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VOA Uzbek: Russia spreads disinformation on Kazakhstan-US scientific cooperation

FILE – Scientists work in a laboratory in Kurchatov, Kazakhstan, Aug. 22, 2011.

VOA Kurdish: Uncertainty looms over PKK disarmament amid Turkey peace deal

FILE – A photograph of jailed leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Abdullah Ocalan, is displayed in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Feb. 27, 2025.

White House confirms talks with Hamas continuing amid ceasefire uncertainty

A convoy of military vehicles moves inside Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side, at the the border between Israel and Gaza, March 5, 2025.

VOA Mandarin: How will ‘America First’ investment policy impact China?

FILE – The American and Chinese flags wave ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China.

VOA Kurdish: Experts say Kurds should remain cautiously hopeful in Turkey’s new peace process

FILE – A demonstrator holds a picture of Kurdistan Workers Party leader Abdullah Ocalan during a rally in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Feb. 27, 2025.

China’s Liu Jiakun wins Pritzker Prize, ‘Nobel’ for architecture

Pritzker Prize winner Chinese architect Liu Jiakun is seen with a scale model of the West Village project at his office in Chengdu, in southwestern China’s Sichuan province, March 2, 2025.

NASA’s 2 stuck astronauts closing in on return to Earth after 9 months in space

This image taken from video posted by NASA shows, from left, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague and Suni Williams speaking during a news conference, March 4, 2025.

Suicide bombings at Pakistan military base kill at least 9

Rescue workers and volunteers help victims of a bomb explosion upon their arrival at a hospital in Bannu, Pakistan, on March 4, 2025.

Supreme Court makes it harder for EPA to police sewage discharges

FILE – A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, June 29, 2024.

BlackRock strikes deal to bring ports on both sides of Panama Canal under American control

FILE – Cargo containers sit stacked as cranes load and unload containers from cargo ships at the Cristobal port, operated by the Panama Ports Company, in Colon, Panama, Feb. 4, 2025.