Rich Nations Dip into COVAX Supply While Poor Wait for Shots

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 »

Westerners Rush to Leave Kabul, Rescue Afghans

VOA — The chop of U.S. military helicopters whisking American diplomats to Kabul’s airport on Sunday punctuated a frantic rush by thousands of other foreigners and Afghans to flee to safety as... Read more »

US FDA Authorizes Third Shot of Pfizer or Moderna for At-risk Group

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 »

US Warns 9/11 Anniversary Could Inspire Extremist Attacks

VOA — WASHINGTON – The upcoming 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks as well as approaching religious holidays could inspire extremist attacks, the Department of Homeland Security said in a terrorism alert... Read more »

Florida Sets Daily Record of More Than 21,000 COVID-19 Cases

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 »

Afghanistan: Taliban offensive puts Iran in a bind

DW — The situation along the border between Afghanistan and Iran remains tense as more and more Afghans, including soldiers, flee to escape the Taliban offensive. Read more »

US Population Diversifying, as Number of Whites Declines for First Time

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 »

Delta Variant Surge Changing Attitudes About Getting Vaccinated

VOA — NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – Stephen Feehily lives in a suburb of New Orleans, Louisiana, an area where, as in much of the American South, hesitancy to get vaccinated against COVID-19... Read more »

In Iran, Slow Vaccinations Fuel Anger in Unending Pandemic

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 »

Iran’s New President Presents Conservative Cabinet List

VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Iran’s new president presented a Cabinet dominated by hard-liners on Wednesday, state TV reported, providing one of the first glimpses into the policies he might... Read more »