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US, Australia, Japan, Philippines hold talks in Hawaii
Defense ministers from the United States, Australia, Japan and the Philippines met for a second round of quadrilateral talks in less than a year this week amid further aggression from the Chinese military. VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb reports on the allies’ growing military ties.
US employers add 175,000 jobs in April
WASHINGTON — The nation’s employers pulled back on their hiring in April but still added a decent 175,000 jobs in a sign that persistently high interest rates may be starting to slow the robust U.S. job market.
Friday’s government report showed that last month’s hiring gain was down sharply from the blockbuster increase of 315,000 in March. And it was well below the 233,000 gain that economists had predicted for April.
Yet the moderation in the pace of hiring, along with a slowdown last… Read Full Article
VOA Newscasts
Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.
US architect helps design, renovate housing for internally displaced Ukrainians
A US architect is helping to design and renovate housing for internally displaced Ukrainians. VOAs Tetiana Kukurika has the story from the Khmelnytskyi region in Western Ukraine. Anna Rice narrates. Camera and edit: Vitaliy Hrychanyuk
Threats to democracy top concern for US voters, poll finds
"Threats to democracy" have overtaken the economy and immigration as the chief concern of U.S. voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election, according to a recent Ipsos poll. VOA's Veronica Balderas Iglesias breaks down the results.
Biden administration: 100,000 new migrants expected to enroll in 'Obamacare' next year
WASHINGTON — Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children are expected to enroll in the Affordable Care Act's health insurance next year under a directive the Biden administration released Friday.
The move took longer than promised to finalize and fell short of Democratic President Joe Biden's initial proposal to allow those migrants to sign up for Medicaid, the health insurance program that provides nearly free coverage for the nation's poorest people.
But it will… Read Full Article