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Ukraine at 35: How a country’s population halved in three decades

A nation with 52 million inhabitants at independence in 1991 now has a population comparable to wartime levels under Nazi occupation ...

Ukraine at 35: Winter is coming to Zelensky’s state of corruption

Timur Mindich and his cronies raided funds meant to protect the power grid –...

Canada fires back at Trump’s 50% tariffs

The US president imposed unprecedented duties on Canadian goods after Washington and Ottawa failed...

Major Asian exporter tests Russian Arctic shortcut to Europe

South Korea has begun a trial voyage via the Northern Sea Route amid disruption...

US: No Sign Russia-Ukraine Negotiations Will Bear Fruit

https://ift.tt/opjNSv4 United States has not seen many signs that Russia-Ukraine negotiations are "proving fruitful" as Moscow's war on the country enters its third month,...

Feds Seek Nearly $3M From Manafort Over Undisclosed Accounts

https://ift.tt/opjNSv4 Justice Department filed a lawsuit Thursday against Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort — who was convicted in special counsel Robert Mueller’s...

US, EU Warn Against Giving In to Russian ‘Gas Blackmail’

https://ift.tt/opjNSv4 United States and the European Union have warned against giving in to what they called Russian "blackmail" over gas supplies to Europe.    Russia, which...

US Plan to Ban Menthol Tobacco Products Moves Forward

https://ift.tt/ZHBPWhL cigarettes and other menthol tobacco products may soon be things of the past, according to an announcement by the U.S. Food and Drug...

Police Officer Appeals Murder Conviction for Killing George Floyd

https://ift.tt/q0zrxvp former Minneapolis police officer found guilty of murder in the killing of George Floyd has appealed his conviction, saying among other things that...

Former US Marine Back Home After Prisoner Swap with Russia

https://ift.tt/hD1b5xz nearly three years in a Russian prison, former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed is back in the United States on Thursday after a swap...

US Economy Shrinks 1.4% in Last Three Months

https://ift.tt/q0zrxvp U.S. economy unexpectedly shrank 1.4% in the first three months of 2022 compared to a year ago, the government reported Thursday, raising fears...

 Biden to Visit South Korea, Japan in May

https://ift.tt/Z9fVD0N. President Joe Biden is set to travel to South Korea and Japan next month to meet with leaders and discuss economic and security...

France’s Election Offers Lessons to US Ahead of Midterms  

https://ift.tt/FeKbzNJ week’s French presidential contest boiled down to a debate between nationalism and globalism — and globalism prevailed in the victory of President Emmanuel...

Dramatic Prisoner Swap Despite Strained US-Russia Relations

https://ift.tt/q0zrxvp United States and Russia have exchanged high-profile prisoners, even amid strained relations over Moscow’s two-month-old invasion of Ukraine. As VOA's Senior Diplomatic Correspondent...

Federal Judge Delays Plans to End US Asylum Restrictions 

https://ift.tt/UoSZkG8 federal judge ordered a two-week halt Wednesday on the phasing out of pandemic-related restrictions on seeking asylum — and raised doubts about the...

Elon Musk Quest to Scrap Deal Over 2018 Tweets is Rejected

https://ift.tt/ZNTwbGf Musk's request to scrap a settlement with securities regulators over 2018 tweets claiming he had the funding to take Tesla private was denied...

Madeleine Albright Honored by Biden, Other World Leaders

https://ift.tt/tPzGsL9 leaders and U.S. political and foreign policy elite paid their respects Wednesday to the late Madeleine Albright, the child refugee from war-torn Europe...

US, Russia Swap Prisoners Facing Lengthy Sentences

https://ift.tt/rbuM1NO United States and Russia exchanged high-profile prisoners on Wednesday even as the two countries remain sharply at odds over Moscow’s two-month invasion of...

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