Thousands in Ireland still without power as officials say Storm Eowyn cleanup will take time
London — Ireland called in help from England and France on Sunday as repair crews worked to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people afterчитати
Belarusians vote in election to extend Lukashenko’s 30-year rule
MINSK — Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election set to hand President Alexander Lukashenko a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule. Lukashenko —читати
Facebook scammers use fake VOA article to push Russian cryptocurrency scheme
When American conservative commentator Tucker Carlson interviewed Russian IT entrepreneur Pavel Durov in April, he had an additional unexpected audience: scammers. After the video wasчитати
Italy’s Meloni defends repatriation of Libyan warlord wanted by ICC
ROME — Italy’s prime minister addressed growing criticism Saturday of the repatriation of a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court, as Giorgia Meloni citedчитати
VOA Russian: Exiled Russian artists raise funds to help Ukraine
More than 50 exiled Russian artists who left the country for Europe to escape the war have raised more than $100,000 in an online charityчитати
Moldovan president visits Kyiv to talk energy, security
KYIV, UKRAINE — Moldovan President Maia Sandu visited Kyiv on Saturday for talks with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid growing tensions in Transnistria, a pro-Russian separatistчитати
Russian deepfake videos target Ukrainian refugees, including teen
New online videos recently investigated by VOA’s Russian and Ukrainian services show how artificial intelligence is likely being used to try to create provocative deepfakesчитати
One of last Auschwitz survivors makes telling the stories his mission
HAIFA, ISRAEL — Naftali Furst will never forget his first view of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, on Nov. 3, 1944. He was 12 years old. SSчитати
Driver rams anti-government rally in Serbia’s capital, hurts protester
BELGRADE, SERBIA — A woman rammed a car into a crowd of anti-government protesters in Serbia’s capital and injured one of them Friday, police said, asчитати
Ahead of election, media group accuses Belarus of crimes against humanity
WASHINGTON — Ahead of Belarus’ presidential election this weekend, a media advocacy group filed a complaint Friday with the International Criminal Court accusing the country’s longtimeчитати
London court says US mom can be extradited in children’s killings
LONDON — A London judge on Friday rejected a U.S. mother’s challenge to be extradited to Colorado to face murder charges in the deaths of twoчитати
Russia, Ukraine report large-scale overnight drone attacks
Officials in Ukraine say Russia launched a barrage of drones in an overnight attack Friday killing at least two civilians, wounding several others and damagingчитати
Trump pressures Russia to end Ukraine war as Kremlin shrugs off sanction threats
Just days into his presidency, Donald Trump is intensifying pressure on Russia to begin peace talks with Ukraine. On Thursday, Russia dismissed Trump’s threats ofчитати
Trump to global businesses: Make products in US or pay tariffs
President Donald Trump laid out his approach to foreign investment to the world’s largest gathering of global business leaders, offering investors a take-it-or-leave-it deal toчитати
With US pushing for war’s end, Ukraine’s displaced look to rebuild lives
With the new U.S. administration pushing for a quick end to the war in Ukraine, many of the country’s 3.5 million internally displaced hope toчитати
Trump promises global businesses lower taxes for products made in US, tariffs if not
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday invited global businesses to manufacture their products in the U.S. and promised them lower taxes but warned if theyчитати
Russia: Nothing new in Trump threats on Moscow’s war on Ukraine
The Kremlin said Thursday it did not see any particularly new elements in U.S. policy toward Russia under President Donald Trump, who threatened this weekчитати
UK teenager jailed for at least 52 years for girls’ murders
LONDON — A British teenager who murdered three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event was jailed for at least 52 years on Thursday, forчитати
UK watchdog targets Apple, Google mobile ecosystems with new digital market powers
London — Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS are facing fresh scrutiny from Britain’s competition watchdog, which announced investigations Thursday targeting the two tech giants’ mobile phoneчитати
Deadly Russian missile attack hits Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region
Officials in southern Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region said Thursday a Russian ballistic missile attack killed at least one person and injured 24 others. Regional Governor Ivanчитати
Europe posts record year for clean energy
A record 47% of the European Union’s electricity now comes from solar and other renewables, a report Thursday said, in yet another sign of theчитати
Trump to Putin: End ‘ridiculous’ war against Ukraine
U.S. President Donald Trump emphatically told his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday to “STOP this ridiculous War!” against Ukraine or the United States wouldчитати
Georgia’s Zourabichvili says US shouldn’t back government that is result of ‘rigged elections’
washington — Last December, Georgia’s parliament chose Mikheil Kavelashvili, a close ally of ruling Georgian Dream party founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, as the country’s new president. Heчитати
Murdoch’s UK tabloids apologize to Prince Harry, admit intruding on Diana
LONDON — Prince Harry claimed a monumental victory Wednesday as Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids made an unprecedented apology for intruding in his life over decades andчитати
Trump expresses possibility of more sanctions against Russia for Ukraine war
U.S. President Donald Trump signaled the possibility of placing additional sanctions on Russia for its war in Ukraine. Asked about the prospect while speaking toчитати
Turkey detains nine people over ski resort hotel fire that killed 76
ANKARA, TURKEY — Turkey has detained nine people, including the owner of the hotel, in connection with a deadly fire that claimed the lives of 76читати
Trump says he would sanction Russia if Putin does not negotiate on Ukraine
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would likely impose sanctions on Russia if its president, Vladimir Putin, refuses to negotiate about endingчитати
US withdrawals from WHO, Paris Agreement met with regret, calls for reversal
Geneva — United Nations agencies say the imminent U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization and Paris climate agreement will have serious consequences for global healthчитати
EU, China warn against trade friction at Davos after Trump return
Davos, Switzerland — EU chief Ursula von der Leyen declared Tuesday that Europe was ready to negotiate with the United States and seek to improve tiesчитати
China, EU, Ukraine leaders take Davos stage under Trump shadow
Davos, Switzerland — With Donald Trump back as US president with his confrontational style, Chinese, European and Ukrainian leaders are expected to defend global cooperation onчитати
World leaders congratulate Trump on inauguration
World leaders on Monday are congratulating President Donald Trump on his inauguration as the 47th president of the United States. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wasчитати
VOA Kurdish: Erdogan will renegotiate relationship with Trump administration
During Donald Trump’s first presidential term, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan enjoyed a close relationship with the U.S. leader, benefiting from policies such as theчитати
Ukraine reports downing 93 Russian drones
Ukraine’s military said Monday it shot down 93 of the 141 drones that Russian forces launched overnight in attacks targeting regions across the country. Theчитати
23-year-old American loses nearly all eyesight defending Ukraine
At 23, American Army veteran Manus McCaffery volunteered to join the fight against Russian aggression in Ukraine. In 2022, a Russian shell left him partiallyчитати
Pope calls for Gaza ceasefire to be ‘immediately respected’
Vatican City — Pope Francis called Sunday for a ceasefire in Gaza to be “immediately respected,” as he thanked mediators and urged a boost in humanitarianчитати
Macron praises World War II French Resistance activist, author
PARIS — France’s President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to former French Resistance activist and author Genevieve Callerot, who has died at age 108. Callerot, whoчитати