Vangelis, the Greek electronic composer who wrote the unforgettable Academy Award-winning score for the film “Chariots of Fire” and music for dozens of other movies, documentaries and TV series, has …
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Abortion Rights Rollback in US Could Ripple Across Globe
The right of American women to have an abortion will be severely restricted if the Supreme Court reverses its 1973 decision to legalize the procedure. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias spoke …
your ads here!Explainer: What is Monkeypox and Where Is it Spreading?
European and American health authorities have identified a number of monkeypox cases in recent days, mostly in young men. It’s a surprising outbreak of disease that rarely appears outside Africa. …
your ads here!Female Referees to Officiate Men’s World Cup for 1st Time
Female referees will make World Cup history this year by working games at a major men’s tournament for the first time in Qatar. Three female referees and three female assistant …
your ads here!Monkeypox Spreads in Europe; US Reports Its First Case
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Wednesday said it had confirmed a single case of monkeypox virus infection in a man who had recently traveled to Canada. The U.S. …
your ads here!WHO Concerned Over Polio Outbreak in Southeastern Africa
The World Health Organization says authorities in Mozambique have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after confirming that a child in the country’s northeastern Tete province has contracted …
your ads here!UN Floats Plan to Boost Renewables as Climate Worries Mount
The United Nations chief on Wednesday launched a five-point plan to jump-start broader use of renewable energies, hoping to revive world attention on climate change as the U.N.’s weather agency …
your ads here!US Congress Looks at UFOs Through Security Lens
The U.S. government has often ignored the possibility of unidentified flying objects, even after decades of unexplained sightings, including by U.S. military pilots who sometimes filmed the UFOs, some of …
your ads here!Nigeria Becoming Destination for Africa’s Promising Tech Startups
In February, the Nigerian technology startup CrowdForce announced a big break: It had received $3.6 million from investors to expand its financial services operations to many more underserved communities. Co-founder and …
your ads here!Ghanaian Entrepreneur Recycles Textile Wastes into Shoes
Working to achieve sustainability in textile production is one of the projects of the U.N. Environment Programme for this year as it celebrates its 50th anniversary. In Ghana, an entrepreneur …
your ads here!Musk: Doubt About Spam Accounts Could Scuttle Twitter Deal
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his deal to buy Twitter can’t move forward unless the company shows public proof that less than 5% of the accounts on the social media …
your ads here!Americans Return to the Office With Willingness and Trepidation
As cases of coronavirus continue to decline in the United States, many businesses have told their employees it’s time to return to the office. Some people are already doing the …
your ads here!When Not Tending to War Wounded, Ukraine Rock Star Jams With Bono, Sheeran
Taras Topolya is a Ukrainian rock singer. From the first day of the war in Ukraine, he has been working as a paramedic with the country’s Territorial Defense. But when …
your ads here!Convicted Killer Turned Tech Whiz Confronts His Sordid Past
When he was 20 years old, Harel Hershtik planned and executed a murder, a crime that a quarter of a century later is still widely remembered for its grisly details. …
your ads here!IBM: 6 Black Colleges Getting Cybersecurity Centers
Six historically Black universities in five Southern states will be getting the first IBM cybersecurity centers aimed at training underrepresented communities, the company said. The schools are Xavier University of …
your ads here!Selfie Museum Visitors Create Art on Social Media
At Colorado’s Adventure Room Selfie Museum, it’s the visitors who make the art, shooting social media videos and photos in a variety of colorful settings. For VOA, Svitlana Prystynska went …
your ads here!Iranian Film Workers Arrested, Homes Raided
A renowned Iranian filmmaker has said that the offices and homes of several filmmakers and other industry professionals were raided and some of them arrested in recent days. Mohammad Rasoulof …
your ads here!Russia Artist is 76-Year-Old Voice of Protest on Ukraine
Yelena Osipova barely slept ahead of Russia’s pomp-filled Victory Day celebrations on May 9. The 76-year-old artist was up late, making placards to protest about the conflict in Ukraine. But …
your ads here!Renovated NYC Museum Hall Showcases Indigenous Perspectives
In his first visit to the American Museum of Natural History, Morgan Guerin had a list. Not of things he wanted to check out, though — a list of things …
your ads here!Former Test Cricketer Andrew Symonds Dies in Auto Accident
Former Australian test cricketer Andrew Symonds has died after a single-vehicle auto accident near Townsville in northeast Australia. He was 46. Cricket Australia reported Symonds’ death on its website on …
your ads here!Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra Wins Eurovision Song Contest
Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest in the early hours of Sunday in a clear show of support for the war-ravaged nation. The six-man band that mixes …
your ads here!US Abortion Rights Activists Start ‘Summer of Rage’ With Saturday Protests
Abortion rights supporters will protest in cities across the United States on Saturday, kicking off what organizers said would be “a summer of rage” if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns …
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