The U.S. has christened its next-generation aircraft carrier, the nuclear-powered USS Gerald R. Ford, which can operate with fewer personnel, is designed for combat in unconventional conflict and will be able to launch drones when it becomes operational in 2016. Correspondent Luis Ramirez has more.
Two Russian cosmonauts took the Olympic torch on an historic spacewalk Saturday.
Typhoon Haiyan
War has been described as hell. For many military veterans coming back from combat, the transition to civilian life is difficult. On Wall Street, one company says it feels obligated to do something about it. VOA's Bernard Shusman reports from New York.
The most powerful storm to hit the Pacific this year, Super Typhoon Haiyan is muscling its way across the central Philippines, blowing off roofs, uprooting trees, downing power lines and causing other destruction along its path.
Swiss forensic scientists have confirmed that the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat ingested lethal radioactive polonium before his death nine years ago - at such high levels that it could not have been an accident.
The most hotly anticipated stock offering of the year did not disappoint. Shares of Twitter jumped nearly 75 percent above the opening price of 26 dollars at the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange. The seven-year-old online micro-blogging service is now valued at more than $30 billion.
While technical problems with the web site have plagued the initial implementation of the Affordable Care Act - President Obama's health care program, there are other consequences of this complex system of private insurance and government subsidies that are coming to light.
Iranian and international negotiators entered what one official called “a serious phase” of their nuclear talks in Geneva Thursday, as both sides face pressure to deliver results. Iran's foreign minister says there is progress, but the talks are “tough.” VOA's Al Pessin reports from Geneva.
VOA's Carol Pearson has kept in touch with former VOA reporter Zuli Palacio, who has cancer in one breast but decided to have both breasts removed.
Just as stress and anxiety have a negative impact on health, having a positive outlook can help with healing. VOA's Carol Pearson spoke to a psychologist who works with cancer patients and to a cancer patient who works at keeping her spirts up.
Chemotherapy can be used to treat many different cancers, including breast cancer. It kills the malignant cells, but has painful and unpleasant side effects. In this report, VOA's Carol Pearson talks to former VOA reporter Zuli Palacio about her personal experience with chemotherapy.
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