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UN watchdog faults Australia for treatment of migrants on Nauru

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 9, 2025 - 16:00
Decision seen as a warning to other countries about outsourcing asylum processing

Italy's FM encourages post-Assad transition, calls for EU to review sanctions

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 9, 2025 - 16:00
Antonio Tajani meets in person and by phone with his counterparts from several countries to coordinate initiatives

Carter funeral brings together 1 current, 4 ex-presidents to honor one of their own

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 9, 2025 - 15:59
Members of the exclusive presidents' club were on their best behavior

VOA Creole: Haiti, Benin sign bilateral agreement  

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 9, 2025 - 15:56
Haiti and Benin have agreed to cooperate on security, education and scientific research. Haiti's minister of foreign affairs, Jean-Victor Harvel Jean-Baptiste, signed the memorandum for a period of five years.  Click here for the full story in Creole. 

VOA Mandarin: Mass protest erupts in China's Shaanxi over student’s death

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 9, 2025 - 15:56
A mass protest erupted on a campus in the northern Chinese province of Shaanxi, following the mysterious death of a 17-year-old student at a vocational school. Videos circulating online show heavily armed police using batons, kicking protesters and deploying tear gas to disperse the crowds. Officials in Shaanxi’s Pucheng county have launched a probe into the death of the student following a “verbal and physical altercation” with a roommate, after thousands of angry citizens gathered outside...

The Inside Story: The Life and Legacy of Jimmy Carter | 178

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 9, 2025 - 15:54
    Transcript: The Inside Story: The Life & Legacy of President Jimmy Carter Episode 178 - January 9, 2025   Show Open:   President Jimmy Carter:   I Jimmy Carter do solemnly swear….       KANE FARABAUGH, VOA Correspondent:   As the 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter promised a government as good as its people.   President Jimmy Carter:   There can be no more ambitious tasks for America to undertake on this...

VOA Mandarin: Ex-UK PM Truss issues warning about China in VOA interview 

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 9, 2025 - 15:53
In an exclusive interview with VOA, former U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss issued a stark warning against China's authoritarian ambitions and called for the West to adopt a tougher stance to protect global freedom. Truss laid out her vision for an "economic NATO" to deter Beijing, criticized the Labour government’s soft approach to China, and defended her controversial lobbying for a defense export license involving China. Click here to read the full story in Mandarin.

After 30 years, Belarusian president claims he’s not clinging to power

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 9, 2025 - 15:37
In office, Lukashenko has abused and monopolized power by amending the constitution, jailing and exiling rivals, destroying press freedom, falsifying election results, and using the police and army to crush protests against his rule. He is running uncontested in January for another five-year term.

'Worst in Show' CES products put data at risk and cause waste, privacy advocates say

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 9, 2025 - 15:33
The award that no company wants to win calls out the 'least repairable, least private, and least sustainable products on display'

Venezuela opposition leader free after brief detention, government denies involvement

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 9, 2025 - 15:23
Maria Corina Machado had just emerged from hiding to attend protest, part of last-ditch attempt to block President Nicolas Maduro from clinging to power

Biden administration battles on against plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 9, 2025 - 15:09
In a last-minute attempt, federal officials are asking a US appeals court to block Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's plea deal

Thousands protest as Austria's far-right-led coalition talks set to begin

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 9, 2025 - 14:49
Various nongovernmental organizations that deal with human rights, refugees and the environment called Thursday's protest

Turkey, Israel face off in Syria

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 9, 2025 - 13:29
The overthrow of Bashar al-Assad has led to a face-off between Turkey and Israel in Syria, where both countries have deployed forces. Relations between Turkey and the Jewish state were already strained over the Gaza war, and now analysts warn of a new escalation. Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul.

Swiss prisoner committed suicide in custody, Iran judiciary says

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 9, 2025 - 13:28
Man was reportedly arrested for espionage

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Voice of America’s immigration news - January 9, 2025 - 13:08
A look at the best news photos from around the world.

World's largest dam to be built by China raises concerns in India, Bangladesh

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 9, 2025 - 11:40
Project planned for an ecologically fragile area in Tibet near contested border with India, raising environmental, security worries

Chad investigates failed attack on presidential palace

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 9, 2025 - 11:10
Government troops foiled an attack by 24 heavily armed assailants on Wednesday night, officials say

In photos: State funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at National Cathedral

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 9, 2025 - 11:08
Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President, is being honored with the pageantry of a state funeral in the nation’s capital, The Associated Press reported. He will later be honored a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage.

New York's highest appeals court declines to block Trump's sentencing in hush money case

Voice of America’s immigration news - January 9, 2025 - 10:47
The US Supreme Court is now the president-elect's likely last option to prevent the hearing from taking place Friday

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