Federal Judge Delays Plans to End US Asylum Restrictions
contact@hellonews.website New orleans — A federal judge ordered a two-week halt Wednesday on the phasing out of pandemic-related restrictions on seeking asylum — and raised doubts about the Biden administration’s plan…
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EU to Meet on Energy, Preparing New Russia Sanctions
European Union energy ministers meet Monday in Brussels as Russia threatens to widen natural gas shutoffs to more countries. On Wednesday, Russia cut off natural gas supplies to EU member…
Dramatic Prisoner Swap Despite Strained US-Russia Relations
The United States and Russia have exchanged high-profile prisoners, even amid strained relations over Moscow’s two-month-old invasion of Ukraine. As VOA’s Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports, Russia is holding…
Greece Blocks Turkey From NATO Air Drill
athens — It was billed as a promising breakthrough — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meeting last month and agreeing to try to resolve…
France’s Election Offers Lessons to US Ahead of Midterms
This week’s French presidential contest boiled down to a debate between nationalism and globalism — and globalism prevailed in the victory of President Emmanuel Macron, an ally of President Joe…
Scholz Says Germany Seeks Closer Ties With Indo-Pacific
tokyo — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in Tokyo on Thursday that his country wanted to strengthen ties with countries in the Indo-Pacific region that have the same values, and…
Biden to Visit South Korea, Japan in May
U.S. President Joe Biden is set to travel to South Korea and Japan next month to meet with leaders and discuss economic and security ties. The White House announced the…
US Seeks Authority to Give Seized Russian Assets to Ukraine
The Biden administration is asking Congress for additional legal authority to make it easier for the U.S. government to seize Russian government and oligarch assets and transfer the proceeds to…
US Economy Shrinks 1.4% in Last Three Months
Washington — The U.S. economy unexpectedly shrank 1.4% in the first three months of 2022 compared to a year ago, the government reported Thursday, raising fears that the world’s largest…
RFE/RL Journalist Dies in Russian Air Strikes on Kyiv
RFE/RL journalist Vira Hyrych has died in Kyiv after a Russian air strike hit the residential building where she lived in the Ukrainian capital. Hyrych’s body was found early in…
Former US Marine Back Home After Prisoner Swap with Russia
After nearly three years in a Russian prison, former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed is back in the United States on Thursday after a swap with a Russian held in the…
Ukraine Slams Kyiv Attack Amid New Mariupol Rescue Effort
Ukraine’s leader accused Russia of trying to humiliate the United Nations by raining missiles on Kyiv during a visit by Secretary-General António Guterres, an attack that shattered the capital’s tentative…
Police Officer Appeals Murder Conviction for Killing George Floyd
MINNEAPOLIS — The former Minneapolis police officer found guilty of murder in the killing of George Floyd has appealed his conviction, saying among other things that the jury was intimidated…
Bloomberg Reporters in Turkey Acquitted Over 2018 Currency Crisis Article
ISTANBUL — A Turkish court on Friday acquitted 33 people, including two Bloomberg reporters and other journalists from local media, of spreading false information about the economy in an article…
Muslim Students at Princeton University Break Ramadan Fast Together
For many students, living and studying at one of the most prestigious schools in the United States can be stressful and sometimes a little lonely. But some Muslim students at…