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Gaza ceasefire set to begin one day before Trump’s inauguration

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 18, 2025 - 05:52
The deal happened under the Biden administration, but pressure from Trump may have helped secure it, say analysts

Israeli-Hamas ceasefire set to begin 1 day before Trump’s inauguration

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 18, 2025 - 05:51
The deal happened under the Biden administration, but pressure from Trump may have helped secure it, say analysts

Australia declares disaster in areas of storm-hit east

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 18, 2025 - 05:25
Gales have toppled trees and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes

2 judges shot dead at Iran's supreme court: media

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 18, 2025 - 05:15
Website reports that assailant killed himself

South Korea's president in court as investigators seek to extend detention

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 18, 2025 - 04:55
Investigators probe his failed martial law bid

Ukraine officials say 4 killed in Russian strike on Kyiv

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 18, 2025 - 03:22
Deaths occurred in city’s Shevchenkivsky district

VOA Kurdish: Erdogan will renegotiate relationship with Trump administration

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 18, 2025 - 03:09
During Donald Trump’s first presidential term, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan enjoyed a close relationship with the U.S. leader, benefiting from policies such as the withdrawal of U.S. troops from northern Syria. With Trump returning to the White House, Erdogan hopes to revive ties to secure the final U.S. troop withdrawal from Syria and lift the ban on F-35 fighter jet sales. Click here to see the full story in Kurdish.

Fires scorched campuses across Los Angeles. Now many schools seek places to hold classes

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 18, 2025 - 02:55
Educators try to create a sense of normalcy for their students

Proposed rules would require nutrition info, allergen warnings on US alcohol labels 

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 18, 2025 - 02:54
Treasury Department agency is seeking public content on proposals to require 'alcohol facts' box, similar to nutrition labels on food

Thai resort island Phuket grapples with growing garbage crisis

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 18, 2025 - 02:53
The island has undergone rapid development due to its tourism sector

The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 18, 2025 - 02:53
In 1983, about 20 years after King's "I Have a Dream" speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it

Kenyan startup city tries to tackle Africa's problem of urbanizing while poor

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 18, 2025 - 02:52
Designers hope privately owned city will eventually have a population of 250,000

Belgium's pastoral pastime of pigeon racing faces high anxiety over crime wave

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 18, 2025 - 02:52
The sport is grappling with an unprecedented wave of unsolved pigeon pilfering that has hit several of the best birds in the business

Former CIA analyst pleads guilty of leaking information on Israeli plans to attack Iran

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 17, 2025 - 22:23
Asif William Rahman, 34, of Vienna, Virginia, faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison on each of two charges

US Treasury to launch measures Tuesday to avoid debt limit breach

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 17, 2025 - 22:14
Secretary says Treasury will suspend investments in two government employee benefit funds through March 14, to claw back borrowing capacity under the $36.1 trillion debt ceiling

The role of Kurdish women in the new Syria

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 17, 2025 - 21:17
They are now advocating for gender equality in a post-Assad Syria

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