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VOA Mandarin: Vietnam suspends Chinese e-commerce platforms Temu and Shein 

December 11, 2024 - 15:57
Vietnam has recently ordered both Temu and Shein, Chinese cross-border shopping platforms, to suspend operations, following a similar move by Indonesia.   Analysts say businesses and officials believe the Chinese platforms pose a significant threat to local small- and medium-sized enterprises, forcing authorities to take countermeasures. VOA Mandarin reports that more countries are expected to roll out similar restrictions.   Click here for the full story in Mandarin.

VOA Russian: How Moscow's propaganda narrative on Syria changed after Assad's fall

December 11, 2024 - 15:54
VOA Russian speaks with Ksenia Kirillova, an analyst with Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) and The Jamestown Foundation, on how Syria is being portrayed by Russian propaganda. Russian pro-government botnets have already started pushing the narrative that “Syria is of no benefit for Russia” following the fall of Moscow’s ally Bashar al-Assad.  Click here for the full story in Russian. 

Azerbaijani rights defender receives US human rights award in absentia

December 11, 2024 - 15:50
In a statement, he said he 'accepted my arrest as a reward from the government for human rights advocacy'

VOA Russian: Kremlin's access to key military bases in Syria hangs in the balance

December 11, 2024 - 15:48
The fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad poses a threat to Russia's ability to project power throughout the Middle East and beyond. Russia has long been a close ally of Syria and has leases on two military bases in the country, giving it a strategic foothold in the Middle East.   Click here for the full story in Russian.

Arrest warrant for Guatemalan journalist viewed as retaliatory

December 11, 2024 - 15:42
Guatemala issues arrest warrant in absentia for co-founder of El Periodico Juan Luis Font

Gun found on suspect in killing of US insurance CEO matches shell casings at scene, police say

December 11, 2024 - 15:39
Suspect Luigi Mangione's fingerprints also matched a water bottle and a protein bar wrapper that police found near the scene of the shooting of Brian Thompson

In Damascus, locals celebrate new freedoms amid old fears

December 11, 2024 - 15:31
Businesses have reopened and many people are returning to work after the dramatic collapse of the government in Syria. But as VOA’s Heather Murdock reports from Damascus, some locals fear the war is not over, even as they celebrate new freedoms. Camera: Yan Boechat

Wisconsin kayaker who faked his death and fled to Eastern Europe has willingly returned to US

December 11, 2024 - 15:30
Man says he returned because of his family; no reason given for his 3-month disappearance

US: Russia could target Ukraine again with new missile

December 11, 2024 - 15:28
Washington says it does not believe the weapon is a ‘game-changer’ in the nearly three-year war

FBI Director Wray says he plans to resign at end of Biden's term in January

December 11, 2024 - 14:41
Announcement comes a week and a half after President-elect Donald Trump said he intends to nominate loyalist Kash Patel for the job

US security officials meet with lawmakers about mysterious drone flights

December 11, 2024 - 14:37
Dozens of mysterious nighttime flights started in November and have raised growing concern among residents

Zimbabwe aims to end HIV/AIDS as public health threat by 2030

December 11, 2024 - 14:26
African health officials credit the United States with helping in the fight against the pandemic

In photos: Syrians desperately search for missing relatives in notorious prison

December 11, 2024 - 14:15
Using only the light on their mobile phones, wailing men and women examined disfigured bodies lying in a darkened hospital morgue in Syria's capital for signs of their relatives who had disappeared into Bashar al-Assad's notorious prison system, Reuters reported. Dozens of corpses - blackened, decomposing and missing limbs or heads - were found overnight by rescuers digging for hidden cells at Sednaya, a prison north of Damascus, where rights groups said torture and mass executions had been...

2024: Ukraine-Russia war deadlock sets stage for possible negotiations

December 11, 2024 - 13:55
Russia’s war in Ukraine reached a standstill with Russian forces advancing and Ukraine struggling to counter, turning attention to a possible negotiated settlement in the new year under a new U.S. administration

Wife of journalist killed in Cambodia says she feared for his safety

December 11, 2024 - 13:44
Cambodia arrests suspected gunman after journalist dies from injuries sustained while investigating deforestation

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Israel urges action to protect Syria’s Kurds

December 11, 2024 - 12:58
What might Assad’s fall and support from Israel mean for the country’s Kurdish groups?

Botswana’s president promises to restore Bushmen rights after yearslong delay in burial

December 11, 2024 - 11:58
A Bushman who died in 2021 was buried this week after courts, under the previous government which was ousted in October, denied the family the right to bury him on his ancestral land

Blinken faces critics in Congress who say Afghanistan withdrawal 'lit the world on fire'

December 11, 2024 - 11:42
Secretary of state has previously said Biden administration was ‘severely constrained’ by decisions of Trump, previous presidents

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