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Tuesday, 19 February 2019


U.S. President Donald Trump, in a speech partly intended to be heard by members of the military of Venezuela, called for the end of socialism in that country, saying the United States seeks “a peaceful transition of power but all options are open.”

On This Day in American History

On Feb. 19, 1940, singer, songwriter, producer William “Smokey” Robinson Jr. is born in Detroit, Michigan. Robinson’s musical career began in the late 1950s in a group called the Matadors, which later became the Miracles. He was the lead singer and writer for the Motown Records act, penning such hits as ”You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me,” “Mickey’s Monkey,” “I Second That Emotion,” “Baby Baby Don’t Cry” and “The Tears of a Clown.” Robinson pursued a successful solo career and continues to perform today.

As a deadly opioid epidemic wrecks American communities, Philadelphia, a city with over 1,100 overdose deaths last year and one of the most active heroin markets in the country, wants to be the first in the nation to adopt the Canadian model and provide legal injecting rooms.

Levitating objects and plastic boxes may not seem to have anything to do with landscape painting, but they are the contemporary take on an ancient Chinese art style called “shan shui hua” or mountain water painting.


VIDEO: Billed as the largest and longest running auto show in North America, the Chicago Auto Show this year is showing a notable change in the kinds of vehicles on display at the city’s McCormick Place Convention Center. As VOA reports from Chicago, the shifting preferences of consumers is driving the kinds of vehicles manufacturers are producing and marketing.

VIDEO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was interviewed Thursday by VOA Persian in Warsaw, where he discussed Israel’s outreach to Arab countries and the Iran nuclear deal. Netanyahu was in Warsaw in connection with a U.S.-led conference on Mideast security.

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