The U.N. General Assembly proclaimed Dec. 18 as International Migrants Day in 2020, in order to promote the exchange of experiences and opportunities for collaboration by countries and regions. Dec. 18 aims to make visible the challenges, difficulties and adversities faced by migrants in the world. It also seeks to reiterate the call to the…
Last week, the PRESS Act, which aims to protect journalists from unnecessary government surveillance and being forced to reveal sources, failed to pass the U.S. Senate last week after being unanimously passed in the House. VOA Mandarin takes a look into the act, why it is being blocked and a case that highlights its importance.…
Thousands of Amazon.com workers will walk off the job on Thursday at 6 a.m. EST, in the crucial final days before Christmas, after union officials said the retailer failed to come to the bargaining table. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said unionized workers at facilities in New York City; Skokie, Illinois; Atlanta, San Francisco and…
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday called on U.S. lawmakers to reject a stopgap bill to keep the government funded past Friday, raising the likelihood of a partial shutdown. Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance called on lawmakers to pass a different temporary spending bill than the one unveiled on Tuesday, free from what they called…
NEW YORK — A Manhattan resident has pleaded guilty to helping establish a secret police station in New York City on behalf of the Chinese government. Chen Jinping, 60, entered the guilty plea on a single count of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday. Matthew…
STATE DEPARTMENT — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a “substantive” face-to-face meeting Wednesday morning with Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who has been selected by President-elect Donald Trump as his nominee for the next U.S. secretary of state. The meeting comes as Trump’s team prepares for the transition process. “It was a…
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point — its third cut this year — but also signaled that it expects to reduce rates more slowly next year than it previously envisioned, largely because of still-elevated inflation. The Fed’s 19 policymakers projected that they would cut their benchmark rate…
OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) – Okaloosa County could soon be home to the largest artificial reef in our waters, but that decision is still pending. County leaders have a contingent contract to purchase the S.S. United States, a historic ship that is one thousand feet long, more than 100 feet longer than the Titanic. Under…
The four states are mostly agriculture-based: Kedah and Perlis have vast tracts of paddy fields, while Kelantan grows rubber and tobacco, alongside paddy and palm oil. Both Kelantan and Terengganu have an active batik industry. Supplementing state-government incomes are petroleum royalties paid to Terengganu and Kelantan for offshore drilling of oil and gas by the…
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