Pfizer said Wednesday that it will provide nearly two dozen products, including its top-selling COVID-19 vaccine and treatment, at not-for-profit prices in some of the world’s poorest countries. The drugmaker …
your ads here!Gallaudet University Celebrates its Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Graduates
Gallaudet University in Washington hosted its first undergraduate commencement ceremony since the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. Gallaudet is the only university in the world where deaf, deaf-blind and hard-of-hearing students …
your ads here!Climate-Driven Heat Waves Can Increase Inequality
March and April were the hottest or near-hottest months on record across South Asia. Heat waves don’t just sap people’s strength; they can drain people’s finances. VOA’s Steve Baragona has …
your ads here!Climate-Driven Heat Waves Increasing Inequality
March and April were the hottest or near-hottest months on record across South Asia. And climate change made this heat wave 100 times more likely, the U.K. Met Office says. …
your ads here!Tedros Re-Elected as Head of World Health Organization
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) members re-elected Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as director general by a strong majority for another five years, the president of the World Health Assembly said on …
your ads here!Malawi Rolls Out Cholera Vaccine to Contain Outbreak
Malawi has rolled out a vaccination campaign to help stop an outbreak of cholera. Authorities report more than 350 cases and 17 deaths from cholera across eight districts of southern …
your ads here!Meta Returns with Africa Day Campaign
Meta, the company that owns Facebook, is hosting its second annual Africa Day campaign to promote Africans who are making a global impact. The content producer for the film project, …
your ads here!Facebook, Instagram to Reveal More on How Ads Target Users
Facebook parent Meta said it will start publicly providing more details about how advertisers target people with political ads just months ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. The announcement follows …
your ads here!Artists Flock to Dakar for Biennale
One of the most prominent events in the world of contemporary African art is kicking off in the Senegalese capital after a four-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The …
your ads here!WHO Says No Evidence Monkeypox Virus Has Mutated
The World Health Organization does not have evidence that the monkeypox virus has mutated, a senior executive at the U.N. agency said on Monday, noting the infectious disease that is …
your ads here!Cannes: Transylvania-set ‘R.M.N.’ Probes a Ubiquitous Crisis
Cristian Mungiu’s Cannes Film Festival entry “R.M.N.” is set in an unnamed mountainous Transylvanian village in Romania, but the conflicts of ethnocentricity, racism and nationalism that permeate the multi-ethnic town …
your ads here!Creator of ‘Star Wars’ X-Wing and Death Star Dies at 90
Colin Cantwell, the man who designed the spacecraft in the “Star Wars” films, has died. He was 90. The Hollywood Reporter reported Sunday that Sierra Dall, Cantwell’s partner, confirmed that …
your ads here!COVID Pandemic, Ukraine War Color WHO International Meeting
The Ukraine war, with disease and destruction following in its wake, loomed large Sunday as the WHO convened countries to address a still raging pandemic and a vast array of …
your ads here!Solar Crowdfunding Project Benefiting Zimbabwe’s Farmers
A South African company that promotes solar power and uses crowdsourcing to raise capital is financing a solar-powered farm in Zimbabwe that is also benefiting neighboring farmers. The company, The …
your ads here!With Roe in Doubt, Some Fear Tech Surveillance of Pregnancy
When Chandler Jones realized she was pregnant during her junior year of college, she turned to a trusted source for information and advice. Her cellphone. “I couldn’t imagine before the …
your ads here!US High Schoolers Design Low-Cost Filter to Remove Lead From Water
When the pandemic forced schools into remote learning, Washington-area science teacher Rebecca Bushway set her students an ambitious task: design and build a low-cost lead filter that attaches to faucets …
your ads here!Longtime ‘New Yorker’ Writer, Editor Roger Angell Dies
Roger Angell, the celebrated baseball writer and reigning man of letters who during an unfaltering 70-plus years helped define The New Yorker’s urbane wit and style through his essays, humor …
your ads here!Early Voting Holds off Epicenter to Win Preakness Stakes
Maybe extra rest isn’t such a bad thing for a racehorse after all. In the Preakness Stakes that was run without the Kentucky Derby winner because Rich Strike’s owner felt …
your ads here!WHO Expects More Cases of Monkeypox to Emerge Globally
The World Health Organization said it expects to identify more cases of monkeypox as it expands surveillance in countries where the disease is not typically found. As of Saturday, 92 …
your ads here!China’s COVID Lockdowns May Affect iPhone Shipments
The Apple Store at Union Square, the heart of San Francisco’s upscale tourist district, had drawn more than 30 customers within a few minutes of opening Friday morning. Visitors, couples …
your ads here!North Korea Reports More Fevers as Kim Claims Virus Progress
North Korea said Saturday it found nearly 220,000 more people with feverish symptoms even as leader Kim Jong Un claimed progress in slowing a largely undiagnosed spread of COVID-19 across …
your ads here!Musk Visits Brazil’s Bolsonaro to Discuss Amazon Rainforest Plans
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk met with Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday to discuss connectivity and other projects in the Amazon rainforest. The meeting, held in a luxurious …
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