This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Marissa Melton. U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have marked the United States 500,000 death from COVID-19 with a candle light vigil and a moment of silence. The United States passed the land...
Nigeria's air force said one of its planes crashed just outside Abuja airport after reporting engine failure on Sunday, killing all seven people on board. The plane was on its way to the city of Minna, 110 kilometers northwest of the capital when it...
This is VOA news. Reporting by remote, I'm David Byrd. A big real-world test has confirmed Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine is very effective at preventing serious illness or death. AP's Sagar Meghani reports. The Pfizer vaccine showed benefits in smaller,...
This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Marissa Melton. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Sunday that the United States has started talks with Tehran over the return of at least five American hostages whom Tehran is holding. In an in...
This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Marissa Melton. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Sunday that the United States has started talks with Tehran over the return of at least five American hostages whom Tehran is holding. In an in...
This is VOA news. Reporting by remote, I'm David Byrd. Saturday was believed to be the worst single day of violence in Myanmar since a military coup on February 1, with at least two protesters reportedly killed and many others wounded. Reuters Matthe...
Next, an editorial reflecting the views of the United States government. Among his first actions in office, President Joe Biden proposed a five-year extension of the New START Treaty, the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the Unit...
Next, an editorial reflecting the views of the United States government. In January, we remember one of the darkest events in the history of humanitythe Holocaust, the systematic elimination of the Jewish people by Nazi Germany and its collaborators....
U.S. President Biden says he will not lift economic sanctions against Iran unless Tehran first cuts its uranium enrichment back to the level it agreed to in the 2015 international treaty aimed at restraining its development of nuclear weapons. Biden...
This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Marissa Melton. Haitian authorities on Sunday arrested at least 23 people including a Supreme Court judge for their role in an alleged plot to oust President Jovenel Moise. The arrests come after leading opposition f...
A year after his death from COVID-19, residents in the Chinese city of Wuhan say they remain grateful to the doctor who first sounded the alarm about the outbreak. Reuters Olivia Chang reports. It has been a year since Li Wenliang, the whistleblower...
This is VOA news. Reporting by remote, I'm David Byrd. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Myanmar on Saturday in a show of resistance against the country's military coup earlier this week. The crowd of workers, students, unionists and...
Judges at the International Criminal Court on Friday found the court has jurisdiction over war crimes committed in the Palestinian territories, paving the way for a possible criminal investigation despite Israeli objections. The decision prompted swi...
This is VOA news. Reporting by remote, I'm David Byrd. President Joe Biden says the U.S. economy is in trouble and he is again laying out the case for moving ahead with his coronavirus relief package. AP's Sagar Meghani has details. The government's...
A member of the World Health Organization-led team searching for clues to the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, said Thursday that work needed to be done to trace genetic elements of the virus in bat caves. Emily Wither of Reuters reports. Peter D...