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While the U.S.- North Korea nuclear summit in Hanoi ended abruptly without an agreement to restrict the North’s threatening nuclear program, analysts say it was not a total failure
Zimbabwe might have surpassed its 2018 gold production target, but its glitter has not brightened Zimbabwe’s moribund economy
Numerous media organizations working in Venezuela have denounced authorities for harassing, bullying and even confiscating the equipment of journalists as they cover the ongoing crisis in that South American country
Dozens of protesters rallied in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan, on February 27, calling on their leaders to go to war with India amid escalating tensions over Kashmir
Rayka Zehtabchi, the first Iranian-American woman to win an Oscar, had a message to other young women of Iranian origin who have cheered her success: “You are strong and you are beautiful and you can do anything if you put your mind to it.”~VOA NEWS
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are due to meet Wednesday in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, to continue talks that began last year on a range of issues, most importantly the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula
On February 26, 2019 the Grand Canyon celebrates 100 years since its designation as a national park. But as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, the ancient site has inspired adventurers, poets and painters for hundreds of years
A library run by a volunteer group in New Delhi’s largest slum resettlement colony is helping underprivileged teenagers become writers
Kenya’s ride-hailing company ‘Little Cab’ is expanding to Tanzania and Ghana. The company will start offering rides in Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam next week and plans to launch in Accra by May
The United States has a long tradition of recognizing foreign figures by naming streets after them. Often that’s done at the request of an immigrant community with a significant presence in the area. That’s the case along of stretch of Brooklyn’s Coney Island Avenue in New York City, which has been renamed after the founder of modern Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah