Amnesty International is accusing the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies of creating an “unprecedented human rights crisis” by failing to provide enough COVID-19 vaccines for the world’s poorest nations. In a …
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US, China Unveil Separate Big Steps to Fight Climate Change
The two biggest economies and largest carbon polluters in the world announced separate financial attacks on climate change Tuesday. Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country will no longer fund …
your ads here!Done With Delays, Academy Movie Museum Rolls Out Red Carpet
The projectors are rolling. The ruby slippers are on. Many an Oscar sits glistening. The shark has been hanging, and waiting, for nearly a year. Nine years after it was …
your ads here!6 Tribes Sue Wisconsin to Try to Stop November Wolf Hunt
Six Native American tribes sued Wisconsin on Tuesday to try to stop its planned gray wolf hunt in November, asserting that the hunt violates their treaty rights and endangers an …
your ads here!WHO: Delta Now Dominant COVID Variant Globally
The delta variant of the coronavirus has overtaken all other variants of concern, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. “Less than 1% each of alpha, beta and gamma are currently …
your ads here!McDonald’s to Phase Out Plastic Toys from Happy Meals
Fast-food giant McDonald’s said Tuesday it would phase out plastic toys from its signature Happy Meals by 2025. “Starting now, and phased in across the globe by the end of …
your ads here!Nigerian NGO Marks World Peace Day With Photos of Carnage in Northeast
The Nigerian aid group Center for Civilians in Conflict is marking this year’s U.N. International Day of Peace with a photo exhibit on the conflict in the country’s northeast. The …
your ads here!Johnson & Johnson Says Its COVID Booster Shot Improves Protection
U.S.-based pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday new “real world” and phase 3 study data show a second shot of its single-dose vaccine about two months after the initial …
your ads here!Filmmakers Phil Grabsky and Shoaib Sharifi Chronicle 20 Years in Afghanistan
My Childhood My Country: 20 Years in Afghanistan is the latest documentary by award-winning filmmakers Phil Grabsky and Shoaib Sharifi. Grabsky spoke with VOA’s Penelope Poulou about this 20-year film …
your ads here!Melbourne Protesters Rally Against Coronavirus Restrictions
Hundreds of people demonstrated Tuesday in Australia’s second-largest city to protest coronavirus restrictions the government imposed on the construction industry. Officials announced construction sites in Melbourne would be closed for …
your ads here!Journalists in Europe, US Face Harassment over Pandemic Coverage
When Italian reporter Francesco Giovannetti told protesters that he was covering them for the left-leaning daily La Repubblica, insults poured out with abandon. It was August 30 in Rome, outside …
your ads here!UN Chief: Climate Targets Not on Track
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concern Monday that the world is not on track to meet several urgent targets in the fight against climate change. “Based on the present …
your ads here!Pfizer-BioNTech Say Their COVID Vaccine Safe, Effective for 5- to-11-Year-Olds
The Pfizer and BioNTech drug companies said Monday that lower dose shots of their two-dose COVID-19 vaccine are safe and effective for five-to-11-year-old children. The U.S. company and its German …
your ads here!Benin Startup Builds Low-Cost Computers
BloLab is converting plastic jerricans into computers using recycled components.. Anne Nzouankeu visited the startup in Cotonou, Benin in this story narrated by Moki Edwin Kindzeka. …
your ads here!Australia Warned Dementia Cases Will Double Within 40 Years
Within 40 years, more than 800,000 Australians — twice as many as now — will be living with dementia, unless a cure is found, according to a new government-sponsored report. Dementia is the second …
your ads here!‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘The Crown,’ Win Top Emmy Awards on Streaming Heavy Night
Royal drama “The Crown” and feel good comedy “Ted Lasso” nabbed the top prizes at television’s Emmy awards on Sunday on a night dominated by streaming shows, British talent and rare wins by women. …
your ads here!India Expected to Ease COVID-19 Vaccine Export Restrictions
There is growing optimism that India could resume exports of COVID-19 vaccines as production expands at a rapid pace, putting the country on track to immunize its adult population in …
your ads here!‘Compassion Fatigue’ Hitting US Doctors, Report Says
A report in The Guardian says U.S. physicians treating unvaccinated patients are “succumbing to compassion fatigue” as a fourth surge of COVID-19 cases sweeps across the country. Dr. Michelle Shu, …
your ads here!‘Change the Game’: Supermodel Halima Aden Reinvents Modest Fashion
Halima Aden, the first supermodel to wear a hijab and pose in a burkini, has ripped up her lucrative contracts in an industry she feels lacks “basic human respect” and …
your ads here!‘The Crown,’ ‘Ted Lasso,’ Streaming Seek Emmy Awards Glory
The miniature statutes given at the Emmy Awards on Sunday can be an outsized boon to egos, careers and guessing games. Will The Mandalorian bow to The Crown as best …
your ads here!World Leaders Return to UN With Focus on Pandemic, Climate
World leaders are returning to the United Nations in New York this week with a focus on boosting efforts to fight both climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, which last …
your ads here!US Business Demand High, Worker Availability Low
Millions of Americans who were thrown out of work in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic are now encountering a hot jobs market with businesses eager, even desperate, to …
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