RFI — Turkey’s highly publicised arrest of alleged Iranian agents is the latest sign of growing tensions between the two neighbors, as Turkey expands its influence in the Caucasus region at Iran’s... Read more »
VOA — The price of U.S. consumer goods, such as food, fuel and rent, rose at the fastest pace since 1982 in November, according to a Department of Labor report Friday. The... Read more »
VOA — While the COVID-19 pandemic lingers on, one might not know it by looking at 2021’s most searched items on Google. According to the list released by Google Wednesday, “NBA” was... Read more »
VOA — WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Joe Biden has opened a virtual Summit for Democracy that is bringing together world leaders, civil society and the private sector to "set forth an... Read more »
VOA — The omicron variant is making headlines as the world’s newest strain of coronavirus. In the United States, where nearly 200,000 new coronavirus cases were reported Tuesday by Johns Hopkins University,... Read more »
WASHINGTON — When the leaders of more than 100 countries gather virtually in a Summit for Democracy sponsored by the Biden administration next week, groups focused on human rights and civil society... Read more »
VOA — GENEVA — The United Nations is appealing for a record $41 billion to help 183 million of the world’s most vulnerable people suffering from multiple crises, including poverty, hunger, conflict,... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON — The Biden administration in its new HIV/AIDS strategy calls racism “a public health threat” that must be fully recognized as the world looks to end the epidemic. The... Read more »
VOA — JOHANNESBURG — U.S. President Joe Biden announced the United States will restrict travel from South Africa and seven other countries, effective Monday. Read more »
VOA — CLEVELAND, OHIO — CVS, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacies recklessly distributed massive amounts of pain pills in two Ohio counties, a federal jury said Tuesday in a verdict that could set... Read more »