The U.S. Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a warning for a strong geomagnetic storm Saturday, saying power and communications systems could be affected in the Northern Hemisphere after a significant solar flare was observed on the sun.  In a statement on its website, the agency said G3, or strong geomagnetic storm conditions, [Read more]

Israel has resumed military operations in Gaza as the weeklong truce expired Friday. Wrapping up intense diplomacy in the region, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken blamed Hamas for the end of the pause but is urging another one. White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara has this report. [Read more]

The U.S. proposed new guidelines Friday spelling out which electric vehicles will be eligible for tax credits, ruling out those that contain batteries or minerals sourced from China and other nations that have fallen out of favor with the U.S. The restrictions dictate which clean energy vehicles will qualify for a subsidy of up to $7,50 [Read more]

Spanish police said Friday that they had arrested a Spaniard wanted by U.S. officials for working with an American to provide cryptocurrency and blockchain technology services to North Korea in violation of U.S. sanctions against the rogue state. In a statement, Spanish police said they had arrested Alejandro Cao de Benos, 48, in Madrid [Read more]

Scientists say that in 2023, the Amazon region experienced the most severe drought in its recorded history. Rivers and lakes reached record low levels before rising in recent weeks. Thousands of people were isolated because of the lack of water in tributaries. Scientists say this should be considered a warning of what climate change can d [Read more]

In Mozambique, one in four women between the ages of 35 and 39 live with the HIV virus, according to a 2021 national HIV assessment report. To combat the stigma associated with HIV and AIDS, a group called the Kindlimuka Association is working to help those living with the virus. Amarilis Gule has this story from Maputo. Mayra de Lassalet [Read more]

Friday is the 35th annual World AIDS Day, a time to remember the estimated 40.4 million lives lost to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, since the epidemic began in 1981. Worldwide, more than 39 million people live with HIV, upwards of 1 million Americans among them. In a statement Friday, President Joe Biden said that America is "withi [Read more]

The U.S. Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a warning for a strong geomagnetic storm Saturday, saying power and communications systems could be affected in the Northern Hemisphere after a significant solar flare was observed on the sun.  In a statement on its website, the agency said G3, or strong geomagnetic storm conditions, [Read more]

Former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter is in hospice care at home in Plains, Georgia, the Carter Center announced Friday. The center said the 96-year-old is at home with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, now 99. The Carter family said through the statement that they are "grateful for the outpouring of love and support." The family a [Read more]

A judge in the U.S. state of Colorado on Friday allowed Donald Trump to remain on the ballot in the state's election next year, rejecting a bid to disqualify the former president over his actions before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters. The ruling from Judge Sarah Wallace, which is almost certain to be appe [Read more]

Gearing up for his 2024 reelection bid, U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday touted his "Bidenomics" agenda, contrasting his vision to build the economy "from the bottom up and the middle out" with that of so-called MAGA Republicans who support former President Donald Trump's Make America Great Again agenda. Biden defended his administ [Read more]

In his closing arguments for remaining a member of the House, a defiant Representative George Santos depicted himself as a victim of a smear campaign by some of his colleagues and made clear that he would not resign before a vote Friday on whether he should be expelled. The first-term Republican congressman from New York could well beco [Read more]

The United States signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate with South Korea in the fight against false propaganda and disinformation. It is the first such agreement that Washington signs with its Asian ally, and it comes as U.S. officials and lawmakers accuse the People's Republic of China of conducting "deceptive online campai [Read more]

US lawmakers warned Thursday that the Chinese Communist Party's efforts to spread disinformation will only increase ahead of the 2024 elections in the United States. As VOA's Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson reports, social media giant TikTok is lawmakers' top concern. Camera: Saqib Ui Islam [Read more]

Developers at the University of Maryland are using a holographic camera to capture people's movements in three dimensions for what could be high-impact training, education and entertainment. It is technology with the power to transform how we learn and entertain ourselves. VOA's Julie Taboh has more. VOA footage by Adam Greenbaum. [Read more]

The U.S. proposed new guidelines Friday spelling out which electric vehicles will be eligible for tax credits, ruling out those that contain batteries or minerals sourced from China and other nations that have fallen out of favor with the U.S. The restrictions dictate which clean energy vehicles will qualify for a subsidy of up to $7,50 [Read more]

Holiday shoppers in the U.S. are seeking out the best deals and strategically nabbing the deepest discounts ahead of Cyber Monday, according to data from retailer websites aggregated by third parties. Cyber Monday, as the first Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday has become known as merchants step up online promotions, is set to be th [Read more]

Almost all U.S. jobs, from truck driver to childcare provider to software developer, include skills that can be done, or at least supplemented, by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), according to a recent report. GenAI is artificial intelligence that can generate high-quality content based on the input data used to train it. " [Read more]

Gearing up for his 2024 reelection bid, U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday touted his "Bidenomics" agenda, contrasting his vision to build the economy "from the bottom up and the middle out" with that of so-called MAGA Republicans who support former President Donald Trump's Make America Great Again agenda. Biden defended his administ [Read more]

President Joe Biden on Wednesday touted his Bidenomics agenda in Colorado, contrasting his economic vision with that of the so-called MAGA Republicans as he gears up for his 2024 reelection bid. White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara reports. [Read more]