At UN, Spotlight on Global Consequences of Russia’s War

At UN, Spotlight on Global Consequences of Russia’s War

The global consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine were in the spotlight Tuesday at the U.N. General Assembly, as the...

Analysis: China’s Balancing Act on Russia’s War in Ukraine

Analysis: China’s Balancing Act on Russia’s War in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s surprise admission at last week’s summit in Uzbekistan that China had “questions and concerns” about what...

Canada Seen Unlikely to Cut Ties With British Monarchy

Canada Seen Unlikely to Cut Ties With British Monarchy

After the death of Queen Elizabeth II, several nations that have long had a British monarch as their head of...

US Lawmakers Move to Expand White House Authority on Russia Sanctions

US Lawmakers Move to Expand White House Authority on Russia Sanctions

U.S. lawmakers moved Tuesday to give the administration of President Joe Biden expanded authority to enforce sanctions on Russia for...

Opposition Leader: Belarus Not ‘Appendix to Russia’

Opposition Leader: Belarus Not ‘Appendix to Russia’

Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is attending this year’s United Nations General Assembly as a member of an unnamed European...

With Griner in Jail, WNBA Players Skip Russia in Offseason

With Griner in Jail, WNBA Players Skip Russia in Offseason

Brittney Griner’s highly publicized legal woes in Russia and the country’s invasion of Ukraine has the top WNBA players opting...

Family, Colleagues of Imprisoned Ukrainian Journalist Working for His Release

Family, Colleagues of Imprisoned Ukrainian Journalist Working for His Release

Russians have held Vladyslav Yesypenko, a Ukrainian journalist employed by VOA’s sister network Radio Free Europe, in captivity in Crimea...

Ukraine Seeks Aid Matching Pace of Counteroffensive  

Ukraine Seeks Aid Matching Pace of Counteroffensive  

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country is “stabilizing” the situation in its northeastern Kharkiv region after driving out Russian...

Australia and European Union Resume Free Trade Talks

Australia and European Union Resume Free Trade Talks

Australia and the European Union (EU) have resumed free trade talks in the Australian capital, Canberra.  Negotiations over an trade...

VOA Interview: Belarusian Opposition Leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

VOA Interview: Belarusian Opposition Leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

In interview with VOA New York Bureau Chief Ihar Tsikhanenka, the exiled opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya says the world should not...

VOA Interview: Belarusian Opposition Leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

VOA Interview: Belarusian Opposition Leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Responding to a series of questions on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the leader of the Belarusian opposition, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, told...

Bread Prices Jump 18% in EU, Eurostat Says as War in Ukraine Weighs

Bread Prices Jump 18% in EU, Eurostat Says as War in Ukraine Weighs

The price of bread rose by almost a fifth in the European Union in August as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,...