At the start of 2022 most measures show the U.S. economy is booming, with an unemployment rate that is approaching record lows and a demand for goods that has imports …
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EU Under Pressure on ‘Ghost Flights’
The European Union is under increasing pressure to further ease rules on airport take-off and landing slots to cut the number of “ghost flights” airlines are running to retain them. …
your ads here!Webb Space Telescope’s ‘Golden Eye’ Opens, Last Major Hurdle
NASA’s new space telescope opened its huge, gold-plated, flower-shaped mirror Saturday, the final step in the observatory’s dramatic unfurling. The last portion of the 6.5-meter (21-foot) mirror swung into …
your ads here!Djokovic Challenged Officials on Visa Cancellation, Court Filing Says
Novak Djokovic’s legal challenge to the Australian government’s decision to cancel his visa on arrival this week says a certified COVID-19 infection in December meant he qualified for a medical …
your ads here!Djokovic Spends Holiday in Detention, Sends Thanks to Supporters
The top men’s tennis player in the world, Novak Djokovic, spent Orthodox Christmas in an immigration detention hotel in Australia on Friday as he sought to fend off deportation over …
your ads here!US Supreme Court Reviews COVID Vaccine Mandates
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled Friday to hear oral arguments against two of President Joe Biden’s administration’s COVID-19 vaccine policies issued by government agencies to combat the deadly coronavirus. …
your ads here!Former Biden Health Officials Urge New Approach to Fighting COVID
Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, six former health advisers for U.S. President Joe Biden are urging a different approach to fighting it. Writing Thursday in The Journal of …
your ads here!Scientists Explore Thwaites, Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday’ Glacier
A team of scientists is sailing to “the place in the world that’s the hardest to get to” so they can better figure out how much and how fast seas …
your ads here!NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Marks Milestones
After launching its next-generation space telescope, NASA scientists mark major milestones in its progress. Plus, a new spaceplane arrives at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi …
your ads here!Australia Detains Serbian Tennis Star Djokovic Over COVID-19 Visa Breaches
World tennis No.1 Novak Djokovic has had his visa canceled by Australian authorities and is facing deportation. He had received a COVID-19 vaccination exemption to defend his title at the …
your ads here!WHO Says New Coronavirus Variant in France Not a Threat – Yet
The World Health Organization says a new coronavirus variant recently detected in France is nothing to be concerned about right now. Scientists at the IHU Mediterranee Infection Foundation in the …
your ads here!Australia Detains Serbian Tennis Star Over COVID-19 Visa Breaches
World tennis No.1 Novak Djokovic has had his visa canceled by Australian authorities and is facing deportation. He had received a COVID-19 vaccination exemption to defend his title at the …
your ads here!Omicron Is Milder Than Delta But Nothing to Sneeze At
Omicron may not cause as much lung damage as the delta variant of the COVID-19 virus, according to new lab studies. That, plus vaccination, may help explain why patients with …
your ads here!US Advisers Endorse Pfizer COVID Boosters for Younger Teens
Influential government advisers are strongly urging that teens as young as 12 get COVID-19 boosters as soon as they’re eligible, a key move as the U.S. battles the omicron surge …
your ads here!Governments Worldwide Continue Imposing COVID Measures, 2 Years After Pandemic’s Start
Exactly two years after the World Health Organization issued an alert about “a cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause” in the central Chinese city of Wuhan that evolved …
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TRANSCRIPT The Inside Story: Crossing the Frontier Episode 21 – January 6, 2022 Show Open Graphics: Voice of KANE FARABAUGH, VOA Correspondent: All Systems go, Falcon 9 …
your ads here!Biden Doubles Order of COVID Pills to Fight Omicron
President Joe Biden has directed his administration to buy an additional 10 million courses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill, Paxlovid, bringing the total to at least 20 million courses, as part …
your ads here!Off-Season ‘Cover’ Crops Expand as US Growers Eye Low-Carbon Future
Illinois farmer Jack McCormick planted 350 acres of barley and radishes last fall as part of an off-season crop that he does not intend to harvest. Instead, the crops will …
your ads here!Famous Australian Skin Cancer Ad Returns to the Airwaves
On the 40th anniversary of a famous skin cancer campaign, research has revealed that a high number of young Australians are not using sun protection. Australia has one of the …
your ads here!Ambulance Service for Poor Helps Residents of Nairobi’s Largest Slum
A community health service in Africa’s largest urban slum is helping poor people get affordable emergency services during the COVID pandemic. The Kibera community emergency response team in Nairobi is …
your ads here!Fears for Australia’s Famous Migrating Moth
Conservationists are blaming climate change, land clearing and pesticides for the population crash of one of Australia’s most famous insects. Once a common sight, bogong moths have become rare in recent years. They are now recognized …
your ads here!Fauci: CDC Mulling COVID Test Requirement for Asymptomatic
As the COVID-19 omicron variant surges across the United States, top federal health officials are looking to add a negative test along with its five-day isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans …
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