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June 30, 2011
Demonstrations are taking place in cities across Britain as hundreds of thousands of public sector workers stage the biggest strike in years to protest pension cuts. On the other side of Europe in ...
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June 29, 2011
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is wrapping up his tour of Europe after signing several business deals worth billions of dollars. European states are increasingly looking to China for ...
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June 29, 2011
The International Monetary Fund was conceived 67 years ago, during World War II, in an effort to oversee the international monetary system after the war. Mariama Diallo looks into the ...
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June 29, 2011
The second largest city in the United States and home to Hollywood is an ideal place for companies and entrepreneurs from China to invest their money. Many investors from China see the U.S. as a ...
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June 28, 2011
The United States on Monday sharply increased the number of countries said to be failing to meet minimum international standards in the fight against human trafficking. Lebanon, Venezuela and ...
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June 27, 2011
While U.S. first lady Michelle Obama has ended her trip to southern Africa, volunteers there are already practicing what she preached — ensuring healthy nutrition for at-risk students. ...
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June 23, 2011
Ministers from eight countries met in New Delhi in May to address ways to deal with elephant populations in Africa and Asia as the Environmental Investigation Agency says current inconsistent ...
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June 23, 2011
President Obama talked to VOA’s Andre DeNesnera about his decision to bring 10,000 US troops home from Afghanistan by the end of the year, and the future of the US presence in that country.
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June 23, 2011
A day after announcing the beginning of a U.S. troop drawdown in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama on Thursday visited soldiers and their families at Fort Drum, New York, home to one of the ...
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June 22, 2011
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the government agency which regulates food, drugs — and tobacco -- has released new health warnings for U.S. cigarette packs. The warnings ...
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June 22, 2011
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the government agency which regulates food, drugs — and tobacco -- has released new health warnings for U.S. cigarette packs. The ...
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June 22, 2011
On her visit to South Africa, U.S. first lady Michelle Obama has stepped into the spotlight and asked Africa’s youth to join her on a quest for democratic progress, better education and ...
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June 22, 2011
Political pressure is mounting in the United States to reduce the federal deficit. Among federal programs facing cuts is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and ...
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June 22, 2011
With demand for food leaping in China and India, Russia has the potential to emerge as a new world food power.  But first, Russian farmers need  to overcome the years of ...
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June 21, 2011
Since the beginning of this year, a number of Arab states have experienced protests and calls for significant reforms. Two of these nations — Tunisia and Egypt -- saw their leaders ...
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June 21, 2011
The White House says President Barack Obama will announce his decision on the size and pace of a U.S. troop drawdown in Afghanistan on Wednesday.  It will come amid intensified ...
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June 18, 2011
Since the earliest days of the Dutch settlers, New York has been the first stop for many immigrants coming into the United States - and in recent years, that has included immigrants from ...
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June 18, 2011
As the world marks U.N. World Refugee Day on June 20, the number of people escaping violence across the Arab world is on the rise. Pro-democracy uprisings are being brutally suppressed in places ...
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June 18, 2011
When the ocean liner RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage in 1912, more than 1,500 passengers died. It made headlines as one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters in ...
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June 15, 2011
Private donors and world leaders attending a conference in London earlier this week (Monday/June 13) pledged nearly $5 billion to the Global Alliance on Vaccines and Immunization, or ...
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