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Brazilian President Lula discharged from hospital after brain surgery

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 15, 2024 - 11:54
Lula's medical team says surgery went well and that he would be able to walk and hold meetings as he rests in his home in Sao Paulo until Thursday

Incoming FCC chair is big tech critic who worries about China

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 15, 2024 - 11:43
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Brendan Carr to lead the Federal Communications Commission, which regulates communications in the United States. Carr, an FCC commissioner since 2017, has taken aim at big tech and China’s influence on U.S. communications. VOA’s Dora Mekouar reports.

Mystery drone sightings keep happening in New Jersey - What we know... and don't know

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 15, 2024 - 11:37
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy wrote to President Joe Biden asking for answers; New Jersey’s new senator, Andy Kim, spent Thursday night on a drone hunt in rural northern New Jersey, and posted about it on X

UN envoy calls for sanctions relief to help rebuild Syria

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 15, 2024 - 11:32
Syrian government has been under strict sanctions by United States, European Union and others for years as a result of Assad’s brutal response to what began as peaceful anti-government protests in 2011 and later spiraled into civil war

11 dead in French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido 

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 15, 2024 - 10:31
The intense tropical cyclone has now made landfall on the east coast of Africa, where aid agencies are warning of more loss of life and severe damage in northern Mozambique

Rescue underway for damaged Russian oil tankers in Kerch Strait 

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 15, 2024 - 09:08
An emergency rescue operation is now underway, Russian officials told state news outlets Sunday

Fiji says 7 foreigners hospitalized after drinking cocktails 

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 15, 2024 - 08:48
A ministry spokesperson said the guests, aged from 18 to 56, included four Australians, one American and two foreigners who live in Fiji, whose nationalities were not given

Israel sees increased threat from Syria despite moderate tone of rebel leaders 

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 15, 2024 - 08:27
Syria's de facto leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, said on Saturday that Israel was using false pretexts to justify its attacks on Syria, but that he was not interested in engaging in new conflicts as the country focuses on rebuilding

Syrian authorities reopen schools, a week after upheaval that overthrew Assad 

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 15, 2024 - 08:13
Officials said most schools were opening around the country on Sunday, which is the first day of the working week in most Arab countries

DR Congo, Rwanda peace talks canceled 

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 15, 2024 - 07:59
There had been high hopes that the summit hosted by Angola's President Joao Lourenco — the African Union mediator to end the conflict — would end with a deal to end the conflict 

German far-right leader questions NATO membership 

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 15, 2024 - 07:13
"Europe has been forced to implement America's interests. We reject that," the AfD's Tino Chrupalla told German daily Welt

Estonia sanctions Georgian premier over protest crackdown 

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 15, 2024 - 06:28
The fresh sanctions announcement comes a day after the ruling Georgian Dream party installed a hard-right loyalist former Manchester City striker as president

West Africa bloc meets as military rulers vow to quit

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 15, 2024 - 06:00
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger say bloc subservient to ex-colonial ruler France

A week into a new Syria, rebels aim for normalcy and Syrians vow not to be silent again

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 15, 2024 - 04:41
Rebels have been met with a mix of excitement, grief and hope

'Bali Nine’ drug ring prisoners fly home to Australia

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 15, 2024 - 04:21
They spent 19 years in jail in Indonesia

Chinese gold mining threatens a protected UN heritage site in Congo

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 15, 2024 - 02:36
OKAPI WILDLIFE RESERVE, Democratic Republic of Congo — Scattered along the banks of the Ituri River, buildings cram together, cranes transport dirt and debris scatters the soil. The patches of trees are a scant reminder that a forest once grew there. Nestled in eastern Congo's Ituri province, the Chinese-run gold mine is rapidly encroaching on an area that many say it shouldn't be operating in at all - the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, an endangered World Heritage site. The original...

South Africa warns of people jumping in front of cars in payout scam

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 15, 2024 - 02:35
Officials say people waiting for vehicles to ‘slow down enough that they don't get killed’ before throwing themselves in front of or against the cars to fake an accident

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