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The report says the world can meet the goal of ending AIDS by 2030 if leaders protect the human rights of everyone living with and at risk of HIV

 The president-elect's transition team says it will use only private funding during and will disclose donors’ names

Public discussion is taboo in the case of Bo, once considered a contender for top leadership but jailed for life in 2013

Malaysian and US authorities say about $4.5 billion was stolen in a complex, globe-spanning scheme between 2009 and 2014

Israel and Hezbollah approve a deal to end the fighting between them. Russia unleashes its biggest drone attack yet on Ukraine as Moscow waits for Donald Trump to take office. Plus, a look at Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, and reaction to his controversial plan to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China.

The final police report, the result of a nearly two-year investigation, lays out evidence gathered from search warrants, wiretaps, financial records and plea bargain testimony pointing to a criminal conspiracy with Bolsonaro at the helm

Russia claims to take 600 square kilometers of Ukraine this month

China will need to adopt stronger fiscal stimulus measures to offset the impact of possible Trump tariff hikes, government advisers say

The tariff threat is rattling China's industrial complex, which sells goods worth more than $400 billion annually to the US

Trade experts say higher US tariffs on China could drive more factories Southeast Asia’s way but warn of ballooning trade surpluses and Chinese inputs

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday welcomed a ceasefire deal between Israel and Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. But there is no indication the deal will speed a truce and hostage release in Gaza, where Israel battles the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Patsy Widakuswara reports.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was quick to respond to the U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in a letter on Tuesday. She expressed her willingness to engage in dialogue with Trump but warned that if the new U.S. government imposes tariffs on Mexico, her administration will respond with a similar measure.  See the full story here.

Former Russian federal and local parliament deputies who broke away from Russian President Vladimir Putin and turned against the Kremlin are gathered for a meeting in Warsaw. Former Russian State Duma member Gennady Gudkov told VOA Russian that Russian exiles need to create efficient media outlets to oppose Kremlin propaganda and reach Russian-speaking populations inside and outside of Russia. See the full story here.    

To compensate for heavy losses on the battlefield, Russia is actively recruiting soldiers from developing countries. After reports that Russia used deceptive tactics to recruit hundreds of fighters from Yemen, VOA Russian spoke to experts about how Moscow is recruiting soldiers from as far as Colombia and Brazil. Researchers say the Kremlin is trying to staff up its military and recruit more soldiers using any means available. See the full story here.  

Two years ago this week, Chinese university students marched in the streets in cities across China holding blank sheets of paper as a silent dissent against the government’s harsh pandemic policies. On the anniversary of the White Paper Movement, exiled Chinese dissidents worldwide have drawn attention to pressing issues such as Beijing’s transnational repression of dissent, escalating political persecution in Hong Kong and mainland China, and the ongoing struggles faced by exile...

A senior Chinese official has reinterpreted the principle of "Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong," a cornerstone of the "one country, two systems" framework established during the 1997 handover. Zhang Yong, deputy director of the Legal Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, said Tuesday that Hong Kong's governance involves not only its residents but also the Central Government in Beijing. See the full story here.

Reports of labor protests from across Iran continue this week, with new sit-ins Tuesday by Iranian retirees, employees of Tehran Metro Operating Company, the medical staff from four hospitals in Ahvaz, and 3,000 contract workers from 12 refineries in South Pars. Workers in a variety of jobs across Iran are protesting government economic and social policies, at a time of high inflation and stagnant salaries. See the full story here.

Israeli attacks on Syria have ramped up since its war on Gaza