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Georgia judge blocks elections rules backed by pro-Trump Republicans

Voice of America’s immigration news - October 16, 2024 - 21:00
Board's moves had drawn bipartisan criticism

Understanding political polls: From history to interpretation

Voice of America’s immigration news - October 16, 2024 - 20:31
In any election campaign, candidates and the public rely on opinion polls to comprehend the state of the race and inform their actions and choices. But polls can be confusing, contradictory, and, historically, even occasionally flat-out wrong.

Billie Jean King, female athletes to honor her Women's Sports Foundation

Voice of America’s immigration news - October 16, 2024 - 20:00
She began with $5,000 and turned it into $100 million and a half century of helping girls and women achieve their athletics dreams

Biden, dignitaries honor RFK widow, human rights champion Ethel Kennedy

Voice of America’s immigration news - October 16, 2024 - 18:53
Political family matriarch endured decades of family tragedies but remembered as a 'spitfire'

Georgia struggles to emerge from Russian shadow ahead of crucial election

Voice of America’s immigration news - October 16, 2024 - 18:39
As the Republic of Georgia prepares for a crucial election on October 26, Russia’s influence looms over the vote. As Henry Ridgwell reports from Tbilisi, the former Soviet republic is struggling to carve out a new future aligned to the West as it tries to reconcile its troubled past.

Fuel costs force some Nigerian commuters to quit jobs

Voice of America’s immigration news - October 16, 2024 - 18:34
Fuel prices in Nigeria have gone up 15% since September, with some Nigerians spending up to 70% of their salaries on transportation

Harris, Trump transition efforts reflect different approaches to governing

Voice of America’s immigration news - October 16, 2024 - 18:25
For all their differences, neither team plans to make personnel decisions before Nov. 5, and both teams are lying low so as not to distract from their candidates

Zelenskyy unveils his 'victory plan'

Voice of America’s immigration news - October 16, 2024 - 18:00
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told lawmakers Wednesday that Ukraine’s Western partners are increasing pressure to negotiate with Russia, but he hinted such talks would be unfavorable to Kyiv as he unveiled what he called his “victory plan” for the war. President Biden announces a new Ukraine security assistance program, but Ukraine’s future may likely be decided by the U.S. election. We talk with Doug Klain, a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and policy analyst for...

FBI, French authorities coordinate on Islamic State arrests

Voice of America’s immigration news - October 16, 2024 - 17:48
Officials see connections between terror plots in US, France

The Current State of the Border: Crossings Remain Low While Pressure Builds in Southern Mexico

It was only 10 months ago when the U.S. set record highs at the border, with roughly 250,000 migrants taken into Border Patrol custody in December 2023. But today, border apprehensions are running steady at their lowest level in four years, with just 54,000 Border Patrol migrant encounters in September. This fragile equilibrium has held […]

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Iran FM slams Western sanctions as 'hostile action,' state media says

Voice of America’s immigration news - October 16, 2024 - 17:09
After the EU and the US imposed separate punitive measures against Tehran, Abbas Araghchi said they ‘would not help to resolve regional tensions’

Iran's border security forces allegedly massacre 'dozens' of Afghan migrants

Voice of America’s immigration news - October 16, 2024 - 17:09
Taliban officials in Kabul say an investigation into the allegations is under way as UN urgently seeks clarity

Ex-Las Vegas-area official gets at least 28 years in prison for killing reporter

Voice of America’s immigration news - October 16, 2024 - 16:54
Journalist had written articles critical of official’s conduct

Lebanese refugee crisis raises political tensions in Iraq and demographic concerns in Kirkuk

Voice of America’s immigration news - October 16, 2024 - 16:53
Iraqi officials say that as of October 9, about 8,000 Lebanese refugees have entered the country

US Supreme Court declines to pause EPA power plant emissions rule

Voice of America’s immigration news - October 16, 2024 - 16:36
The justices denied emergency requests from 27 states, power companies and industry associations

Georgia struggles to emerge from Russian shadow ahead of crucial election

Voice of America’s immigration news - October 16, 2024 - 16:19
Critics accuse ruling Georgian Dream party of stoking Soviet nostalgia

Biden to travel to Germany this week, Angola in December for visits delayed by Hurricane Milton

Voice of America’s immigration news - October 16, 2024 - 16:19
US leader's initial itinerary for postponed trip included meeting on war in Ukraine with allied nations at American military base in Germany before he was to continue on to Angola

US Navy fighter jet with two on board crashes during training in Washington state

Voice of America’s immigration news - October 16, 2024 - 16:19
Jet goes down east of Mount Rainier during routine training flight

Defense contractor to pay $252M penalty to resolve Qatar bribery charges

Voice of America’s immigration news - October 16, 2024 - 16:13
RTX, the defense contractor formerly known as Raytheon, agreed to pay the U.S. government to resolve criminal charges

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