After a one-year pandemic delay, the Tokyo Olympics will formally get under way Friday, with an opening ceremony that will be scaled back but still…
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your ad hereNew research has found that the tropical forests in the mountains of Southeast Asia are losing trees at an accelerated rate, deepening a wide range…
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your ad hereSomali terrorist group al-Shabab has threatened to attack electoral delegates who will be choosing lawmakers in parliamentary elections beginning next week. The Islamist militant…
your ad hereFighting in Afghanistan temporarily subsided Tuesday on the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, as Taliban insurgents said they were observing an unannounced cease-fire…
your ad hereTwenty years after freeing Afghanistan from the grip of the Taliban, U.S. and NATO troops are leaving. For a generation of Afghans who grew up…
your ad hereFemale refugees are among the most vulnerable to losing out on education, a problem made worse by the coronavirus pandemic. To combat the challenge, U.S.-funded aid…
your ad hereCuban journalists covering the most serious protests against the communist government in decades have been arrested, subjected to police surveillance and intimidated by the authorities….
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your ad hereIssues in the News moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA Congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson and correspondent for Marketplace Kimberly Adams about the ongoing battle between…
your ad hereU.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is calling on Cuban authorities to release those arrested during mass demonstrations protesting the government’s failed economic…
your ad hereA Chinese gene company is collecting genetic data through prenatal tests from women in more than 50 countries for research on the traits of populations,…
your ad hereAustralian cybersecurity experts are calling for more aggressive government action to protect businesses from ransomware attacks. Experts have warned a “tsunami of cybercrime” has cost…
your ad hereIran appears to be intensifying its effort to exploit U.S. and Western targets in cyberspace, running a campaign aimed at manipulating American military personnel and…
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