VOA — CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – NASA’s newest Mars rover hit the dusty red road this week, putting 6.5 meters on the odometer in its first test drive. The Perseverance rover ventured... Read more »
VOA — Peering out into the void of online learning, both teachers and students often face a virtual classroom of black squares and static photos of classmates. Two Cornell University instructors... Read more »
DW — There have been tentative signs of progress toward salvaging the 2015 nuclear deal, as the UN’s atomic energy watchdog reports that Iran has agreed to discuss “outstanding issues.” International... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate delayed the start of debate on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill until at least Thursday after reaching a deal to phase out... Read more »
RFI — France and its two European partners in the Iran nuclear negotiations, Germany and the UK, say they will protest to the UN atomic energy agency in the wake of Tehran’s... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON – A U.S. Senate committee is set to hear Wednesday from defense, justice and homeland security officials about the failures of January 6 when supporters of then-President Donald Trump... Read more »
VOA — ISTANBUL – Turkish-Iranian tensions are rising over Turkey’s ongoing military operations against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq. The regional rivals are engaged in increasingly bitter diplomatic sparring as Ankara threatens... Read more »
BBC — Passengers have complained of queues of up to seven hours long at Heathrow Airport’s border control. One passenger described a mother having to feed her baby on the floor, saying... Read more »
VOA — Iran Monday repeated its call for the United States to drop sanctions imposed by former U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration for talks on resume on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal.... Read more »
VOA — GENEVA – Cracks are emerging in the firewall that until now has protected some of the world’s powerful nations from being scrutinized and called to account for gross violations by... Read more »