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1 week, 3 days ago

What is Voice of America? Trump wants Kari Lake to run global news network he tried to ‘bulldoze’

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1 week, 4 days ago

Trump designa a Kari Lake como directora de VOA; nombra embajadores para Argentina y Colombia

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — El virtual presidente electo Donald Trump anunció el miércoles su designación de Kari Lake como directora de Voice of America. Lake, recalcitrante opositora de la inmigración, fue presentadora de un canal noticioso en Phoenix durante casi tres décadas hasta que dejó su puesto en 2021, después de hacer una serie de polémicas declaraciones en redes sociales, incluida la …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Trump taps immigration hard-liner Kari Lake as head of Voice of America

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s picking Kari Lake as director of Voice of America, installing a staunch loyalist who ran unsuccessfully for Arizona governor and a Senate seat to head the congressionally funded broadcaster that provides independent news reporting around the world. Telegenic, engaging and adept at communicating, Lake launched her political career a short time …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Trump says Kari Lake will lead Voice of America. He attacked it during his first term

NPR

Trump says Kari Lake will lead Voice of America. He attacked it during his first term toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump says Kari Lake, a local television news anchor-turned-MAGA politician, will lead the federally funded broadcaster Voice of America. It was in that context that the Republican-led Senate finally confirmed conservative filmmaker Michael Pack to lead the …

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Trump’s Kari Lake ‘pick’ sparks fears at Voice of America

CNN

CNN — Presidents don’t ordinarily pick the director of Voice of America, an international news broadcaster funded by the US government. Trump’s Wednesday night social media post – in which he said, “I am pleased to announce that Kari Lake will serve as our next Director of the Voice of America” – presages many future fights over VOA, which became …

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1 month ago

Council bills could hit £3,000. Here's how to slash that and even get money back with SIX smart tricks

Daily Mail

How much is your council tax bill? Now is the time to see if you can lower your council tax bill or even receive money back by challenging your council tax band For example, Birmingham City Council has approved a 21 per cent increase in council tax over the next two years. Challenge your council tax band In England there …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Martin Lewis reveals how to challenge your Council Tax band - but warns it's not a quick process

Daily Mail

The UK money saving expert revealed the process on his live ITV show Martin Lewis has revealed how households can get thousands of pounds back on their council tax bills - but warned it's 'not a quick process by any means'. Talking on his live ITV show, the Manchester-born money-saving expert explained that hundreds of thousands of homes across England …

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1 month, 1 week ago

In China, police freezes assets of several private business owners, demands money for releasing funds

Op India

Posts circulating on social media reveal that police across China have been targeting private business owners, freezing assets, and demanding money in return for releasing funds as per a report in the Voice of America. Zhang believes the legal ambiguity allows cross-provincial police officers to exploit business owners for profit. “The lack of clarity and standards for interpretation provides these …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha: Welfare promises, capex will need tightrope walk by government

New Indian Express

BHUBANESWAR: As the Mohan Charan Majhi government prepares for budget 2024-25, funding of ambitious welfare schemes vis-a-vis capital expenditure will require a tightrope walk. As approved in the first cabinet chaired by Majhi after he took oath as the chief minister, the government seeks to implement at least three major promises - Subhadra Yojana, support price of Rs 3,100 per …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Inside the 'irregular warfare' campaign Putin is conducting against America

Raw Story

Trump says that the guilty verdict against him — by a jury of his peers that his own attorneys vetted — is an illegitimate, politically motivated show trial. Why is taxpayer-funded VOA spreading his propaganda?” But Putin’s efforts at irregular warfare against the United States have also extended far beyond his apparent effort to betray spies and kneecap American propaganda …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Burkina Faso suspends BBC, VOA radio broadcasts over killings coverage

Hindustan Times

April 26 - Burkina Faso has suspended the radio broadcasts of BBC Africa and the U.S-funded Voice of America for two weeks over their coverage of a Human Rights Watch report accusing the army of extrajudicial killings, authorities said late on Thursday. Burkina Faso suspends BBC, VOA radio broadcasts over killings coverage In the report based on its own investigation, …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Burkina Faso suspends BBC, Voice of America for reporting on army killings

Al Jazeera

In a new report, Human Rights Watch said military forces ‘summarily executed’ 223 civilians in February. Burkina Faso has suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio networks from broadcasting for two weeks over their coverage of a report accusing the army of the extrajudicial killings of civilians, the authorities said. In a new report published on Thursday, international organisation …

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1 year ago

China: Loan defaults hit record high, over 8.5 million people blacklisted

Op India

Amid China’s economy struggles to recover and unemployment remains high, the country’s indebted population is growing at a rapid rate, Voice Of America reported. VOA quoting a report from the Financial Times said that defaults by Chinese borrowers have surged to a record high since the pandemic, with authorities blacklisting 8.54 million people from economic activities ranging from using toll …

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1 year, 8 months ago

NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media'

NPR

NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media' Enlarge this image toggle caption Charles Dharapak/AP Charles Dharapak/AP NPR will no longer post fresh content to its 52 official Twitter feeds, becoming the first major news organization to go silent on the social media platform. In explaining its decision, NPR cited Twitter's decision to first label the network "state-affiliated …

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1 year, 11 months ago

China is intimidating women journalists and researchers online to silence and discredit them, report says

Op India

China has been intimidating women journalists and researchers online to silence them and discredit their critical coverage of China, according to think tank Australian Strategic Policy Institute. The harassment “illustrates how online attacks can be used by authoritarian governments beyond borders to intimidate and silence journalists,” Nadine Hoffman, deputy director of the Washington-based International Women’s Media Foundation, wrote in an …

