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America's history of racial inequality and civil rights activism are prevalent themes in Hollywood films this season. Using gritty cinematography and A-list actors, directors Kathryn Bigelow, George Clooney and Dan Gilroy highlight America's history of racial injustice, as well as opening up a conversation about racial tensions in the present. The film drama Detroit by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Bigelow is based on the riots that tore apart the city of Detroit in 1967. "These riots, this was... Читать дальше...

A former doctor accused of molesting girls while working for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University pleaded guilty Wednesday to multiple charges of sexual assault and will face at least 25 years in prison. Larry Nassar, 54, admitted to abusing seven girls, mostly under the guise of treatment, at his Lansing-area home and a campus clinic. All but one of his accusers were gymnasts. He faces similar charges in a neighboring county and lawsuits filed by more than 125 women and girls. Nassar lost his license to practice medicine in April. Читать дальше...

Ratko Mladic, the former general in charge of Bosnian Serb forces during the Balkans war in the early 1990s has been convicted of ten charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes at an international tribunal in The Hague. He was jailed for life. In cold detail, the presiding judge Alphons Orie spelled out the crimes Mladic masterminded during the Bosnian war. “On 13 and 14 July 1995, approximately 1,000 unarmed Bosnian and Muslim males including children and elderly were executed in Kravica Warehouse. Читать дальше...

Ratko Mladic, the former general in charge of Bosnian Serb forces during the Balkans war in the early 1990s has been convicted of ten charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes at an international tribunal in The Hague. He was jailed for life. Henry Ridgwell reports from London.

The Education Department wants to narrow the scope of civil rights investigations at schools, focusing on individual complaints rather than systemic problems, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press. Under the Obama administration, when a student complained of discrimination in a particular class or school, the education agency would examine the case but also look at whether the incident was part of a broader, systemic problem that needs to be fixed. Proposed revisions to the department's civil rights procedures... Читать дальше...

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With control of the U.S. Congress up for grabs next year, the Senate is days away from an expected vote on a major tax bill that Republicans say will make American corporations more competitive globally but that Democrats say will force the United States to borrow even more from China and other foreign creditors. “For too long, we have been losing jobs to overseas competitors, in part because our businesses pay some of the highest taxes in the industrialized world,” said Republican Senator John Thune of South Dakota in a statement. Читать дальше...

Russia said Wednesday it will make every effort to defend Russian billionaire businessman and Senator Suleiman Kerimov, who was arrested in France Monday in connection with a tax evasion case. A  public prosecutor said in Nice Wednesday Kerimov would appear in court to be formally placed under judicial investigation, which frequently results in a trial in France. "We will do everything in our power to protect his lawful interests," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. A French judicial... Читать дальше...

At a military parade in the center of a city locked down by security and surrounded by the pomp and circumstance that typically come with commemorating Lebanon's Independence Day, Saad Hariri took his seat among the country's other leading politicians. After flying in late Tuesday, his appearance Wednesday in Beirut marks a turning point in the ongoing saga that began with his mysterious – and some say forced – resignation from the role of prime minister while in Saudi Arabia on November 4. Since then... Читать дальше...

"Straight Talk Africa" and host Shaka Ssali is joined by Arikana Chihombori-Quao, the African Union Ambassador to the USA, David Onserio Monda, Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York and VOA Reporter Blessing Zulu to discuss the political realities in Zimbabwe and Kenya and explore the role of the African Union and the challenges it faces on the Continent.

"Straight Talk Africa" and host Shaka Ssali is joined by Arikana Chihombori-Quao, the African Union Ambassador to the USA, David Onserio Monda, Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York and VOA Reporter Blessing Zulu to discuss the political realities in Zimbabwe and Kenya and explore the role of the African Union and the challenges it faces on the Continent.

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Thanksgiving is an American holiday centered around a big meal. It's a day to give thanks and enjoy great food and time with family. VOA's Korean Service visited a grocery store just outside Washington to explain how people prepare for the big day. Brian Allen narrates.

