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U.S. President Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 1, 2024 - 22:30
U.S. President Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter. Iran is likely to be high on the foreign policy agenda of the incoming Trump administration. Protesters rallied in Georgia's capital for a fourth straight night on Sunday.

Serbia rejects responsibility for a water supply explosion in Kosovo as tensions rise

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 1, 2024 - 22:20
The populist Serbian leader suggested Kosovo was behind the attack

Romanian leftists ahead of resurgent far right in election

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 1, 2024 - 22:12
The vote is the second of three consecutive ballots for both a new parliament and a new president

Catholic church calls on president of El Salvador not to lift ban on gold mining

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 1, 2024 - 21:39
Bukele called the ban on metals mining 'absurd,' and claimed unmined gold would be 'wealth that could transform El Salvador'

Ireland's incumbent parties look likely to hang on to power after a fractured election

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 1, 2024 - 21:26
In an exception to the global anti-incumbent mood, outgoing governing parties Fianna Fail and Fine Gael took the two largest shares of the vote

Big Ten fines Michigan and Ohio State $100,000 each for postgame melee

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 1, 2024 - 21:13
A fight broke out at midfield after the Wolverines' 13-10 victory when Michigan players attempted to plant their flag on the OSU logo

Biden pardons his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 1, 2024 - 19:52
President spares the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions

Trump appoints Lebanese American Massad Boulos as Middle East adviser

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 1, 2024 - 19:21
The 2022 marriage of his son Michael Boulos to Donald Trump’s daughter Tiffany propelled him into the newly elected billionaire’s inner circle

Art collection on 1930s Soviet-engineered famine gifted to Ukraine

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 1, 2024 - 18:26
The late American businessman Morgan Williams was deeply involved in promoting Ukrainian business but he also began collecting artwork related to the Holodomor, a Soviet-engineered famine that killed millions. Now, the artwork has a home. Hanna Tverdokhlib has the story, narrated by Anna Rice.

Taiwan's president meets Hawaii's governor, others in visit China condemns

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 1, 2024 - 18:04
China’s Foreign Ministry says it ‘strongly condemned’ US support for Lai’s visit and has lodged a complaint with Washington

Biden has AIDS Memorial Quilt at White House, observing World AIDS Day

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 1, 2024 - 17:37
Gathered with the president and first lady Jill Biden were survivors, family members and advocates to memorialize the lives lost to the epidemic

Bus crash near French ski resort kills 2 people, injures 33

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 1, 2024 - 17:24
A total of 47 people were on the bus when it crashed Sunday evening near Porte-Puymorens; the exact circumstances were not immediately clear

Trump nominates former aide Kash Patel to head FBI

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 1, 2024 - 17:06
A former national security official, Patel has vowed retribution against the president-elect’s adversaries

Landmark climate change case to open at top UN court

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 1, 2024 - 16:21
Hearings to focus on what countries worldwide are legally required to do to combat the phenomenon and help vulnerable nations fight its devastating impact

A twice-yearly shot could help end AIDS, but will it get to everyone who needs it?

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 1, 2024 - 15:57
Shot preventing HIV infections will be available at low cost in 120 poor countries, but nearly all of Latin America was excluded from the deal with drugmaker Gilead

'Moana 2' has record $221 million opening, Hollywood celebrates moviegoing feast

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 1, 2024 - 15:32
Studio estimates Sunday show that, combined with ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator II,’ the unexpected splash by ‘Moana 2’ made for an unprecedented weekend in cinemas

Storm Bora floods homes, streets in Greek island of Rhodes

Voice of America’s immigration news - December 1, 2024 - 14:37
Cars and debris were piled up high in the flooded streets of the popular tourist destination, with residents trying to remove mud from their water-logged properties

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