DW — The World’s Women 2020 report has found a severe lack of progress in women’s rights and job market participation. The dire situation has only been made worse by the pandemic... Read more »
RFI — The coronavirus remains active on human skin for nine hours, Japanese researchers have found, in a discovery they said showed the need for frequent hand washing to combat the Covid-19... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s predictions that a coronavirus vaccine would be ready before Election Day, Nov. 3, will not be met. On Friday, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced it would... Read more »
BBC — US presidential elections have long been a source of both intrigue and irritation for China’s Communist Party rulers. As arguably the most consequential exercises in democracy on the planet, they... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN – A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets expired Sunday as planned under its nuclear deal with... Read more »
VOA — When Donald Trump was elected president nearly four years ago, experts expected his policies would end up raising U.S. greenhouse gas emissions significantly. “President Trump has fulfilled that expectation,” said... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Iran said it was self-reliant in its defense and had no need to go on a weapons-buying spree as a United Nations conventional arms embargo... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON – Iran has moved a step closer to re-imprisoning a female human rights advocate for her peaceful expressions of opposition to the nation’s Islamist rulers. Speaking to VOA... Read more »
VOA— WASHINGTON – The African diaspora in the United States is mobilizing voter drives, as organizers believe 2020 is a time for these voters to flex their political muscle as never before. ... Read more »
VOA — U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci says Americans may want to reconsider their traditional Thanksgiving celebrations due to the conronavirus pandemic. In televised interviews Wednesday and Thursday, the... Read more »