VOA — CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY — Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors finalized nationwide settlements over their role in the opioid addiction crisis Friday, an announcement that clears the way... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI — Iran will continue to enrich uranium to 20% purity even after sanctions on it are lifted and a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers is revived, Iranian news... Read more »
VOA — More than half of U.S. abortions are now done with pills rather than surgery, an upward trend that spiked during the pandemic with the increase in telemedicine, a report released... Read more »
VOA — The number of children in America living in poverty jumped dramatically after just one month without the expanded child tax credit payments, according to a new study. Advocates fear the... Read more »
VOA — The U.S. maternal mortality rate — already the worst in the industrialized world — rose in 2020 to its highest level in half a century, with Black women three times... Read more »
VOA — Talks on restoring a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program and ease sanctions are near conclusion, a Russian envoy said on Tuesday, and sources close to the negotiations said a... Read more »
VOA — THE WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Joe Biden cut off the Russian government from international financing on Tuesday and imposed sanctions on two large banks, declaring that its actions in... Read more »
DW — The move follows the Russian president's recognition of self-proclaimed separatist territories in eastern Ukraine as "independent." Western countries condemned the decision and vowed new sanctions. Read more »
VOA — TEHRAN, IRAN — An Iranian fighter jet crashed Monday in a residential area of the northwestern city of Tabriz killing three people, including two crew, state television reported. The head... Read more »
VOA — Iranian lawmakers have urged President Ebrahim Raisi to obtain guarantees from the United States and three European countries that they won’t exit the nuclear deal being renegotiated in Vienna, Iranian... Read more »