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2 years, 4 months ago

China real estate crisis: Authorities to rescue property developers after homebuyers boycott mortgages

India TV News

Highlights Authorities are promising as an initial rescue fund of $11.8B to offset crisis in real estate sector Home buyers announced they would stop mortgage payments until work resumed on unfinished projects Experts say the boycott is a byproduct of two decades of insufficient oversight China real estate crisis: Chinese authorities are promising to establish an initial rescue fund of …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Russia Ukraine War: 3,000 Americans volunteer to fight in Ukraine, suggests report

India TV News

Highlights Volunteers have responded to Ukraine's appeal for people to serve in an international battalion The battalion will help resist Russia's invading forces Many more have stepped forward from other countries, most from other post-Soviet states Some 3,000 Americans have volunteered to fight in Ukraine against the Russian forces trying to invade the country, a media report said citing a …

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3 years, 4 months ago

UN world food programme warns of growing hunger crisis in Afghanistan

Hindustan Times

The United Nations World Food Programme has warned that people in Afghanistan are facing hunger crisis, news agency ANI reported quoting Voice of America. A United Nations assessment of the food security and nutrition situation in Afghanistan finds that one in three Afghans face acute food insecurity, the VOA report said. An estimated 14 million people in the war-torn nation …

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3 years, 5 months ago

US charges four with plot to kidnap journalist critical of Iran

Al Jazeera

US prosecutors have charged four Iranians, alleged to be intelligence operatives, with conspiring to kidnap a New York journalist who was critical of Tehran, according to a Justice Department indictment. The four defendants planned “to forcibly take their intended victim to Iran, where the victim’s fate would have been uncertain at best,” said US lawyer Audrey Strauss for the Southern …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Voice of America announces ending its Bangla radio service

ABP News

Washington, Jul 14 : Voice of America on Tuesday announced that it is ending its radio service in Bangla that served Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura for 63 years. "When VOA Bangla launched in January 1958, Bangladesh was known as 'East Pakistan' and it was a territory under martial law with no television or private radio," said John Lippman, …

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3 years, 5 months ago

A Report Clears Federal Officials Who Were Suspended By A Trump Appointee Over VOA

NPR

A Report Clears Federal Officials Who Were Suspended By A Trump Appointee Over VOA Enlarge this image toggle caption Michael A. McCoy for NPR Michael A. McCoy for NPR A federal inspector general's investigation has exonerated six government executives who were suspended last year after raising red flags about actions taken by then-President Donald Trump's appointee at the parent agency …

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3 years, 9 months ago

'I Was Speechless': Law Firm Investigated Its Own Ex-Client For Trump VOA Chief

NPR

'I Was Speechless': Law Firm Investigated Its Own Ex-Client For Trump VOA Chief Enlarge this image toggle caption Gus Ruelas/USC Center on Public Diplomacy Gus Ruelas/USC Center on Public Diplomacy Early last June, the Open Technology Fund was scrambling for survival. McGuireWoods signed a confidential, no-bid contract with the man threatening to take away the nonprofit's money for the year: …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Biden cleans house at VOA after revolt over Trump changes

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has moved quickly to remove a number of senior officials aligned with former President Donald Trump from the Voice of America and the agency that oversees all U.S.-funded international broadcasting. He had been harshly criticized just last week for demoting a VOA White House correspondent who tried to ask former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Voice of America reporter reassigned for Pompeo questions

Associated Press

NEW YORK — The White House reporter for Voice of America was abruptly pulled from her beat after trying to question Secretary of State Mike Pompeo following a speech he gave at the government agency this week. Pompeo’s speech and the demotion of Patsy Widakuswara led to an angry phone meeting between journalists and managers Tuesday that typified some of …

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What is Voice of America? Trump wants Kari Lake to run global news network he tried to ‘bulldoze’

Trump designa a Kari Lake como directora de VOA; nombra embajadores para Argentina y Colombia

Trump taps immigration hard-liner Kari Lake as head of Voice of America

Trump says Kari Lake will lead Voice of America. He attacked it during his first term

Trump’s Kari Lake ‘pick’ sparks fears at Voice of America

Council bills could hit £3,000. Here's how to slash that and even get money back with SIX smart tricks

Martin Lewis reveals how to challenge your Council Tax band - but warns it's not a quick process

In China, police freezes assets of several private business owners, demands money for releasing funds

Odisha: Welfare promises, capex will need tightrope walk by government

Inside the 'irregular warfare' campaign Putin is conducting against America

Burkina Faso suspends BBC, VOA radio broadcasts over killings coverage

Burkina Faso suspends BBC, Voice of America for reporting on army killings

China: Loan defaults hit record high, over 8.5 million people blacklisted

NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media'

China is intimidating women journalists and researchers online to silence and discredit them, report says

China real estate crisis: Authorities to rescue property developers after homebuyers boycott mortgages

Russia Ukraine War: 3,000 Americans volunteer to fight in Ukraine, suggests report

UN world food programme warns of growing hunger crisis in Afghanistan

US charges four with plot to kidnap journalist critical of Iran

Voice of America announces ending its Bangla radio service

A Report Clears Federal Officials Who Were Suspended By A Trump Appointee Over VOA

'I Was Speechless': Law Firm Investigated Its Own Ex-Client For Trump VOA Chief

Biden cleans house at VOA after revolt over Trump changes

Voice of America reporter reassigned for Pompeo questions