The local police commander pointed toward a graveyard. Several of the graves lay partly open.   “We dug up the graves to show the locals these Daesh fighters were no martyrs. Their bodies were eaten by insects and smelled bad,” Bilal Bacha, the commander said, using an Arabic acronym to describe Islamic State. He was referring to a belief in Islamic thought that a martyr’s body never decomposes and always smells like musk.   Further down, a two-story building with thick mud walls that used to be an IS prison is now empty. Читать дальше...

Babies are much more likely to die in their first few weeks of life if their mothers live close to the site of an oil spill, according to new research. Scientists studied data on infant mortality and oil spills in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region – and describe their results as ‘shocking’. It’s estimated that 240,000 barrels of crude oil are spilled into the Niger Delta every year. The environmental effects are clear to see – waterways running thick with the choking, black liquid; suffocated wildlife; dying mangroves. Читать дальше...

A court in Pakistan has ordered authorities to release from house arrest an Islamist cleric whom the United States accuses of plotting the 2008 attacks on India’s financial capital of Mumbai. In January, Hafiz Saeed, head of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) organization, was placed under house arrest for 90 days in Lahore, the capital of Pakistan's most populous province of Punjab. Provincial authorities have since extended Saeed’s detention several times. Saeed's attorneys have been telling the court... Читать дальше...

Winter could bring death to asylum seekers stranded on crowded Greek islands with only summer tents for shelter, aid groups said on Wednesday, urging a mass relocation to the mainland. More than 10,000 people, mostly Syrians and Iraqis fleeing years of war, have massed on the Greek islands that lie closest to Turkey, since the European Union agreed a deal with Ankara in March 2016 to shut down the route through Greece. Authorities say the terms of the agreement prevent them from traveling to... Читать дальше...

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Lebanon is celebrating its Independence Day with a military parade attended by Lebanese President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who resigned from Saudi Arabia earlier this month but now says he is putting that resignation on hold. John Owens captures images from Beirut for VOA.

U.S. and Afghan airstrikes have destroyed nine Taliban drug factories and labs, killing 44 suspected traffickers in a border area of southern Helmand province. The combined offensive is aimed at targeting the revenue streams of terrorists, according to officials. Regional military corps commander, General Wali Mohammad Ahmadzai, told VOA that bombings of drug-producing centers started late Tuesday and continued into Wednesday morning. He said the airstrikes focused on a narcotics market run by the Taliban in Bahramcha... Читать дальше...

Sand-filled sanitation trucks and police sharpshooters will mix with glittering floats and giant balloons at a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade that comes in a year of terrible mass shootings and not even a month after a deadly truck attack in lower Manhattan. New York City's mayor and police brass have repeatedly stressed that layers of security, along with hundreds of officers, will be in place for one of the nation's biggest outdoor holiday gatherings, and that visitors should not be deterred. Читать дальше...

Erykah Badu is offering what she calls "soul therapy" ahead of Sunday's Soul Train Awards. The singer-songwriter transformed a West Hollywood hotel room into an intimate spiritual classroom for a small group of reporters this week to give an introductory lesson on chakras. Badu explained the Eastern concept of whirling energy centers along the spine to about a dozen reporters Monday in a very personal and unusual press event. Badu is hosting the Soul Train Awards on BET, but the show was never mentioned Monday. Читать дальше...

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is calling the violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state that triggered a mass relocation of Muslim Rohingya to neighboring Bangladesh ethnic cleansing. "After a careful and thorough analysis of available facts, it is clear that the situation in northern Rakhine state constitutes ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya," Tillerson said in a written statement Wednesday. The determination increases pressure on the Trump administration to consider "possible targeted... Читать дальше...

The fashion and textile industry could generate nearly half a million jobs in sub-Saharan Africa over the next decade. That’s according to the African Development Bank, which launched its "Fashionomics" initiative in 2015 to revitalize the industry. However, designers in the region still struggle to grow their businesses. Lenny Ruvaga reports for VOA from Nairobi.