Stocks Slump 3% as Worries Grow Over Higher Interest Rates
contact@hellonews.website NEW YORK — A sharp sell-off left the Dow Jones Industrial Average more than 1,000 points lower Thursday, wiping out the gains from Wall Street’s biggest rally in two years,…
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US Voters Predict Republicans Will Make Gains in Midterm
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…
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…
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…
Homeland Security’s ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ Assailed by Lawmakers
Washington — A new coordinating body proposed by the Department of Homeland Security to focus its efforts at countering disinformation has run into a buzzsaw of opposition from members of…
US Lawmakers Brace for Fight Over Abortion Rights
US Lawmakers Brace for Fight Over Abortion Rights
Censorship of Hollywood Blockbuster Films Intensifies in China
san francisco — China is stepping up censorship of U.S. films as producers make movies with an eye toward pleasing Beijing yet without isolating the global audience, industry insiders say.…
Oath Keepers Member Pleads Guilty to Sedition in US Capitol Attack
Washington — A member of the far-right Oath Keepers militia on Wednesday admitted to engaging in seditious conspiracy during last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol, the latest in a…
US Quietly Expands Asylum Limits While Preparing to End Them
San Diego — The Biden administration has begun expelling Cubans and Nicaraguans to Mexico under pandemic-related powers to deny migrants a chance to seek asylum, expanding use of the rule…
US Central Bank Boosts Key Interest Rate by Half Percentage Point
Washington — The U.S. central bank, the Federal Reserve, raised its benchmark interest rate by a half percentage point on Wednesday and scaled back its support for the American economy,…
Blinken Tests Positive for COVID, State Department Says
Washington — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive Wednesday for COVID-19 and will shift to a virtual work schedule, the State Department said. “The Secretary is fully vaccinated…
Transfer of US-Procured Afghan Helicopters to Ukraine Underway
Islamabad — The United States is giving Ukraine 16 Mi-17 helicopters that Washington had procured for Afghanistan, a U.S. government agency charged with monitoring Afghan events said Wednesday. The Department…
Automakers, Appliance Manufacturers Struggle to Find Computer Chips Amid Shortage
Cars stuck on the assembly line. Delays in the delivery of dishwashers, refrigerators and game consoles. Consumers and businesses are feeling the pinch of the semiconductor shortage. The war in…
Biden Urges Supplemental Ukraine Funding on Visit to Missile Facility
President Joe Biden on Tuesday visited an Alabama facility that manufactures weapons he said were key to fending off Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He also pushed his request for $33…