A last-minute fight over emissions cutting and the overall climate change goal is delaying a potentially historic deal that would create a fund for compensating poor nations that are victims …
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Russian Prison Activist Paints Picture of Life Facing Griner
U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been taken to the Russian region of Mordovia, notorious since Soviet times for its penal colonies, to serve a nine-year sentence on drugs charges. …
your ads here!World Cup Draws Attention to Equal Rights, Including Attire
Official-looking flyers have circulated on social media describing cultural expectations for fans attending the World Cup in Qatar. Some include rules for women’s attire: Shoulders and knees must be covered. …
your ads here!Snow Leopard Photographs Cheer Wildlife Conservationists in Kashmir
Wildlife conservationists are heartened by a rare sighting of a snow leopard in what they say is the first member of the endangered species to be captured on camera in …
your ads here!Protests, Online Dissent Daily Occurrence in China, Report Says
China’s zero-COVID policy prompted hundreds of Chinese citizens to march in the streets in Guangzhou this week after hearing that ongoing lockdowns had been extended. In videos shared on Chinese …
your ads here!Botswana Records Surge in Lithium Batteries Theft as Global Demand Soars
Authorities in Botswana are reporting increased thefts of lithium batteries from mobile phone towers amid a surge in global demand for the battery in electric vehicles. The southern African nation’s …
your ads here!Pfizer Booster Spurs Immune Response to New Omicron Subtypes
Pfizer said Friday that its updated COVID-19 booster may offer some protection against newly emerging omicron mutants, even though it’s not an exact match. Americans have been reluctant to get …
your ads here!Early Flu Adding to Woes for US Hospitals
As Americans head into the holiday season, a rapidly intensifying flu season is straining hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections. More than half the states have …
your ads here!Webb Space Telescope Spots Early Galaxies Hidden from Hubble
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope is finding bright, early galaxies that until now were hidden from view, including one that may have formed a mere 350 million years after the cosmic-creating …
your ads here!Sharks Move Closer to More Protections as Wildlife Summit Takes Action
A global wildlife summit in Panama took an important step Thursday toward upgrading protection for sharks, the ancient ocean vertebrates targeted for their fins used in a status-symbol soup. A …
your ads here!Malawi Faces Sharp Rise in Cholera Cases
Malawi is struggling to contain one of the worst cholera outbreaks in years. It has spread nationwide, killing more than 250 people and infecting more than 8,000. Authorities and aid …
your ads here!Robert Clary, Holocaust Survivor, ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ Star, Dies at 96
Robert Clary, a French-born survivor of Nazi concentration camps during World War II who played a feisty prisoner of war in the improbable 1960s sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died. He …
your ads here!NASA’s Mighty Moon Rocket at Long Last Launches
NASA once again makes moonshot history. Plus, the space agency’s astronauts take a stroll, and a piece of tragic space history found by accident. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi brings us The …
your ads here!Tourists Canceling Trips to Uganda Over Ebola Fears
Uganda’s tourism sector is once again being hit by effects from a deadly disease. In 2021, it was the COVID-19 pandemic. This time, it’s the Ebola outbreak, with 141 …
your ads here!Russia’s Arts Scene Becomes Casualty of Putin’s War
As the Kremlin escalates its war on Ukraine and tightens its clampdown on any domestic opposition to the invasion, the world of Russian arts and culture, historically opposed to violence …
your ads here!Taiwan’s APEC Envoy at the Center of Processor Chip Tension
Taiwan’s envoy to a gathering of Asia-Pacific leaders is the 91-year-old billionaire founder of a computer chip manufacturing giant that operated behind the scenes for decades before being thrust into …
your ads here!With Twitter’s Human Rights Team Gone, Some Experts Say Users’ Safety Jeopardized
With Twitter’s human rights team eliminated, legal experts voice alarm about what it could mean for users around the world. Tina Trinh reports. Camera: Daniel Brody. …
your ads here!Climate Change Fueled Rains Behind Deadly Nigeria Floods, Study Finds
Heavy rains behind floods that killed more than 600 people in Nigeria this year were about 80 times likelier because of human-induced climate change, scientists reported Wednesday. The floods mainly …
your ads here!NASA’s Return to the Moon Begins With Launch of Artemis 1
After mechanical issues and inclement weather forced a series of delays, NASA’s Artemis 1 mission to the moon finally took off from Kennedy Space Center early Wednesday morning. VOA’s Kane …
your ads here!NASA’s New Moon Rocket Blasts Off
NASA’s new Artemis moon rocket blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard early Wednesday. The launch brings the United …
your ads here!Soccer Fans Begin to Converge in Qatar for 2022 World Cup
Qatar is preparing to welcome hundreds of thousands of visitors to the 2022 World Cup and many local businesses are eager to receive them. For many tourists, it’s a chance …
your ads here!In ‘Zero-COVID’ China, 1 Case Locks Down Peking University
Chinese authorities locked down a major university in Beijing on Wednesday after finding one COVID-19 case as they stick to a “zero-COVID” approach despite growing public discontent. Peking University students …
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