Qantas Launches Non-Stop Sydney-London, NY Flights by End of 2025
contact@hellonews.website Sydney — Qantas announced Monday it will launch the world’s first non-stop commercial flights from Sydney to London and New York by the end of 2025, finally conquering the “tyranny…
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Biden Calls Former VP Mondale 'Giant' of Political History
Minneapolis — President Joe Biden saluted his “friend of five decades” Walter Mondale on Sunday, traveling to the University of Minnesota to remember the former vice president and Democratic Party…
Amputee Wraps Up Marathon Record Quest
When amputee athlete Jacky Hunt-Broersma says her mantra is, “I can do hard things,” she’s not kidding — the amputee athlete has run 104 marathons in as many days, all…
US Official: Possible New Migrant Influx Would Strain Border Patrols
Washington — A possible influx of thousands of migrants at the southwestern U.S. border later this month will place “an extraordinary strain on our system,” the Homeland Security chief acknowledged…
Homeless Shelters Begin to See Value in Making Room for Pets
Los Angeles — Being homeless in Los Angeles and struggling with addiction is hard enough, but Rachel Niebur couldn’t imagine enduring it without her dog Petey. Niebur credits her constant…
Racial Split on COVID-19 Endures as Restrictions Ease in US
Black and Hispanic Americans remain far more cautious in their approach to COVID-19 than white Americans, recent polls show, reflecting diverging preferences on how to deal with the pandemic as…
Buffett Details Spending Spree, Takes Jab at Wall Street
NEW YORK — Billionaire finance guru Warren Buffett, who complained recently that he did not know where to put his money, said Saturday he has invested billions of dollars so…
White House Press Gala Offers Political Normalcy Despite COVID
WASHINGTON — Much of Washington is ready to party like it’s 2019, before the coronavirus, when the biggest risk at the annual White House press corps gala was more likely…
Quick Payoff Unlikely in Biden Order to Boost Lithium Mining
Washington — President Joe Biden is turning to a Cold War-era law to boost production of lithium and other minerals used to power electric vehicles, but experts say the move…
Satellites Detect California Cow Burps, a Major Methane Source, From Space
Washington — Satellites have detected methane emissions from belching cows at a California feedlot, marking the first time emissions from livestock – a major component of agricultural methane – could…
White House Correspondents Dinner Returns, With Biden Headlining
Washington — U.S. President Joe Biden will resume a Washington tradition by speaking at the White House Correspondents Association dinner on Saturday night, the first president to speak at the…
Man Sentenced for Shooting Vegas Officer Amid 2020 Protest
LAS VEGAS — A 21-year-old man who shot and paralyzed a Las Vegas police officer during a racial justice protest on the Las Vegas Strip in June 2020 was sentenced…
Surge in Gun Ownership Among Minorities in US
More members of minority groups in the United States are buying guns as the fear of violence and crime increases. VOA’s Aunshuman Apte in New York spoke with some minority…
Biden, Mexican President Warn of 'Unprecedented' Migration Flow
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden and his Mexican counterpart, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, warned of “unprecedented” pressure from migration in a call Friday that highlighted a major political headache…
Largest US Wildfire Rages Out of Control in New Mexico
MORA, NEW MEXICO — Firefighters in New Mexico failed Friday to pin back the flames of the United States’ largest wildfire, which is burning perilously close to a string of…