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VIDEO:  Drones are being used to deliver food and medical supplies to customers. Now, doctors and scientists at the University of Maryland at College Park are creating special, custom-made drones that can literally save lives.

VIDEO: Success on the international trade front is a top issue for U.S. farmers.  As VOA reports, this segment of Americans, which largely voted for President Donald Trump in 2016, faces difficult economic conditions ahead of next year’s presidential contest. However, many say they will again vote for Trump in 2020. 

Today Vietnam has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, high levels of optimism in public opinion surveys, and good relations with its old wartime enemies, the United States and France. But many Vietnamese were caught off guard recently by the high-profile deaths of 35 Vietnamese migrants in Essex, England, which suggests some thought they could find more opportunity abroad.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Vice President Mike Pence said late-breaking intelligence gave special forces the opening they needed to carry out the attack on Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after President Trump approved the raid earlier this past week.

For centuries, Cambodians have looked to Tonle Sap, both a river and a lake, for dinner. But a repast of grilled river fish, sprinkled with salt and stuffed with lemongrass, may soon be a very special event. Today, “there is only water but no fish,” said Nan Sok, 60, gazing at Tonle Sap Lake from his house on the outskirts of the capital city of Phnom Penh.