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Over a dozen VOA journalists forced to leave US soon as visas expire

More than a dozen journalists with the US government’s premier international broadcaster may soon be forced to leave the United States as their visas expire with no action from the agency’s new leadership. Some 16 Voice of America journalists will...

Israel’s Covid-19 chief urges Ukraine to ban annual Jewish pilgrimage

The head of Israel’s coronavirus task force has asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to ban an annual pilgrimage in which Hasidic Jews visit the central Ukrainian town of Uman over concerns the site may become a virus hotspot. Tens of...

Germany registers biggest surge in Covid-19 cases since April

Germany recorded the highest number of new coronavirus cases in more than four months, as infections exceeded 2,000 in the 24 hours to Saturday morning. Cases rose by 2,034 to 232,082, the most since April, according to data from the...

California wildfires among largest in state’s history: What we know so far

The wildfires in the US state of California sparked by lightning strikes have more than doubled in size and claimed at least six lives and injured 43 fighters and civilians, reports said on Friday. The conflagrations, which broke out over...

Donald Trump ‘wrong president’, says Michelle Obama on Day 1 of Democratic Convention

Former First Lady Michelle Obama made the most compelling case for Joe Biden, the Democratic presumptive nominee for president, on the first day of the party’s most unconventional convention yet on Monday with a stirring speech casting President Donald Trump as...

Trump says he will pardon a ‘very important’ person on Tuesday

President Donald Trump said on Monday he would pardon a “very, very important” person on Tuesday, but added it would not be leaker Edward Snowden or former national security adviser Michael Flynn. “Doing a pardon tomorrow on someone who is...

‘I’ve never made a dosa’: After her nomination, Kamala Harris’ old video resurfaces

US Senator Kamala Harris has been chosen as the running mate by presumptive Democratic nominee for president Joe Biden. This gave the South Asian community in the United States a reason to cheer. Harris came to the US as an...

Trump fans ‘birther’ slur against Harris

President Donald Trump on Thursday resurrected the racially charged “birther” controversy he had fanned for years to question President Barack Obama’s eligibility for the presidency. His target this time is Kamala Harris, the first Black woman and Indian American...

Former Ecuadorian Sonsul in London Fidel Narvaez told Sputnik ahead of Friday’s administrative hearing in Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition case that the whistleblower...

Former Ecuadorian Sonsul in London Fidel Narvaez told Sputnik ahead of Friday’s administrative hearing in Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition case that the whistleblower will never get a fair trial either in the UK or in the United States. “There...

Tropical storm Josephine weakens slightly in Atlantic Ocean

Josephine just barely held on to its tropical storm status early Friday as it moved over the Atlantic Ocean as the earliest “J-named” storm in a record-setting hurricane season. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph)...

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Why is Kevin Hart suddenly closing all of his vegan chain restaurants?

Kevin Hart’s vegan restaurant chain, Hart House, has closed all four of its locations, according to Eater Los Angeles. Hart House,...