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Businessman Kyle Graves shot himself in the ankle so emergency room doctors would feed his opioid habit. Ex-trucker Jeff McCoy threatened to blow his brains out if his mother didn't hand over his fentanyl patches.   Bianca Knight resorted to street pills when her opioids ran out, envisioning her law career dreams crumble.   These are three Americans who started using powerful painkillers legitimately but, like millions of others, got caught in the country's worst drug epidemic. Now they’re fighting the same recovery battle... Читать дальше...

Fed Chair Janet Yellen says she will leave the U.S. central bank's board when her successor is sworn in early next year. Jerome Powell was chosen by President Donald Trump to head the Federal Reserve when Yellen's term expires. Powell must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate before he can take office, but analysts say his approach to managing interest rates is similar to Yellen's. She is credited with managing the economy in ways that boosted recovery from the 2007 recession and cut unemployment in half. Читать дальше...

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Germany has been plunged into political crisis after coalition talks between Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats and two smaller parties broke down. Analysts say the indecisive election result in September has revealed a splintering of German society and politics, posing a serious challenge to Chancellor Merkel. As Henry Ridgwell reports from London, the political chaos could have a much wider impact on issues like climate talks and European Union reform.

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday asked judges to authorize an investigation in Afghanistan into allegations including rape and torture by the U.S. military and CIA, crimes against humanity by the Taliban and war crimes by Afghan security forces. The announcement marked the first time ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has gone after Americans for alleged war crimes and sets up a possible showdown with Washington. The United States is not a member state of the court, but its... Читать дальше...

Regulators in the U.S. state of Nebraska have voted to approve a route for TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL pipeline - the last major obstacle to complete the oil pipeline that President Donald Trump has supported. The regulatory body, which by state law could not consider the risk of leaks or potential environmental impacts, voted to approve the project just days after a leak in a separate pipeline - also named "Keystone" - spilled 5,000 barrels of oil in the nearby state of South Dakota. The... Читать дальше...

The Alabama woman who has accused Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexually abusing her four decades ago when she was 14 and he was 32 said Monday it took her decades before she regained her sense of trust and confidence in herself. Leigh Corfman, now 53, told NBC's "Today" show that she was "a 14-year-old child trying to play in an adult’s world" when Moore, then a local prosecutor, initiated the 1979 encounter with her. “I was expecting candlelight and roses, what I got was very different,” she said. Читать дальше...

Let's Talk is an interactive discussion program about lifestyle issues. The show’s host Sunday Shomari examines everything from African cuisine to cellphones, from online dating to arranged marriages, and more. Sunday collects audience questions and comments via social media, and speaks with a variety of guests on the programs who share their experiences and opinions.

The United States is returning North Korea to its list of states sponsoring terrorism after a 10-year absence, a move that will put additional financial and diplomatic pressure on the Pyongyang government. "It should have happened years ago," President Donald Trump said Monday from the White House, calling North Korea a "murderous regime." The U.S. Treasury Department will officially announce the designation and further sanctions on Pyongyang on Tuesday, Trump said. Other countries on the terrorism sponsors list are Iran, Sudan and Syria. Читать дальше...

The United States will redesignate North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism, a move meant to put additional financial and diplomatic pressure on the totalitarian government. "It should have happened years ago," President Donald Trump said Monday from the White House, calling the Pyongyang government a "murderous regime." The move, which will be formally announced by the Treasury Department on Tuesday, returns North Korea to the State Department's State Sponsors of Terrorism list.  Currently, the only countries on the list are Iran... Читать дальше...

The fate of 40,000 African migrants in Israel remains unclear after lawmakers approved a proposal to deport them. The Cabinet in Jerusalem voted unanimously Sunday to close the isolated Holot detention facility in the Negev Desert. Holot houses thousands of Africans who entered Israel illegally. The center is due to shut down in three months, and residents will face the option of leaving the country or going to prison. Impoverished Africans, mostly from war-torn Eritrea and Sudan, swarmed across... Читать дальше...

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American aircraft have targeted drug producing facilities in Afghanistan for the first time under a new strategy aimed at cutting off Taliban funding, the top U.S. general in the country said Monday. Gen. John Nicholson said the raids, involving an F-22 bomber, were carried out Sunday in the southern Helmand province, as part of the strategy unveiled by President Donald Trump in August. Nicholson said the insurgents generate an estimated $200 million a year from poppy cultivation and opium production. Читать дальше...

