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Thursday, 24 January 2019


VIDEO: This week, Plugged In takes a look back at 40 years of diplomacy, as the United States and China mark the anniversary of normalized diplomatic relations. Host Greta van Susteren talks to former U.S. president Jimmy Carter about the landmark agreement that ushered in a new era in U.S.-Sino relations and launched China’s spectacular rise as an economic superpower

On This Day in American History

On Jan. 24, 1935, the first canned beer goes on sale in Richmond, Va., when the American Can Company and Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company partnered to deliver 2,000 cans of beer and cream ale. Canned beer now makes up about half of the $20 billion U.S. beer market, and even microbrewers are increasingly turning to cans because they guarantee taste and prevent light damage to the beer.

VIDEO: While some activists in Zimbabwe are in detention and others are in hiding following last week’s protests, a 25-year-old singer concerned about his pregnant wife condemned security forces.

VIDEO: Amid ongoing deadly violence in Afghanistan, the country’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah is calling on the U.S. and the world not to give up on his people. President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed frustration with the 17-year U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan and is considering a major withdrawal of U.S. troops. Meanwhile, the Taliban is carrying out daring attacks while holding peace talks with U.S. officials.


VIDEO: Amazon’s long search for a new headquarters location — nicknamed HQ2 — came to an end in November 2018, when the company decided to open offices in New York City and Crystal City in Northern Virginia. And while the opening of HQ2 is still months away, VOA visited the original Amazon HQ in Seattle.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will delay giving his State of the Union address until after he and Congress resolve a partial government shutdown.

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