Global temperatures hit record high in March for 10th consecutive month
WASHINGTON — The European Union’s climate monitoring agency says global temperatures reached a new high for the 10th consecutive month in March. The Copernicus Climate Change Service said Tuesday that global temperatures averaged just over 14 degrees Celsius last month,…
With $6.6B to Arizona hub, Biden touts big steps in US chipmaking
Washington; Flagstaff, Arizona — President Joe Biden on Monday announced a $6.6 billion grant to Taiwan’s top chip manufacturer to produce semiconductors in the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona, which includes a third facility that will bring the foreign tech…
With $6.6B to Arizona hub, Biden touts big steps in US chipmaking
President Joe Biden on Monday announced a $6.6 billion grant to Taiwan’s top chip manufacturer for semiconductor manufacturing in Arizona, which includes a third facility that will bring the tech giant’s investment in the state to $65 billion. VOA’s White…
Massive crowds watch total solar eclipse over US
Millions of people in the United States from Texas to Maine looked to the sky to witness a rare total solar eclipse. VOA’s Kane Farabaugh attended a viewing event hosted by NASA and Purdue University at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway…
Tesla settles case over fatal Autopilot crash of Apple engineer
Tesla has settled a lawsuit over a 2018 car crash that killed an Apple engineer in 2018 after his Model X operating on Autopilot swerved off a highway near San Francisco, court documents showed Monday. The settlement was made as…
Elon Musk accused of ‘disinformation campaign’ by Brazilian Supreme Court
Elon Musk is now a part of a Brazilian Supreme Court investigation about the dissemination of fake news and alleged obstruction. Justice Alexandre de Moraes accused Musk of waging a public “disinformation campaign” after Musk commented that his social media…
Anti-polio gains threatened by returning migrants, 200,000 unvaccinated children in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD — The World Health Organization said Monday that the recent return of about 600,000 undocumented migrants from Pakistan to Afghanistan and an estimated 200,000 unvaccinated children in southern Afghan regions are a threat to regional gains against polio. In…
Experts fear Cambodian cybercrime law could aid crackdown
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA — The Cambodian government is pushing ahead with a cybercrime law experts say could be wielded to further curtail freedom of speech amid an ongoing crackdown on dissent. The cybercrime draft is the third controversial internet law…
Biden administration announces $6.6 billion to ensure leading-edge microchips are built in US
WILMINGTON, Del. — The Biden administration pledged on Monday to provide up to $6.6 billion so that a Taiwanese semiconductor giant can expand the facilities it is already building in Arizona and better ensure that the most-advanced microchips are produced…
Yellen says US will not accept Chinese imports decimating new industries
BEIJING — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned China on Monday that Washington will not accept new industries being decimated by Chinese imports as she wrapped up four days of meetings to press her case for Beijing to rein in…