RFI — Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday confirmed overseas spectators will not be permitted to attend the event as part of the Japanese government’s attempts to stem the spread of... Read more »
VOA — Iran has made threats against Fort McNair, an Army base in the nation’s capital, and against the Army’s vice chief of staff, two senior U.S. intelligence officials said. They said... Read more »
VOA — MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA – Throngs of revelers flocking to Miami Beach, Florida, for spring break have become so uncontrollable that authorities imposed a curfew Saturday that they hope will spoil... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON – As the Northern Hemisphere enters a second spring of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts are saying the higher temperatures and sunnier days are unlikely to do much on their... Read more »
VOA — Russian President Vladimir Putin responded Thursday to comments made by U.S. President Joe Biden in which he described the Russian leader as a killer, saying, “It takes one to know... Read more »
VOA — ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – The first high-level U.S.-China talks of the Biden administration got off to a fiery start on Thursday, with both sides leveling sharp rebukes of the others’ policies... Read more »
VOA — The FBI says it received a record number of complaints from the public last year about cybercrimes, including scams related to the COVID-19 pandemic, costing Americans a staggering $4.2 billion... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON – In Brooklyn, New York, a white man catcalled an Asian American woman and aggressively followed her down the block, yelling a racial obscenity and a sexually derogatory term.... Read more »
BBC — Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to have authorised attempts to influence last year’s US election in favour of former President Donald Trump, intelligence officials say. Moscow spread “misleading or... Read more »
VOA — There was no reason to celebrate on Rachel Van Lear’s anniversary. The same day a global pandemic was declared, she developed symptoms of COVID-19. A year later, she is still... Read more »