AP Fact Check: Faulty Trump Claims on Virus Drug, Vote Fraud

VOA — WASHINGTON – When President Donald Trump doesn’t like the message, he shoots the messenger. So it was this past week when he took very personally a scientific study that should... Read more »

Iranian Fuel Heads Toward Venezuelan Port, More Tankers to Come

VOA — The lead vessel of a five-tanker flotilla carrying fuel supplied by Iran to gasoline-thirsty Venezuela was set to arrive at one of state-run PDVSA’s ports Sunday, escorted by the military,... Read more »

SpaceX’s 1st Astronaut Launch Breaking New Ground for Style

VOA — CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. – The first astronauts launched by SpaceX are breaking new ground for style with hip spacesuits, gull-wing Teslas and a sleek rocketship — all of it white... Read more »

WHO, Other Groups Say COVID-19 Restrictions Put Vaccine Programs at Risk

VOA — Nearly 80 million children under age 1 are at higher risk of preventable diseases such as measles, cholera and polio because of the disruption of routine vaccination programs, according to... Read more »

Can the EU regain its credibility after the pandemic?

DW — Political infighting is nothing new in Brussels, but facing the Covid-19 crisis EU leaders have been far from united. Yet without unity, what is the European Union good for? Our... Read more »

Drug Touted by Trump as COVID-19 Treatment Tied to Increased Death Risk, Study Finds

VOA — WASHINGTON – Malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which U.S. President Donald Trump says he has been taking, is tied to increased risk of death in COVID-19 patients, according to a study published... Read more »

Crackdown Intensifies: Another Teacher Arrested in Tehran

Zamaneh Media — Zeinab Hamrang, an activist teacher, was arrested in Tehran. According to Tehran’s Teachers’ Union telegram channel, security forces arrested Zeinab Hamrang on January 12 in her house in Tehran.... Read more »

Astronauts Arrive at Kennedy Space Center Ahead of May 27 Launch

VOA — NASA and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida have welcomed the two astronauts who, next Wednesday, are scheduled to head to space, becoming the first humans to do so from... Read more »

Iran Says 10,000 Medics Infected as Virus Fears Rise in Mideast

VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN – The coronavirus has infected more than 10,000 health care workers in hard-hit Iran, news outlets reported Thursday, as health officials in war-ravaged Yemen and Gaza expressed mounting... Read more »

US Sanctions Iranian Minister, Top Police Officials for Violent Crackdown

VOA — The U.S. government has imposed sanctions on Iran’s interior minister, senior police officials and a military commander for human rights abuses, including killing peaceful protesters. “The Iranian regime violently suppresses... Read more »