Japan, a professed pacifist nation since the end of World War II, is set to become the planet’s third-biggest military spender. It will be armed with U.S.-built missiles capable of striking China. In a significant departure from its postwar national security strategy—nominally limited to self-defense along with hosting U.S. troops—Japan on Friday announced its plan to […]
Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted early Saturday that the accounts of journalists that were suspended late Thursday will be reinstated. While some of the accounts were reactivated shortly after Musk’s tweet, however, not all have been restored. The Twitter account of VOA’s Chief National Correspondent Steve Herman showed his restored timeline, except for three tweets […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) welcomed determinations from the U.S. Department of Commerce that fishery disasters have occurred in numerous Alaska fisheries, allowing Alaska fishermen to receive critical relief funding. The funding can be distributed to fishermen and their crews, seafood processors, and research initiatives in […]
(Anchorage, Alaska) – It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go. During the holidays, we go everywhere, from shopping, to going to parties, to visiting friends and family, most of us will be out and about. So will the Alaska State Troopers. Alaska State Troopers are conducting increased traffic enforcement to help […]