WorldVoice of America Chinese Broadcast (October 9, 2026)

The bulletin reports that Trump ruled out a new military operation against Iran before next month’s midterm elections. Rubio said Russia’s war in Ukraine was in a dangerous stalemate and that the US would keep pursuing a solution. The Department of Homeland Security proposed sharply higher fees for an international-student work authorization program. Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature; the Swedish Academy praised her bold, inventive work for creating new forms in contemporary literature.