US/Middle East

Issues in the News moderator Kim Lewis discusses with senior correspondent for Marketplace Nancy Marshall-Genzer and VOA White House bureau chief Steve Herman the top stories of the week, including…

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South Korea Seeks Tax Cuts, Incentives for US Investment

South Korea requested from the United States incentives such as tax deductions and infrastructure construction to ease the U.S. investment of Korean firms, including leading chipmaker Samsung Electronics, its presidential…

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Irish Health Service Hit by ‘Very Sophisticated’ Ransomware Attack 

Ireland’s health service operator shut down all its IT systems Friday to protect them from a ransomware attack, which crippled diagnostic services and disrupted COVID-19 testing.An international cybercrime gang was behind…

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