For a maximum of 14 days, Chinese people can enter the United States without a visa only in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), an American territory in the Pacific.Now some in Congress want to shut that program down.
Since making an unlikely escape from the city’s zoo, a rare owl has captured the hearts of New Yorkers. He has proved them wrong who predicted he would perish in a few weeks.
Welcome to Ionia, a community in Kasilof, Alaska, where residents strive to live a cooperative and sustainable life. As she travels with the community to harvest a year’s worth of seaweed—a staple of their diet—VOA’s Gabrielle Weiss highlights the unity and purpose that bind them.
At Mexico’s northern border, the arctic blast that swept through all of North America this week has also caused record low temperatures. Concerns have been raised about the ability of migrants to withstand winter weather warnings.
Two Malaysian terror suspects pleaded guilty to murder in the 2002 Bali bombings – Indonesia’s deadliest terrorist attack – as they appeared in a U.S. military court on Tuesday at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where they have been incarcerated for at least 17 years.
Professional bull riders in the Western United States face the risk of suffering severe injuries when riding bulls that can weigh up to 700 kg. However, eight seconds on a bucking animal could be worth thousands of dollars.
The disregard of human rights by many governments in pursuit of short-term strategic goals is “emboldening” abusive regimes around the world and contributing to global instability in the long term, this year’s annual world report by Human Rights Watch says.
With over 3,500 exhibitors and 130,000 visitors, the annual Consumer Electronics Show kicked off in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Tuesday. Generative artificial intelligence is among the many innovations making their debut at the show.
Since the new rules banning vendors from selling goods on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City went into effect this week, the new year has been tough for them. Some wonder where they will go next.
Since the 1940s, Mexican Americans have been part of the culture of low-riding, slow cars. But up to the new year, it was mostly illegal for drivers in California to cruise in these modified vehicles.