Amid a slowing economy, China has wrapped up a challenging 2024 that ended with heightened public discontent and social unrest following the eruption of several random attacks in the past two months.

VOA Russian speaks to experts who predict that the Russian pressure will only increase ahead of the 2025 parliamentary elections in Moldova, an event that now looms large in Russia's confrontation ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his New Year’s address on Tuesday, said China's economy has rebounded, with GDP projected to exceed 130 trillion yuan ($17.8 trillion). Regarding Taiwan, he ...

Bereaved family members of the 179 victims of a fatal plane crash on Monday said the South Korean government has failed to preserve the victims' bodies, as they promised to place the bodies inside ...

Despite being sanctioned by the Beijing government in 2020, Rubio says he’s confident of 'finding a solution' to engage with China if confirmed. VOA's Nike Ching reports.

But as VOA’s Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson reports, Trump’s plans could be complicated by a complex global interdependence on oil and gas supplies.

If there’s a global trend, Eurasia Group president Ian Bremmer said at a summit in Canada in June, it’s that 'people are tired of the incumbents' Burkina Faso's military regime, in power since ...

But as VOA’s Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson reports, Trump’s plans could be complicated by a complex global interdependence on oil and gas supplies. A landmark hearing into ...

2024 was a big year for elections. More than 70 national elections were held throughout the world, affecting more than half of the world’s population. Among the countries holding elections were ...

Each year, at least 100,000 kids call into North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado and they ask for Santa’s location as he delivers presents around the world. President Joe Biden ...

By VOA Fact Check estimates, top Russian officials made 135 public nuclear threats between February 2022 and December 2024. Vladimir Putin made 27, ranging from direct threats to ordering nuclear ...

Although the U.S. Supreme Court last year decided that civilian colleges and universities could not consider race or ethnicity in admissions, a judge ruled that the U.S. Naval Academy had ...