With over 3,500 exhibitors and 130,000 visitors, the annual Consumer Electronics Show kicked off in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Tuesday. Generative artificial intelligence is among the many innovations making their debut at the show.
Since the new rules banning vendors from selling goods on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City went into effect this week, the new year has been tough for them. Some wonder where they will go next.
Since the 1940s, Mexican Americans have been part of the culture of low-riding, slow cars. But up to the new year, it was mostly illegal for drivers in California to cruise in these modified vehicles.
Chinese migrants and students are still entering the country in greater numbers than ever before, despite the high geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington this year.
Thousands of migrants from Central and South America are making their way through Mexico in a caravan heading to the United States as U.S. and Mexican officials were set to meet on Wednesday to discuss immigration and other issues.
In 2024, two brothers who immigrated to California from Syria will share $1 million. The bonus is from the state lottery for selling the winning ticket of the second-largest Powerball jackpot ever.
Global temperature records had been demolished in 2023. It was the hottest year on record—some scientists say it was the hottest in 125,000 years. These extremely high temperatures were a contributing factor in several global climatic disasters.
Growing poverty and hunger on a warming planet, together with new wars, are issues that the UN is powerless to fix. The future of the United Nations in a world where its impact is waning is looked at by VOA correspondent Margaret Besheer.
The holiday window displays of department stores in New York City attract large numbers of tourists and locals every year.
Chinese students make up the largest foreign student population in the United States. That figure, however, has slightly decreased. Elizabeth Lee of VOA has more on some reasons of this drop and what some Chinese students say about their experiences studying in the United States.