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Former President Jimmy Carter, a peanut farmer and Georgia state governor before becoming president, has died at the age of 100. Since leaving the White House, Carter has logged millions of miles and visited dozens of countries on missions to wipe out diseases, mediate conflicts, advocate for human rights and monitor elections. He's built a legacy that few, if any, American ex-presidents can match.

When Carter took the oath of office as president of the United States on January 20, 1977, he promised a ‘government as good as its people’

Ahmed al-Sharaa offers first comments on possible electoral timetable since his rebel group ousted longtime authoritarian leader Bashar al-Assad earlier this month

Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating incident involving a plane at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, which one passenger described as rough landing that sparked flames

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, Senator Marco Rubio, is a well-known China critic. Despite being sanctioned by the Beijing government in 2020, Rubio says he’s confident of 'finding a solution' to engage with China if confirmed. VOA's Nike Ching reports.

According to studio estimates Sunday, ‘Sonic’ movie earned $38 million, while ‘Mufasa’ brought in $37.1 million from theaters in US and Canada

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There are sharks in the Red Sea but encounters with them are relatively rare

President Zoran Milanović, who is often compared to Donald Trump for his combative style of communication with political opponents, faces seven other contenders, including Dragan Primorac, the candidate of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union

A majority of U.S adults intend to celebrate New Year’s Eve at home, according to a new poll

Syria’s 13-year civil war left synagogue partially destroyed; walls and roofs have collapsed and some artifacts are missing

South Korean authorities say at least 179 people died when a passenger plane burst into flames Sunday after skidding off a runway and slamming into a concrete fence. The Jeju Air jet carrying 181 people, was returning from Bangkok.

Rescuers assisted 45 individuals, including four who were transported to hospitals

National Weather Service issues severe thunder storm warnings with possibility of tornadoes in western Georgia, northwestern tip of Florida and elsewhere

'We can say with complete clarity that the plane was shot down by Russia. [...] We are not saying that it was done intentionally, but it was done,' he told Azerbaijani state television. 

The report is based on interviews with the medical and welfare teams which treated more than 100 Israeli and foreign hostages, most of whom were released in late November 2023

State media didn't elaborate on the anti-US strategy