GENEVA – A new study finds the number of people with hypertension has doubled over the last 30 years to 1.28 billion, mostly in developing countries. The study led by Imperial College... Read more »

RFI — Few tourists are wandering the streets of Paris this summer, dashing hopes that the top tourist destination would see brighter days after last year’s pandemic-linked desertion. Hotels are facing a... Read more »

VOA — BEIRUT – The leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group said Thursday that an Iranian fuel tanker will sail toward Lebanon “within hours,” warning Israel and the United States not... Read more »

DW — Foreign nationals in Iran are systematically arrested and detained so the government can use them as leverage to gain political concessions from other countries, including Germany. Read more »

VOA — LONDON – An international system to share coronavirus vaccines was supposed to guarantee that low and middle-income countries could get doses without being last in line and at the mercy... Read more »

VOA — An advisory panel for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously Friday in favor of recommending a third coronavirus vaccine dose to 2.7 million people with weakened... Read more »

VOA — Florida reported a record 21,683 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, making the Southeastern U.S. state the national epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.... Read more »

VOA — The United States is growing more racially diverse as the white population declined over the past decade for the first time in the country’s history, a new detailed look at... Read more »

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Iranians are suffering through yet another surge in the coronavirus pandemic — their country’s worst yet — and anger is growing at images of vaccinated... Read more »