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VOA Connect Episode 109 – Any marriage can have its challenges – meet one couple that manages to overcome deep political differences to celebrate what they have in common.  And find out how a bike shop is handling competition from online retailers (hint: it involves beer). …

14/02/2020

California couple John and Laura Hunter disagree on some things – including how President Trump is carrying out his job. But they have found common ground in helping migrants make the treacherous journey to America. They talk to us about some of the factors shaping their radically different political opinions. …

14/02/2020

A family-owned bike shop tells us about the different ways they get customers into their store and onto their bikes.  We look at their selection of bikes and some of the ways they give back to their community.  Oh and did we mention they also make and sell their own …

14/02/2020

Six weeks after announcing the appearance of a new, highly contagious and sometimes lethal virus, experts say China is still not sharing important data that could help contain the epidemic. “As countries are trying to develop their own control strategies, they are looking for evidence of whether the situation in …

14/02/2020

A cruise ship turned away by other Asian and Pacific governments because of virus fears anchored Thursday off Cambodia, which is checking the health of its 2,200 passengers and crew. The Westerdam was unwelcome elsewhere even though operator Holland America Line said no cases of the COVID-19 viral illness have …

13/02/2020

China has replaced the head of its office overseeing matters in Hong Kong, making him the most senior Beijing-appointed official to lose his job in the wake of sometimes-violent anti-government protests in the Chinese-controlled territory. China’s Human Resources Ministry announced Thursday that Zhang Xiaoming would be removed as director of …

13/02/2020

China on Thursday replaced its top officials in central Hubei province and its capital, Wuhan, the epicenter of a viral outbreak that has infected more than 45,000 people worldwide. Former Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong succeeds Jiang Chaoliang as the ruling Communist Party’s chief in the beleaguered province, the Xinhua state …

13/02/2020

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas appealed to the United Nations Security Council Tuesday not to accept a peace proposal put forward by US President Donald Trump, but left the door open to negotiations with Israel. VOA’s Richard Green has more on Abbas’s reaction to the Trump’s plan, based on reporting …

12/02/2020

The surprise decision by Angela Merkel’s heir apparent to quit as leader of Germany’s largest party has thrown the country’s politics into disarray — and reignited a potentially divisive contest to succeed the German chancellor, who plans to retire next year, say analysts. FILE – Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer is embraced by …

12/02/2020

The Australian government has released an Aboriginal man from immigration detention after judges said Indigenous people have a special legal status and cannot be deported — even if they are not citizens. The landmark case was brought by two convicted criminals who have Aboriginal heritage but foreign citizenship, and were …

12/02/2020

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will host the administration’s third state dinner in April, for King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain, the White House announced Tuesday. The fancy, black-tie dinner — a diplomatic tool often reserved for America’s staunchest allies — is part of a …

11/02/2020

Judges must resist the temptation to bend their rulings to personal racial, religious or partisan preferences and instead uphold the rule of law, even when that leads to unpopular decisions, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Tuesday. “Each time a judge sidesteps or manipulates the law to achieve his …

11/02/2020

Ukraine’s first and currently only television channel in the Crimean Tatar language says it is on the brink of shutting down operations due to lack of government funding. ATR hasn’t received $2 million that the government allocated for the channel in this year’s state budget, a statement by the channel …

11/02/2020

When the Islamic State terror group swept across northern Iraq in 2014, they tried to wipe out the Yazidi people, a minority ethnic group that had lived in the mountains for millennia. Thousands of men were killed, and women and girls forcibly enslaved. The ancient Yazidi culture was at risk …

11/02/2020

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence President Donald Trump’s confidant Roger Stone to serve between 7 and 9 years in prison after his conviction on witness tampering and obstruction charges. Stone, who is scheduled to be sentenced next week, was convicted in November of a seven-count indictment that …

11/02/2020