75 Million Americans Have Already Voted

VOA — WASHINGTON – Americans are voting early for next Tuesday’s presidential election in unprecedented numbers, a product of strong feelings for or against the two main candidates and a desire to... Read more »

Iran Sentences Protesters to Long Prison Terms, Thousands of Lashes

VOA — WASHINGTON – Iran has imposed harsh sentences on 36 residents of a southwestern city who joined the nation’s last major wave of anti-government protests in November 2019, according to a... Read more »

From Cold War to Gray War: Internet Conflict Intensifying

VOA — A former top security adviser to Boris Johnson has revealed that Britain has launched recently a series of covert cyber-based attacks on Russian leaders and their interests to “impose a... Read more »

US election: How Donald Trump has changed global foreign policy

DW — US President Donald Trump's handling of foreign policy during his first term in office has had repercussions around the world, forcing issues into the spotlight and shaping how diplomatic communication... Read more »

Once Appointed, US Supreme Court Justices Have a Job for Life, But Should They?

VOA — U.S. Supreme Court justices have a job for life once they’re nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. But a majority of Americans would like to see that... Read more »

Source: Iran Denies Humanitarian Measures to Mother, Daughter Jailed for Protesting Compulsory Hijabs

VOA — WASHINGTON – Iran has made the imprisonment of a mother and her daughter who campaigned against its compulsory public veiling of women harsher – denying the daughter medical care and... Read more »

Moderna Enrolls 30,000 Diverse Americans in Phase 3 Trials

VOA — Moderna Therapeutics, one of many companies conducting COVID-19 vaccine trials, said Thursday that it had completed the enrollment of about 30,000 participants for a third phase. The biotechnology firm said... Read more »

FBI says Iran and Russia have US voter information

  BBC — US national security officials say Iran was responsible for sending threatening emails to Democratic voters ahead of next month’s presidential election. The emails appeared to come from a far-right... Read more »

Coronavirus survives for 9 hours on human skin, four times longer than flu – study

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 »

No Coronavirus Vaccine Before US Election

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 »