US Voters Predict Republicans Will Make Gains in Midterm
contact@hellonews.website New Orelans, Louisiana — With rising inflation, an ongoing pandemic, a Russian war in Ukraine and now a looming Supreme Court ruling on abortion, the stakes are high as Americans…
International Space Station Under New Management
The International Space Station is now under new management. Plus, a look back at a spaceflight pioneer, and a historical perspective on the future of lunar exploration. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi brings us The Week…
‘Doctor Strange 2’ Stars Benedict Wong and Xochitl Gomez Discuss On-Screen Superhero Partnership And Real-Life Friendship
Benedict Wong supports Xochitl Gomez in more ways than one. Whether it was on the Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness set or during the current press tour, Wong…
At US Urging, Fiji Seizes Russian Oligarch’s Yacht
Another Russian oligarch’s yacht was seized Thursday as part of efforts to punish Russia over its war in Ukraine. At the request of the United States, Fijian officials took a…
Collective Bargaining Eases COVID-19 Impact
Geneva — An International Labor Organization survey in 80 countries finds collective bargaining agreements and practices are critical to improving working conditions, closing the gender wage gap, and in reducing…
Reporter’s Notebook: Memories of Talking to Belarus' Stanislav Shushkevich
Former Belarusian leader Stanislav Shushkevich died this week at the age of 87. He took a part of the Soviet Union’s history with him. Shrewd and wise, he was the…
Russia Expels 7 Danish Embassy Staff in Tit-For-Tat Move
Russia has announced the expulsion of seven people from the Danish Embassy in Moscow in response to a similar move announced by Copenhagen four weeks earlier. “They must leave the…
Musk Gets $7B Backing for Twitter Bid From Tech Heavyweights
Billionaire Elon Musk has strengthened the equity stake of his offer to buy Twitter with commitments of more than $7 billion from a range of investors, including Silicon Valley heavy…
Queen to Miss Traditional Royal Garden Party Season
london — Queen Elizabeth II will miss the traditional royal garden party season, where she would normally meet with hundreds of people on the grounds of her residences in London…
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Star Anson Mount Discusses That Implied 2021 Insurrection Moment and NASA Letter to Crew
It was a profound moment for Anson Mount. Before production of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds got underway, the Capt. Christopher Pike actor read aloud to the series cast and…
Belarusian Diaspora Does What It Can to Help Ukraine
After the regime’s crackdown on protesters in Belarus following the 2020 presidential elections, some 200,000-300,000 people fled Belarus ending up as refugees in Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, and a number of…
Media Group: At Least 23 Journalists Killed in Ukraine War
Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, at least 23 journalists have been killed in the country, according to a journalists’ union. And at least seven of those deaths took…
‘Picard’ Star Patrick Stewart Shares Season 2 Regret and Explains Why He Sounds Slightly Different in Final Episodes
As Sir Patrick Stewart watched the season two finale of Star Trek: Picard, he became awash in emotion. The distinguished, iconic actor who has played Jean-Luc Picard since the 1987…
Japan PM: Tokyo to Use Nuclear to Cut Dependence on Russian Energy
London — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday that it would use nuclear reactors to help reduce its own and other countries’ dependence on Russian energy. Japan has…
Russia’s Relentless Hunt of Chechens Decades After Putin’s War
VIENNA — Twenty years after Vladimir Putin flattened their capital Grozny in the same way that his forces are now destroying Mariupol, Chechen refugees in Europe still live in fear…