Grieving Japanese paid their final farewells to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Tuesday. Scores of everyday people lined up outside Tokyo’s Zojoji Temple to bring flowers and other tokens of …
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China’s Central Wuhan Reports Cholera Case
Chinese authorities on Monday confirmed that a case of cholera had occurred in the central city of Wuhan where the outbreak of COVID-19 began before spreading globally. State media acknowledged …
your ads here!NASA to Release Images from Most Powerful Space Telescope
The U.S. space agency is set to release the full set of the first full-color images from the James Webb Space Telescope on Tuesday, a day after sharing a full-color …
your ads here!NASA Offers Farthest Look Into Cosmos
The U.S. space agency has released the first image from its new space telescope — a full color picture showing stars and galaxies from deeper into the cosmos than ever …
your ads here!In Spain, Culture Battle Rages over Store Signs
The red on beige sign outside La Torre shop advertises the kind of underwear earlier generations might have worn, mostly knickerbockers and girdles. The shop — known as The Tower in …
your ads here!Frustrated by Gun Deaths, Entrepreneurs Turn to Technology
As the U.S. reels from a surge of recent mass shootings, some technologists are focusing on how to prevent casualties. VOA’s Julie Taboh spoke with a couple of entrepreneurs who …
your ads here!Looming Musk-Twitter Legal Battle Hammers Company Shares
Shares of Twitter slid more than 6% in the first day of trading after billionaire Elon Musk said that he was abandoning his $44 billion bid for the company and …
your ads here!Colorado’s First Sober Bar Offers Alternatives to Alcohol
Public health officials say one of the effects of the coronavirus lockdowns was that more people drank alcohol more heavily, with the World Health Organization warning of exacerbated health concerns …
your ads here!New Coronavirus Mutant Raises Concerns in India and Beyond
The quickly changing coronavirus has spawned yet another super contagious omicron mutant that’s worrying scientists as it gains ground in India and pops up in numerous other countries, including the …
your ads here!Biden to Unveil First Full-Color Images from Webb Telescope
The world will get its first view of a full-color image from the James Webb Space Telescope at a White House event Monday. U.S. President Joe Biden is set to …
your ads here!Report: Uber Lobbied, Used ‘Stealth’ Tech to Block Scrutiny
As Uber aggressively pushed into markets around the world, the ride-sharing service lobbied political leaders to relax labor and taxi laws, used a “kill switch” to thwart regulators and law …
your ads here!Yellowstone Floods Reveal Forecasting Flaws in Warming World
The Yellowstone National Park area’s weather forecast the morning of June 12 seemed fairly tame: warmer temperatures and rain showers would accelerate mountain snow melt and could produce “minor flooding.” …
your ads here!NASA to Showcase Webb Space Telescope’s First Full-Color Images
Drawing back the curtain to a photo gallery unlike any other, NASA will soon present the first full-color images from its James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary apparatus designed to …
your ads here!Iran’s Outdoor Painters Seek to Capture, Preserve Old Tehran
Tehran residents accustomed to seething at slow-moving traffic, sweltering in summer heat and suffocating in smog may be surprised to find a growing number of outdoor painters reveling in the …
your ads here!‘Sopranos’ Actor Tony Sirico, ‘Paulie Walnuts,’ Dies at 79
Tony Sirico, who played the impeccably groomed mobster Paulie Walnuts in The Sopranos and brought his tough-guy swagger to films including Goodfellas, died Friday. He was 79. Sirico died at …
your ads here!Elena Rybakina Stuns Herself, Ons Jabeur to Win Wimbledon
Elena Rybakina dropped the first set but roared back to defeat No. 3 seed Ons Jabeur and win the women’s singles title at Wimbledon on Saturday. Rybakina, the No. …
your ads here!US Abortion Ruling Threatens Access to Arthritis Drug
When Melissa, a nurse in the U.S. state of Alabama, went to pick up her regular prescription medication for rheumatoid arthritis last week, she was told the drug was on …
your ads here!Texas Judge Blocks Investigations Of 2 Trans Youth Families
A Texas judge issued an order Friday to continue blocking the state from investigating two families of transgender youth who have received gender affirming medical care and said she was …
your ads here!Millions of Canadians Lose Mobile, Internet Services
Millions of Canadians found out Friday what it is like to live without access to the internet and mobile phone service. Rogers Communications, the country’s largest mobile and internet provider, …
your ads here!Canada Plans Health Warnings on Every Cigarette
The Canadian government is set to put health warnings on each cigarette and ban certain types of plastics, parts of a new round of regulations from the Trudeau government. “Poison …
your ads here!Ghana Records First-Ever Suspected Cases of Marburg Virus Disease
Ghana’s health authorities say they have, for the first time, confirmed two fatal cases of the Marburg virus, a relative of the Ebola virus. In a statement on Thursday, the …
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