The United States has launched its first counter-narcotics military offensive in partnership with local allies in Afghanistan to try to deprive the resurgent Taliban of its largest source of funding. The move follows years of criticism that international forces are not doing enough to curb the opium trade.   Speaking in Kabul Monday, General John Nicholson, commander of U.S. troops and NATO’s Resolute Support military mission, shared details of the coalition's first overnight counter-narcotics airstrikes. Читать дальше...

When Zimbabwe’s military sent tanks into the capital, Harare, and took President Robert Mugabe into custody nearly a week ago, it was clear they wanted a quick resolution to the growing discontent with the longtime president. But now, with Mugabe refusing to resign despite repeated attempts at persuasion, and with parliament threatening to begin impeachment proceedings Tuesday, the military could be on a long and complicated path with a formidable opponent: Mugabe himself. Lovemore Madhuku teaches law at the University of Zimbabwe. Читать дальше...

Cancer doctors struggling to work out the best way to use modern immunotherapy drugs now have further evidence of the benefits of adding them to chemotherapy, despite earlier skepticism. News that Roche's immune system-boosting drug Tecentriq delayed lung cancer progression when given alongside chemo and its older drug Avastin validates the approach for the first time in a large Phase III clinical trial. It is a significant milestone for physicians, patients and investors, who are trying to assess... Читать дальше...

Satellite calls detected over the weekend during a search-and rescue-operation for a missing Argentine submarine did not come from the vessel, a navy spokesman told reporters on Monday, dashing hopes that the calls had come from the 44-member crew. The communications had been detected on Saturday. But the ARA San Juan submarine sent its last signal on Wednesday, navy spokesman Enrique Balbi said. The calls "did not correspond to the satellite phone of the submarine San Juan," Balbi said. Storms... Читать дальше...

Argentina's navy says noises detected near where a submarine went missing last week did not correspond with a typical distress signal and were not believed to have come from the vessel. The sounds had raised hopes that those among the 44-member crew of the ARA San Juan were intentionally signaling search crews in the South Atlantic Ocean. The navy also said Monday that the submarine reported electrical problems and had been ordered to return to port in Mar del Plata, 400 kilometers south of Buenos Aires, when it disappeared. Читать дальше...

Argentina's navy says efforts to locate a submarine missing since last week have been stepped up by a multinational team in the South Atlantic Ocean. A naval spokesman said Monday the search effort has been "tripled" with ships and aircraft from at least seven countries looking for the submarine ARA San Juan, which disappeared last Wednesday. He revealed the submarine reported an undisclosed mechanical breakdown in its final communication and was ordered to Mar del Plata, 400 kilometers south of Buenos Aires. Читать дальше...

Belarus's KGB state security service said on Monday it had uncovered a spy ring working for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry that had been set up by a detained Ukrainian radio correspondent. Minsk-based journalist Pavlo Sharoyko was arrested in October and charged with being an undercover intelligence officer, KGB spokesman Dmitry Pobyarzhin said in a briefing. "In Belarus, Sharoyko built a network of agents made up of Belarusian citizens, who carried out his assignments for monetary compensation," Pobyarzhin said. Читать дальше...

Visa consultations in U.S. consulates in Russia could be resumed in the near future, TASS news agency cited U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman as saying on Monday. "I believe that in the near future they [visa consultations] may be resumed," the agency quoted him as saying. "We are trying to do everything possible, and I hope that in coming weeks we will be able to effectively issues visas." In August, the United States began to scale back its visa services in Russia, drawing an angry reaction... Читать дальше...

U.S. visa consultations could soon resume in three Russian cities, the Tass news agency quoted U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman as saying on Monday. Huntsman said that the visa interviews "in the near future ... may be resumed" at consulates in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg in the Urals and Vladivostok in Russia's far east. "We are trying to do everything possible, and I hope that in coming weeks we will be able to effectively issue visas," Huntsman said, according to Tass. He also said he was attempting... Читать дальше...

He leads a group of men who wear irregular fatigues, let their hair grow below the shoulders, and drive around in white pick-up trucks, looking like the militants they have vowed to fight. Bilal Bacha is the commander of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) in the Achin district in Eastern Afghanistan. The area was once the stronghold of the Islamic State group. While most of it has been cleared, the day Bacha talked to VOA at one of his check posts, fighter planes whirred overhead, dropping multiple... Читать дальше...

He leads a group of men who wear irregular fatigues, let their hair grow below the shoulders, and drive around in white pick-up trucks, looking like the militants they have vowed to fight. Bilal Bacha is the commander of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) in the Achin district in Eastern Afghanistan. The area was once the stronghold of the Islamic State group. While most of it has been cleared, the day Bacha talked to VOA at one of his check posts, fighter planes whirred overhead, dropping multiple... Читать дальше...