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Go beyond the headlines with VOA's Flashpoint Ukraine. Each weekday at 2105 UTC, VOA's Steve Miller puts the latest ...

Across war-torn Myanmar, rebel commanders, aid workers and cyber-scammers alike are turning to billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites to stay in touch with each other and with the outside ...

Singapore turns sewage into clean, drinkable water to meet 40% of demand due to limited natural water sources.

A severe drought exacerbated by China's Mekong River dams withholding water upstream is expected to affect economic activities of southeastern countries downstream ...

The US Constitution's framers did not design a direct democracy where all Americans would vote on all issues.

Sapporo, Japan — Friction between Japan and Russia will likely escalate amidst the burgeoning Ukraine war, with the decades-long land conflicts showing no sign of thawing. The Kremlin recently ...

With Russia and China increasingly aligned, Western policymakers and analysts are sounding the alarm over their influence in the Western Balkans. With so much focus on the wars in the Middle East ...

Apple said this week it would spend $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years and create 20,000 jobs, signaling its pro-U.S. jobs and investment policy. U.S. President Donald Trump also ...

As he urged a united front on a rising China and bellicose North Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told Western powers that East Asia could be the next Ukraine. Kicking off Japan's year ...

United Nations — The Kremlin welcomed what it described Tuesday as a “more balanced” U.S. position on Ukraine, after the United States pushed through its “Path for Peace” resolution at ...

Trump officials describe a ‘national security and public safety crisis’ at the US-Mexico border, focusing on border security, asylum restrictions, and deportations.