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International Women’s Day 2024: The Economy Has a ‘Female Face’

By Claire Schnatterbeck | VOA News International Women’s Day, an annual United Nations campaign to publicize efforts to create gender equality worldwide, celebrates this year on Friday, March 8, with the theme...

2 Filipino seafarers killed in latest Houthi attack in Gulf of Aden

By Marita Moaje | Philippine News Agency The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirmed on Thursday the deaths of two Filipino seafarers in a recent attack by Houthi rebels on a merchant...

Chinese national arrested in U.S. for stealing Google AI technology

Agence France-Presse A Chinese software engineer was arrested Wednesday for allegedly stealing artificial intelligence (AI) technology from Google while secretly working for two Chinese companies, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said. Linwei Ding,...

February marks 9th straight month of record-smashing global heat: climate monitor

Agence France-Presse Last month was the warmest February on record globally, the ninth straight month of historic high temperatures across the planet as climate change steers the world into "uncharted territory," Europe's...

Top Russian Commanders Face ICC Arrest Warrants for Alleged War Crimes

Voice of America | VOA News The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for two top Russian commanders over alleged war crimes in Ukraine. Sergei Kobylash and Viktor Sokolov, an army lieutenant...

Sudan soon to be ‘world’s largest hunger crisis’: WFP

Agence France-Presse Sudan's nearly 11-month war between rival generals "risks triggering the world's largest hunger crisis", the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) warned Wednesday. The war between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan...

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