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Thursday, 09 May 2019


VIDEO: Why are some families willing to cheat and break laws to insure their kids get an Ivy League education? And is it worth it? Host Greta Van Susteren speaks to job recruiters and U.S. college admissions system experts to get answers.

On This Day in American History

On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaims Mother’s Day a national holiday. Many individual states had already celebrated a day dedicated to mothers, but Wilson made the second Sunday in May the holiday. The origins of the holiday date back to 1872, when Julia Ward Howe, who advocated disarmament, called for a “National Mother’s Day of Peace.” Mother’s Day in the United States is one of the biggest holidays for greeting card and flower sales. The holiday is also known for high church attendance, coming in third after Christmas Eve and Easter. Over 40 countries have holidays dedicated to motherhood.

A senior U.S. State Department official tells VOA there is no need for President Donald Trump to sign an executive order to explicitly ban Chinese telecommunication company Huawei from taking part in the buildout of the U.S. 5G networks.

VIDEO: The U.S. Congress has yet to schedule a vote on ratifying the United States, Canada, Mexico Trade Agreement, or USMCA, which replaces the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. As VOA reports, the wait is weighing on U.S. farmers looking for a reduction in tariffs and stabilized prices for their crops.


VIDEO: Imagine a robot that can learn to walk by itself in about five minutes. Researchers at the University of Southern California have developed a robotic leg that can do just that with potential applications that range from helping in disaster areas to outer space.

VIDEO: In Eritrea, many journalists have been held for more than a decade and denied access to lawyers or family members. Despite positive regional changes in 2018 after Ethiopia and Eritrea declared an end to a 20-year war, Eritrea continues to hold the unenviable title of the worst country in sub-Saharan Africa for jailed journalists.

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