VOA News Two Turkish soldiers were killed, and at least 50 people were injured, when a car bomb exploded at a military base in Turkey’s Kurdish-dominated southeast. The attack, late Monday, targeted a military outpost in the Hani district of Diyarbakir province. A nearby building housing family members of the military personnel was also damaged […]Load more...
VOA News Italy’s foreign minister arrived in Tripoli on Tuesday in support of the new United Nations-backed government, marking the first visit by a top Western official since 2014. Amid tight security, Paolo Gentiloni was welcomed at Matiga airport in the Libyan capital by Ahmed Maiteeq, deputy prime minister of the unity government seeking to […]Load more...
VOA News The music recording industry saw its first major sales boost in nearly 20 years, due in large part to the increasing popularity of online streaming websites, an industry trade group said Tuesday. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, worldwide recording industry revenue rose by 3.2 percent in 2015 to $15 […]Load more...
VOA News Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” is one of the most iconic songs in rock and roll, but now a judge says a jury should decide if part of it was plagiarized. A Los Angeles district judge says the song resembles an instrumental song by the band Spirit. “Stairway to Heaven” was released in […]Load more...
VOA News Canadian musician Bryan Adams has announced that he is canceling his show in Mississippi to protest a new state law which allows people with religious objections to deny services to same-sex couples. «I cannot in good conscience perform in a State where certain people are being denied their civil rights due to their […]Load more...
Emilie Iob ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST—For nine young female musicians in Ivory Coast, breaking into the male-dominated music industry wasn’t easy. But their group, Bella Mondo, is now a household name in Abidjan and is booking shows abroad.The nine women of Bella Mondo win over yet another audience. The group is one of just a handful […]Load more...
VOA News The World Health Organization said Monday at least 21 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have died from yellow fever connected to an outbreak in neighboring Angola. The WHO said that as of March 22 there were at least 151 suspected cases in the DRC. It warned that with the high number […]Load more...
Aline Barros More than 80 percent of the water from underground wells in China is not safe for drinking or bathing due to severe water pollution, according to new statistics cited in Chinese media Monday. The new data showed that 32.9 percent of the 2,103 wells tested received grade 4 for water quality — meaning […]Load more...
Aru Pande WHITE HOUSE—U.S. health officials say that the more researchers learn about Zika, the more concerned they are about the neurological effects and long-term complications from the virus.»Everything we look at with this virus seems to be a bit scarier than we thought,» Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Principal Deputy Director Dr. Anne […]Load more...
VOA News Scientists in Brazil have found evidence of a second brain disorder linked to the Zika virus – one with symptoms so similar to multiple sclerosis that some medical personnel initially have difficulty telling them apart. The new disorder, called acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, or ADEM, is identified in an abstract authored by Brazilian scientist […]Load more...
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