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Chinese Move Money Abroad as Economy Slowsby webdesk@voanews.com (Shannon Van Sant)
The Chinese have been moving money abroad at record levels as China’s economy continues to slow, boosting real estate prices around the world while raising concerns. In places like New York, Miami and London, Chinese investors are dominating the market for land and buildings, especially in the luxury sector. Sam Chandan, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in the eastern U.S., said, “Chinese investors are the newest players on the scene, but...
Russia Wants to Fly Over US with Advanced Digital Cameraby webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)
Russia will ask permission on Monday to start flying surveillance planes equipped with high-powered digital cameras amid warnings from U.S. intelligence and military officials that such overflights help Moscow collect intelligence on the United States. Russia and the United States are signatories to the Open Skies Treaty, which allows unarmed observation flights over the entire territory of all 34 member nations to foster transparency about military activity and help monitor arms...
Russian Opposition Leaders Targeted Year After Nemtsov's Assassination by webdesk@voanews.com (Daniel Schearf)
Critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin will soon be marking one year since the assassination of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was shot in the back February 27, 2015, while walking near the walls of the Kremlin. While one of the five suspects in the murder was deputy commander of a security battalion loyal to the pro-Putin Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, Russian prosecutors completed their investigation of the five last month without questioning Kadyrov, as Nemtsov supporters had...
Turkey's Pro-Kurdish Party Accuses Security Forces of Massacre by webdesk@voanews.com (Dorian Jones)
Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party is calling for an investigation into what it says was a massacre of dozens of people by Turkish forces during recent security operations against the Kurdish rebel group, the PKK, in the densely populated town of Cizre. The government has dismissed such allegations and pledged to continue its operations against the PKK in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast. The pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party, or HDP, blames the security forces for...
A Year After Nemtsov's Assassination, New Threats Emergeby webdesk@voanews.com (Daniel Schearf)
A memorial procession on Saturday for murdered Russian opposition leader, Boris Nemtsov, will trace the same route as his last march - a 2014 protest against Russia's hybrid war in Ukraine. Critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin are marking one year since the assassination of Nemtsov, who was shot in the back while crossing a bridge near the Kremlin. Russian authorities say the investigation into Nemtsov's killing is complete, but his supporters say otherwise....
Tensions, Violence Rise in Ukraineby webdesk@voanews.com (Zlatica Hoke)
Violence in eastern Ukraine is on the rise again after relative calm during the winter. Recent reports from the contested Donbas region say the death tolls since mid-February are similar to those in September of last year, before a shaky truce took hold. Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have been fighting government forces since the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych two years ago. The unrest also has returned to the capital, Kyiv, where protesters demand the resignation of...
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Protesters Set to Back Apple in FBI Fightby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
Supporters of Apple in its objections to helping the FBI break into an iPhone used by a mass shooter are planning demonstrations in more than 40 cities Tuesday, including at the FBI's headquarters in Washington. A digital rights group called Fight for the Future is organizing the events at Apple stores in places such as New York, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Hong Kong and London. It says it is critically important to support efforts to keep personal information safe, and that...
Syria Agrees to US-Russia Cease-fire Planby webdesk@voanews.com (Pamela Dockins)
Syria said Tuesday it accepts a cease-fire plan proposed by the United States and Russia that would begin Saturday. A government statement said the military will continue its operations against Islamic State and al-Qaida-linked groups. The U.S.-Russia plan does not apply to those militants, and any other groups have until Friday to confirm their participation. The main Syrian opposition High Negotiations Committee said late Monday it agrees to the cease-fire as long as its...
Bill Gates Sides Against Apple in FBI iPhone-unlocking Caseby webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)
Bill Gates is siding against Apple — and many other technology companies — in saying the firm should help the U.S. government to hack into a locked iPhone as part of an investigation into the San Bernardino shooting. Apple has resisted providing a piece of programming that would help the FBI access the phone. Apple argues that governments, both in the U.S. and overseas, are likely to use the program in other cases, undermining data privacy. In an interview Tuesday...
Kerry Going Before Senate Foreign Relations Committeeby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to face questions Tuesday about a Syrian cease-fire plan as he appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Monday the U.S. and Russia jointly announced an agreement for a cessation of hostilities that would involve all willing parties in the Syrian conflict except Islamic State and al-Qaida-linked terror groups.The deal would go into effect on Saturday. At Tuesday's hearing Kerry will also discuss the State Department's...
Terms of Syria Cease-fire Agreementby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
A U.S.-Russia cease-fire plan for Syria is scheduled to take effect at midnight (local time) Friday in Syria. The Syrian government accepted the plan Tuesday. Opposition groups have until midnight Friday to confirm their participation. The cease-fire agreement does not apply to Islamic State or al-Qaida-linked groups, and Syria said it will continue military operations against those groups. Syrian forces and other armed opposition groups must agree to the cease-fire terms, which...
Report Blames Chechen Leader Over Killing of Kremlin Criticby webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)
A Russian opposition activist released a report Tuesday accusing Chechnya's Moscow-backed regional leader of involvement in the killing of a prominent Kremlin foe. Ilya Yashin said he had “no doubt” that Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov was behind the killing of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who was shot dead on February 27, 2015, outside the Kremlin in Moscow. Yashin said he was sure the suspected triggerman, an officer in Kadyrov's security force, and his...
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The EU says it is making plans for a possible humanitarian crisis as new border controls halt migrants moving through the Balkans.
President Bashar al-Assad’s and the umbrella group of opposition and rebel groups in Syria announced they would accept a new “cessation of hostilities.”
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