2014-10-30 Guy Scott Named Interim Leader in Zambia
Zambia has named Vice President Guy Scott as the country’s interim, or temporary, leader following the death of President Michael…
2014-10-29 Iraq’s Kurdish Fighters Head to Kobani
Officials from Iraqi Kurdistan said Tuesday that 80 Iraqi Kurdish fighters are on their way to Turkey. The officials say…
2014-10-28 Brazilians Re-elect Dilma Rousseff as President
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has been re-elected to a second term. She won less than 52 percent of the votes.…
2014-10-25 In US, Fear of Ebola Spreads Faster than Virus
For Americans, Ebola started out as a disease in a far-away continent. But then a Liberian man, Thomas Eric Duncan,…
2014-10-24 Gunman Identified in Canadian Capital
Police in Canada have identified the suspected gunman in yesterday’s deadly attack in Ottawa as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau. The 32-year-old man…
2014-10-22 WHO Official: Ebola Vaccine Could Be in Use by January
The World Health Organization said an experimental Ebola vaccine could be available by January. Dr. Marie Paule Kieny, the WHO…
2014-10-21 Indonesians Welcome New President
Now, the day’s news, from the Voice of America. Indonesia has a new president. Joko Widodo was sworn in as…
2014-10-18 Obama: No ‘Quick Fixes’ in Fight against Islamic State
Military leaders from more than 20 countries were in the United States this week for talks with President Barack Obama.…
2014-10-17 Texas Health Official Admits Mistakes in Ebola Case
A top official of the Texas health care group that treated Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan said Thursday “we made…
2014-10-16 Second Texas Nurse with Ebola Flew on Plane on Monday
The second U.S. health care worker to have gotten the deadly Ebola virus flew on a commercial airplane just one…
2014-10-15 US Nurse with Ebola Is ‘Doing Well’
The Texas nurse who became the first person sickened with the Ebola virus on U.S. soil says she is “doing…
2014-10-13 US, Russia Relations Hit a New Low
From VOA Learning English, this is In The News. The crisis in Ukraine has hurt relations between the United States…
2014-10-11 Where Is Kim Jong Un?
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un failed to appear at a holiday celebration Friday in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.…
2014-10-10 More Calls for Resources to Contain Ebola
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for a huge “resource mobilization” to deal with the Ebola outbreak in…
2014-10-09 First Ebola Patient in US Dies
Liberian citizen Thomas Duncan has died of Ebola at a hospital in the United States. Officials at the hospital in…