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The Viv Ansanm gang coalition set fire Thursday to the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince. The hospital is the largest in Haiti. Video clips posted on social media showed smoke and fire coming from the building. The General Hospital attack is the latest in a series of violence targeting Haiti's medical establishments.  Click here for the full story in Creole. 

The Colombian diplomatic mission in Washington offered a gesture of friendship to the United States Congress on Friday by sending flowers to the offices of American legislators as a reminder of the friendship and the importance of the sector for trade between the two countries.   Click here for the full story in Spanish. 

U.S. health officials have banned Red Dye No. 3 from American foods, decades after the synthetic coloring was banned in Europe. As VOA’s Dora Mekouar reports, studies have linked the bright red color additive to cancer in male laboratory rats.

Ne Zha 2 has raked in a record-breaking box office of $1.3 billion in the past week. It’s a movie, critics say, that resonates with Chinese viewers. They identify with its rebellious characters and hope for a fate-changing experience. It is also another sign that they are choosing domestic movies with traditional cultural symbols rather than Hollywood blockbusters.  Click here for the full story in Mandarin. 

The suspension of USAID was felt in particular in Central Asia and Uzbekistan, especially in civil society, which is just beginning to recover. According to Farhod Tolipov, an Uzbek political scientist and head of the nongovernmental organization Knowledge Caravan, the closure of USAID will primarily cast a serious shadow on the U.S.'s global leadership.   Click here for the full story in Uzbek.   

After U.S. President Donald Trump launched a diplomatic push to end the war in Ukraine, VOA Russian spoke to a range of experts who remain cautious about the prospects of peace talks, saying little detail is available about each side's red lines and areas for compromise.  Click here for the full story in Russian.    

Actions have raised concerns among immigration advocates, who argue that policies lack transparency and could violate due process rights

At least 35,000 metric tons (38,580 US tons) of waste were illegally disposed of, resulting in a profit of at least $4.2 million, a statement said

The tragic deaths of Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov in a plane crash late last month in Washington have shone a spotlight on the role of Russian- or Soviet-born coaches in the world of competitive figure skating. Maxim Adams has the story. Video editor: Serge Sokolov, Anna Rice  

 Nuclear watchdog says attack started a fire at the site

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Remarks came amid European anxiety over President Donald Trump’s decision to begin Ukraine peace talks with Moscow

Trump spoke critically about Taiwan on Thursday, saying he aimed to restore U.S. manufacturing of semiconductor chips and repeating claims about Taiwan having taken away the industry he wanted back in the United States

First such incident since November ceasefire start

Francis is 88

No group takes immediate responsibility

Protective shelter contains the lingering radiation from the world’s worst civil nuclear catastrophe