Last month, Washington, D.C., opened a new kind of trade school of which it is immensely proud. This is not one of the old-fashioned vocational schools that taught literal nuts-and-bolts repair work or hands-on career training in fields like auto re...
U.S. President George Bush says he is confident that Congress will agree on a robust plan to bailout America's troubled financial sector. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, there is strong opposition to the president's $700 billion...
A United Nations survey on global investment prospects shows the U.S. financial crisis and economic downturn are making corporations more cautious about future foreign investment. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from New Delhi. Official relea...
On Friday, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are scheduled to hold the first of three debates ahead of November's election. Presidential debates have often played a crucial role in U.S. election campaigns in the past, as we hear f...
Facebook is a way for people around the world to network and keep in touch with friends. But in Turkey, Facebook has taken on a new dimension as a political pulpit. Dorian Jones reports for VOA from Istanbul on the growing political power of Faceboo...
The deterioration of relations between Ukraine and Russia accelerated after Kyiv sided with Georgia during last month's conflict in South Ossetia. Worsening ties coincide with next year's expiration of the bilateral Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation...
A year after Burma's military crushed protests led by Buddhist monks, human rights groups accuse the government of continuing to harass of the clergy. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, experts on Burma see little sign of change in the country, des...
A coalition of 21 international aid agencies says in a new report the Middle East Quartet is failing in its efforts to improve the prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The report was released on the eve of the Quartet's next meet...
North Korea has taken dramatic steps toward fulfilling its threat to resume production of nuclear weapons material. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul. North Korea's spent nuclear fuel rods kept in cooling pond are seen at nuclear facilities in Yon...
Afghanistan's defense minister is in Washington, promoting his plan to establish a joint Afghan-Pakistani military force to patrol the dangerous border between the two countries. VOA's Kent Klein reports. Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak,...
Israel's President has invited Arab leaders to come to Jerusalem to discuss the peace process. Shimon Peres said he would gladly accept an Arab invitation to go to a place where meaningful dialogue could occur. He made the offer during his address t...
As Congress debates President Bush's proposed bail out of the bad loans of financial institutions, central bank chief Ben Bernanke told lawmakers Wednesday that the U.S. economy risked very serious consequences if measures were not taken. VOA's Barr...
Despite a cease-fire declaration by the main rebel group in the Niger Delta, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), the violence in Nigeria's oil-rich southern region looks far from over. The Nigerian army says it would continu...
Last week, Rwanda became the first nation to elect a majority of women to its legislative assembly. It has been a long road since the 1994 genocide, when many women were raped or widowed. Some in the country hope that having more mothers in parliame...
Eleven key cabinet ministers and three deputies have resigned and will leave their posts along with President Thabo Mbeki Thursday. However, as VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our Johannesburg bureau, the Finance Minister says he will be availabl...
