British PM Fined for Not Wearing a Seat Belt

British PM Fined for Not Wearing a Seat Belt

Britain’s prime minister has been fined for not wearing a seat belt while taping a social media clip in the...

US Sanctions Russian Wagner Group, Urges Others to Follow

US Sanctions Russian Wagner Group, Urges Others to Follow

The White House on Friday announced it will designate the Wagner Group, the Russian private military company supporting Moscow’s war...

AI Tools Can Create New Images, But Who Is the Real Artist?

AI Tools Can Create New Images, But Who Is the Real Artist?

Countless artists have taken inspiration from “The Starry Night” since Vincent Van Gogh painted the swirling scene in 1889. Now...

Ukraine Defense Minister: Troops Will Train on German Tanks in Poland

Ukraine Defense Minister: Troops Will Train on German Tanks in Poland

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov says Ukrainian forces will train to use Leopard 2 battle tanks, despite Western allies’ failure...

Q&A: US Urges Countries to Join Sanctions on Russian Paramilitary Group

Q&A: US Urges Countries to Join Sanctions on Russian Paramilitary Group

The White House announced Friday new sanctions to be put in place by the U.S. Treasury Department next week on...

Uyghur Rights Group Fails in Legal Challenge Against UK Government

Uyghur Rights Group Fails in Legal Challenge Against UK Government

A Uyghur rights group’s legal challenge against the British government for not investigating the import of cotton produced in the...

US Urges Countries to Join Sanctions on Russian Paramilitary Wagner Group

US Urges Countries to Join Sanctions on Russian Paramilitary Wagner Group

VOA White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara speaks with National Security Council spokesman John Kirby about the significance of administration...

German Speed Limit Could Cut More CO2 Than Thought, Study Finds

German Speed Limit Could Cut More CO2 Than Thought, Study Finds

A new study has found that Germany could save almost three times more carbon dioxide emissions than previously thought by...

From Tanks to Subsidies: The Main Topics at Davos

From Tanks to Subsidies: The Main Topics at Davos

The World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos wrapped up Friday after a week that featured feverish discussion of the war...

US, NATO Balk on Battle Tanks for Ukraine

US, NATO Balk on Battle Tanks for Ukraine

No Leopard tanks will be given to Ukraine by Germany at this time, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and...

Russia: Oil Supply Deal with Pakistan in ‘Final Stage’

Russia: Oil Supply Deal with Pakistan in ‘Final Stage’

Russia said Friday it had reached “conceptual agreements” with Pakistan on the supply of crude oil and petroleum products, noting...

Google Parent Company To Lay Off 12,000 Workers Globally

Google Parent Company To Lay Off 12,000 Workers Globally

Alphabet Inc., the parent company of tech giant Google, announced Friday it is laying off 12,000 workers across the entire...

Dublin Doing ‘Everything’ to Free French-Irish Citizen Held in Iran

Dublin Doing ‘Everything’ to Free French-Irish Citizen Held in Iran

Ireland’s foreign minister said Thursday the government was doing all it could to secure the release of a French-Irish citizen...

Chad, Venezuela, Kashmir Activists Share Top Rights Prize

Chad, Venezuela, Kashmir Activists Share Top Rights Prize

Campaigners from troubled Kashmir, Chad and Venezuela on Thursday won the Martin Ennals Award, one of the world’s most prestigious...

Orthodox Epiphany Tradition Marked by Conflict Near Ukraine Front Lines

Orthodox Epiphany Tradition Marked by Conflict Near Ukraine Front Lines

Oleksandr used to come every year with his loved ones to the Holy Dormition Lavra monastery in Svyatogirsk in Ukraine’s...

EU to Impose New Sanctions on Iran, Diplomats Say

EU to Impose New Sanctions on Iran, Diplomats Say

The European Union will add 37 individual entries to its sanctions against Iran on Monday, two European diplomats told Reuters,...

FBI Chief Says He’s ‘Deeply Concerned’ by China’s AI Program

FBI Chief Says He’s ‘Deeply Concerned’ by China’s AI Program

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday that he was “deeply concerned” about the Chinese government’s artificial intelligence program, asserting that...

France Faces Strikes Over Pension Overhaul

France Faces Strikes Over Pension Overhaul

Workers striking in protest of France’s proposed pension overhauls disrupted transportation, schools and electricity supplies Thursday. President Emmanuel Macron’s government...

Turkey Places Enes Freedom on Terrorist Wanted List

Turkey Places Enes Freedom on Terrorist Wanted List

Turkey has placed basketball player Enes Freedom on its terrorist wanted list.  Freedom appears on what the Turkish Interior Ministry...

Pentagon Looks to Give Ukraine Momentum in War, Without Tanks

Pentagon Looks to Give Ukraine Momentum in War, Without Tanks

The United States aims to break the dynamic of grinding warfare and near-frozen front lines in Ukraine with newly announced...

Tech Layoffs Mount as Microsoft, Amazon Shed Staff

Tech Layoffs Mount as Microsoft, Amazon Shed Staff

Software giant Microsoft on Wednesday became the latest major company in the tech sector to announce significant job cuts when...

Activist Thunberg to Meet Energy Chief at Davos

Activist Thunberg to Meet Energy Chief at Davos

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg is set to meet International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol in Davos on Thursday, organizers...