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A century later, Nome is remembering its saviors

Agency investigates all civil aviation accidents as well as serious incidents involving trains, motor vehicles and marine vessels

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — Lots of hair shedding, tons of fun, and a constant invasion of your personal space.  That's what you're going to get with a pug, according to Cheryl Gaw, who has seen more than a few of the squashed-nosed pups in her time.  Gaw has rescued more than 2,500 pugs in South Africa over the years after she and her husband sold their house, lived in a trailer home for a while and generally reset their lives to help as many dogs in need as they could.  They...

Taranaki Maunga is considered an ancestor by Indigenous people

Over the past three years, despite accusations that China has provided covert support to Russia in the Ukraine war, Beijing has repeatedly emphasized its "neutrality" in public and called for peace talks. However, with newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump joining the call for a ceasefire, Beijing's carefully crafted role as a "peacemaker" may face the risk of marginalization. Click here for the full story in Mandarin.

A pharmacist from Tehran told VOA Persian that the “cost of some drugs has increased by 200 percent.” The pharmacist, who wanted to remain anonymous, said medicine has become scarce and expensive over the past two years because of currency fluctuations and a shortage of foreign currency. Click here for the full story in Persian.

The Didban Iran website reported on Thursday that following multiple suicides among medical students, a special committee has been established at the request of the deputy minister of education at the Ministry of Health and Medical Education to investigate the underlying causes. Click here for the full story in Persian.  

Several opposition leaders in Venezuela use technology to communicate and draw up strategies in secret, while their parties prudently coordinate meetings. The repression has been relentless, said political leader Juan Pablo Guanipa, who is now under protection. Click here for the full story in Spanish.  

After the discovery of a clandestine tunnel weeks ago between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Texas, Mexican authorities launched an operation to detect other underground passages and prevent migrants from risking their lives to cross into the United States. Click here for the full story in Spanish.    

Scholarships abruptly canceled

Much public health information was taken down from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website

Activists have long called for the closing of the US facility, which has detained migrants under prisonlike conditions during previous administrations

Atif Najib is viewed as igniting the spark that triggered Syria’s 2011 uprising

Photos of the crash site appear to show homes on fire

Investigators continue to search for bodies after recovering 41 from the wreckage

Visit comes less than a month after Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term despite credible evidence that he lost last year's election

Malawian authorities say they struggle to provide for refugees because the situation comes when more than a quarter of Malawi's 20 million people face food shortages due to an El Nino-induced drought

Rebels seek more territory in country's mineral-rich east