erdogan. The president had […]Load more...
Algunos seguidores de Harry Potter acudieron a las librerías vestidos de brujas para recrear el mundo del mago de la ficción, según destacan este domingo los medios británicos. La locura fan por Harry Potter vuelve con el octavo libro de la saga. Se puso a la venta en Reino Unido, el guión de la nueva […]Load more...
VOA News A group of twenty gunmen inside a police station in the Armenian capital of Yerevan have surrendered to authorities, ending a tense, two-week standoff that left two police officers dead and several people wounded. The gunmen, members of a radical opposition group, surrendered one day after police said they would storm the building. […]Load more...
VOA News Safety tests on the net that would catch Luke Aikins indicated that the risk-motivated American skydiver might not survive the seven kilometer jump without a parachute. To come out alive, he had to navigate throwing himself from a plane above California’s Simi Valley on Saturday, reaching terminal velocity (193 km/hour) in a belly-to-earth […]Load more...
Lisa Schlein GENEVA—The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warns that 77 million babies deprived of mother’s milk within the first crucial hours after birth are at great risk of dying within a month. To mark World Breastfeeding Week (August 1 to 7), UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) are calling for newborns to be […]Load more...
Michael Bowman VOA News Zika-carrying mosquitos are believed to have reached the U.S. mainland, with at least four cases of local transmission reported in Florida. U.S. health officials sounded the warning on Zika months ago, and confirmation of its arrival prompted a new round of finger pointing between Democratic and Republican lawmakers who have yet […]Load more...
La Gran Mancha de Júpiter es un reciente fenómeno atmosférico gigantesco, un remolino causado por una gran tormenta que se generó hace tan sólo unos 300 años de antigüedad. La NASA se mostró sorprendida por las altas temperaturas que está revelando la Gran Mancha de Júpiter, denominada también el Ojo de Júpiter. Se trata de […]Load more...