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U.S. President Joe Biden officially blocked Nippon Steel's proposed $14.9-billion purchase of U.S. Steel Friday over national security issues, dealing a fatal blow to the contentious merger plan with the Japanese company. Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel blasted the decision, saying Biden cited no credible evidence to support the national security claim and vowed to sue. We speak with Scott Laing, a professor at the School of Management, University at Buffalo.

Law enforcement agencies bring additional personnel, assets, with presidential election certification, state funeral, inauguration taking place in two-week span

China would benefit from Seoul’s political chaos

President Joe Biden said Friday that he was blocking the proposed $14.9 billion acquisition of American company U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel. Analysts said rejection of the deal could hurt relations with Japan, a key ally and trade partner. White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara reports.

He receives just enough votes to keep his job as House leader; his position was believed to have been in jeopardy after his deal last month with Democrats to keep government funded, open

Surge comes weeks after mediated talks canceled after peace deal disagreements

More than 260 firefighters and 80 vehicles were deployed to the scene of the blaze; there were no reports of serious injuries

Parties refuse to work with the leader of the far-right party that won election in September

An emergency session of Montenegro's National Security Council is expected to call for a new gun law and urgent actions to confiscate what are believed to be abundant illegal weapons in possession of Montenegro's 620,000 citizens

The U.S. Homeland Security Department and the FBI are warning federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to be vigilant for potential copycat incidents inspired by the New Year’s Eve truck-ramming attack in New Orleans that killed at least 14 people. In a joint intelligence bulletin released Friday, federal authorities warned the nation's 18,000 law-enforcement agencies to be on the lookout for “potential copycat or retaliatory attacks inspired by this attack and other recent,...

Alcohol consumption increases the risk of at least seven types of cancer, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said

The summons came a day after a similar move by Italy over Iran's arrest of Italian reporter Cecilia Sala, who was seized in Tehran on December 19 while working under a journalist visa

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Yaounde — Cameroon’s military says it has seized several hundred weapons and combat uniforms that were being smuggled to a hideout of the Nigeria-based terrorist group Boko Haram. Officials say troops have been deployed in a bid to capture more weapons and prevent Boko Haram from re-arming itself.  Cameroon government officials say long-barreled firearms, military uniforms, over 400 packets of tear gas and more than 100 gallons of oxidizing agents were seized from suspected Boko Haram...

The Beijing-based company has been accused of being behind a major Chinese hacking group nicknamed "Flax Typhoon"

The mass vaccination exercise faces numerous challenges, including a lack of access to the areas dealing with the worst cholera outbreaks

If current trends continue, the rate of college closures is expected to increase, according to a new study reported in Forbes.  Closures are more likely to affect private institutions, and while the number of closures might seem small on a national level, it could cause serious problems for the smaller and mid-sized communities where those colleges are located. (December 2024) 

On the Middle East, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen as advisers two businessmen with whom he shares close personal ties. VOA’s Michael Lipin has our story.