VOA — GENEVA — The World Health Organization has declared the COVID-19 pandemic to be over as a global health emergency. “However, that does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global... Read more »
VOA — ATHENS — Israel’s defense minister said Thursday that Iran could have enough enriched uranium for five nuclear weapons and warned Tehran that proceeding to weapons-grade enrichment could “ignite the region.”... Read more »
VOA — The Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank, raised its benchmark interest rate by another quarter percentage point on Wednesday but signaled that it could pause further increases as it watches... Read more »
VOA — CAPITOL HILL — U.S. lawmakers called for an enforceable code of ethics for justices on the nation’s highest court Tuesday, saying recent concerns have once again highlighted that the U.S.... Read more »
VOA — NEW ORLEANS — U.S. President Joe Biden’s announcement that he will run for reelection in 2024 has left voters in his own Democratic party divided and generated far less immediate... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Homeland Security chief Sunday pledged to use existing U.S. immigration laws to process thousands of migrants expected to try to cross its southwestern border with Mexico... Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — Four thousand Iranian petrochemical workers on strike over pay and conditions in an energy-producing region of the country’s south will be sacked and replaced, state media reported.... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — The United States needs to speed up its diplomatic efforts in the Pacific island region in the face of Chinese competition, a U.S. diplomat said Friday, adding that... Read more »
VOA — WHITE HOUSE — The Biden administration on Thursday announced new sanctions against the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and the intelligence arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for... Read more »
VOA — Montana statehouse Republicans on Wednesday silenced Democratic transgender legislator Zooey Zephyr from floor debates for breaking decorum after she said lawmakers who backed a ban on gender-affirming health care for... Read more »