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Nevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival, lawsuit says
Native tribe, conservationists sue to protect endangered desert wildflower
UN talks on saving nature stumble on funding hurdle
Conference ends with no agreement on a roadmap to ramp up funding for species protection
Families separated by US-Mexico border reunite for a few precious minutes
Adults and children passed over the Rio Grande to meet with their loved ones
VOA immigration weekly recap, Oct. 27–Nov. 2
Here is a look at immigration-related news around the U.S. this week
Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of obstructing prisoner swaps
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says that Ukraine was sabotaging the process and has refused to take back its own citizens
B-52 bombers arrive in Middle East, US military says
US also sending fighter and tanker aircraft and ballistic missile defense destroyers
North Korean 'white paper' says South Korea's president raised risk of nuclear war
Yoon has taken a hard line on North Korea, which has forged ahead with developing its arsenal of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles in defiance of United Nations Security Council resolutions
Supporters of Bolivia's ex-leader Morales detain 200 soldiers: government
They also seized weapons and ammo, officials say
Protesters demonstrate in Tel Aviv to demand end of war, return of hostages
Critics have questioned why a truce has still not materialized now that Israel has achieved many of its war aims, including last month's killing of Hamas's leader Yahya Sinwa
Time to 'fall back' an hour as daylight saving time ends
The good news: You will get a glorious extra hour of sleep. The bad: It'll be dark by late afternoon for the next few months in the United States.
Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. local time Sunday, which means you should set your clock back an hour before you go to bed. Standard time will last until March 9, when we will again "spring forward" with the return of daylight saving time.
"Fall back" should be easier. But it still may take a while to adjust your sleep habits, not to...
VOA Interview: UN special rapporteur details Russia's state-sanctioned torture
Mariana Katzarova talks with VOA about how the Russian government has turned brutality into the new norm and how anti-war views are crushed
Agreement signed at UN summit gives Indigenous groups voice
The delegates also agreed to oblige major corporations to share the financial benefits of research when using natural genetic resources
Mexicans celebrate Day of Dead, grapple with keeping tradition
Mexican tradition says that on that night their deceased are closest to the living world, and people hope to keep them company
Israel captures senior Hezbollah operative in Lebanon, military says
Hamie's remarks came after two Lebanese journalists posted a video on social media showing what appeared to be about 20 armed men taking away a man from in front a house, his face covered with his shirt
Iran arrests female student who stripped to protest harassment
Under the dress code mandatory in Iran, women must wear a headscarf in public and loose-fitting clothes that cover all bodily contours
Presidential candidates make pitch to Black voters in North Carolina
North Carolina is one of seven swing states that could determine the next U.S. president. Kamala Harris, Donald Trump and others have spent much time campaigning there. Black Americans make up 22% of the population could decide who gets the state’s 16 electoral votes. Rafael Saakov has the story.