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Wednesday, 09 October 2019

A U.S. Secret Service dog that prevented a potential attack on President Barack Obama in the White House in 2014 has been given the rare honor of an Order of Merit from a British charity, the first foreign animal to receive the award.

On This Day in American History
On Oct. 9, 1936, the Hoover Dam in Nevada begins sending electricity nearly 430 kilometers away to Los Angeles. The dam on the Colorado River was originally called the Boulder Dam, but was renamed for President Herbert Hoover, under whose administration construction was started in 1931. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated Hoover Dam in 1935, which then was the tallest dam in the world. It still generates electricity today.

The United States is imposing visa restrictions on the Chinese government and Communist Party officials who are believed to be responsible for the detention or abuse of the Uighurs, a Muslim ethnic minority in Xinjiang, China. 

VIDEO: Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests are into its fourth month with no sign of ending. The latest issue is a new anti-mask law, barring Hong Kongers from covering their faces to hide their identities. VOA’s Plugged In went to Hong Kong to talk to protesters and government officials to find out what’s at stake and whether there’s a solution in sight.

VIDEO: A groundbreaking new device is helping blind people perceive the world around them in a rudimentary fashion that can boost their quality of life.

In Turkey, new controls regulating internet use have come into force. The government says all broadcasters, who are already restricted, need to abide by the same rules on the internet. But critics claim the new measures are an attempt to silence the last platform for independent journalism.

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