Новости за 15.03.2024

TOKYO — The Japanese bar association is urging Tokyo's metropolitan government to suspend a disputed redevelopment of the city's beloved park area, saying that its environmental assessment by developers lacked objective and scientific grounds. The metropolitan government approved the Jingu Gaien redevelopment project in February 2023, based on the environmental assessment submitted by the developers, allowing the start of construction. The plan involves razing a famous baseball stadium and rebuilding... Читать дальше...

With large parts of Venezuela unable to access information, a media group has found a way to bring the news directly to their audiences: mobile news trucks. For Adriana Nunez Rabascall in Caracas, Cristina Caicedo Smit has the story. Camera:  Nicole Kolster.

Senator Chuck Schumer calls for elections in Israel. An update from Kyiv as well as developments in Africa, including the Wagner Groups latest incarnation and a growing humanitarian crisis in Nigeria. Plus, a look at Turkey’s home-grown defense industry and an international hamburger IT glitch.

VOA Connect Episode 322 - Fostering sustainable farming and nurturing ocean health.

Community supported farms are growing in popularity across the United States. Rather than depending on banks to fund their operations they sell shares to their customers who are paid back with fresh food throughout the season. Reporter | Camera | Editor: Jeff Swicord

California's sea mammals are a beloved tourist attraction, but they also serve as frontline indicators for evaluating ocean health and the effects of pollution on humans. Reporter | Camera: Aaron Fedor, Producer: Kathleen McLaughlin, Editor: Kyle Dubiel

Islamabad — Free speech advocates are urging Pakistan authorities Friday to unconditionally release an independent journalist and remove a month-long blockade of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. Journalist Asad Ali Toor, who has nearly 300,000 followers on X and more than 160,000 subscribers to his YouTube political affairs channel, was arrested on February 26 by the Federal Investigation Agency, or FIA.  He was accused of running a “malicious” and “anti-state” drive through... Читать дальше...

We take a stroll around the D.C. auto show with a quick look at new electric and gas powered vehicles in Washington D.C. Camera | Editor: Producer: Jeff Swicord

beijing — Over the last few weeks, China has gone to great lengths to give the impression that it is opening up to the world – whether for foreign businesses, tourists or journalists. I can’t speak with certainty on these claims. I’m not a China specialist, but a regional reporter who covers what often feels like an impossibly large part of the world, including China. But my recent experience on a short reporting trip to Beijing reveals the difficulties faced by foreign journalists working in the country. Читать дальше...

The video shows a foreign national with fake ID and invalid travel documents being questioned by U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel.

NAIROBI, Kenya — Doctors at Kenya’s public hospitals began a nationwide strike Thursday, accusing the government of failing to implement a raft of promises from a collective bargaining agreement signed in 2017 after a 100-day strike that saw people dying from lack of care. The Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union said they went on strike to demand comprehensive medical cover for the doctors and because the government has yet to post 1,200 medical interns. Davji Bhimji, secretary-general of KMPDU... Читать дальше...

Windhoek, Namibia — A top Namibian health official tells VOA the southern Africa country is set to begin distribution of the HPV vaccine to adolescent girls in April as a preventative measure in the fight against cervical cancer. Namibia has a population of about 1 million women ages 15 years and older who are at risk of developing cervical cancer. Each year, about 375 women in Namibia are diagnosed with the disease, and the fatality rate is over 50%. The Human Papillomavirus Vaccine, known as HPV... Читать дальше...

Increasing numbers of migrants are arriving in Ciudad Juarez, the Mexican city directly across the U.S. border from Texas, according to immigration officials. They say warm spring weather and the temporary halt to a controversial Texas law are driving the increasing numbers. VOA's César Contreras reports the story, narrated by Veronica Villafañe.

MADISON, Ind. — Authorities in Indiana said they were working to confirm reports of fatalities from a tornado that was part of storm system that also unleashed suspected twisters in parts of Ohio and Kentucky on Thursday, damaging homes and businesses. Storm damage in Indiana was reported in the east central city of Winchester, according to Indiana State Police, who said they were working to confirm the deaths that had been reported to them. Joseph Nield, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Indianapolis... Читать дальше...