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The 2016 presidential election was shaped by rural and working class voters in the interior of America, where many felt overlooked by their elected lawmakers. What fuels a large part economy here is agriculture and the Agricultural Act of 2014, the most recent Farm Bill and a key piece of legislation for those that live there. As VOA's Kane Farabaugh reports, the Farm Bill is up for renewal in an economic environment that is as uncertain as the political one.

J.M. Smucker Co. reported Thursday a fiscal first-quarter net profit that fell to $196.7 million, or 96 cents a share, from $246.1 million, or $1.61 a share, in the same period a year ago. Excluding non-recurring items, such as an impairment charge related to indefinite-lived trademarks, adjusted earnings per share came to $1.80, above the FactSet consensus of $1.72. The consumer and pet foods seller said revenue fell 1% to $1.78 billion from $1.81 billion, but beat the FactSet consensus of $1.77 billion... Читать дальше...

Black airmen, soldiers, sailors and marines are more likely to face courts martial or other forms of military justice than their white peers, despite equalizing factors like detailed checks of troops’ criminal records, a rights group report based on DoD data found.
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Spring in war-ravaged Afghanistan is the season when soldiers, suicide bombers, renegades and warlords emerge from the temporary truce imposed by the bitter winter to face each other once again. This spring has been no different.

The diplomatic row between Qatar and Saudi Arabia is strategic. According to political analyst Gevorg Mirzayan, there are two possible scenarios of what the conflict could lead to.

The diplomatic row between Qatar and Saudi Arabia is strategic. According to political analyst Gevorg Mirzayan, there are two possible scenarios of what the conflict could lead to.

China's second largest e-commerce giant has developed a drone which can deliver packages weighing as much as one ton.

US film industry has an appalling record when it comes to women — on screen and off

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Comey’s Trump Conversations Get a Hearing Seib Video: What to Watch For in Comey’s Testimony Trump Calls Obamacare a ‘Horrendous’ Disaster Trump Ties Attack in Iran to Sponsoring Terrorism Good morning. Here’s Joshua Jamerson’s morning take. Reach him at Joshua.Jamerson@wsj.com and follow him @joshjame. Comey’s Trump Conversations Get a Hearing: James Comey, the former director of the Federal Bureau […]

In the modern, technological environment that we live in statistics play a huge part in our day to day lives. People make huge decisions each day based purely on statistical data. These decisions can be business or social based, but one thing’s for sure, rarely is a decision made in 2017 without some sort of […]

Many U.S. states, cities and businesses say they will forge ahead with the U.S. commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement, even though President Donald Trump pulled out of the deal. They say want to meet the pledge made by the Obama administration to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions by 26 percent to 28 percent below 2005 levels in 2025. VOA's Elizabeth Lee looks at whether this can be achieved without the federal government.

Qatari soldiers that were part of the Arab coalition in Yemen have returned home after the coalition command's decision to expel Qatar from the operation, Qatar Television said on Twitter Thursday.

Qatari soldiers that were part of the Arab coalition in Yemen have returned home after the coalition command's decision to expel Qatar from the operation, Qatar Television said on Twitter Thursday.

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The family of Omran Daqneesh, a Syrian boy from Aleppo who came to be known as the "symbol of Aleppo suffering" in Western media, is receiving threats from radical Syrian opposition for not supporting false accusations against official Damascus, Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

The family of Omran Daqneesh, a Syrian boy from Aleppo who came to be known as the "symbol of Aleppo suffering" in Western media, is receiving threats from radical Syrian opposition for not supporting false accusations against official Damascus, Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik will appeal his human rights case to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, his lawyer has said.

Madrid is banning manspreading.