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Senate May Advance Bipartisan Infrastructure Package This Week
The coming week could be make-or-break for a bipartisan plan to fix America’s languishing infrastructure. Michelle Quinn reports. Produced by: Marcus Harton …
DetailsCitizenship Path for ‘Dreamer’ Immigrants in US Remains Uncertain
U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday said he remained adamant about the need to create a pathway for U.S. citizenship for so-called Dreamer immigrants, but it “remains to be seen” if that will be part …
DetailsAfter Floods, German Winemakers Look to Rebuild
Lukas Sermann’s family has been making wine in Germany’s Ahr wine district for almost 300 years. On July 15, a night of flooding and ferocious storms all but wiped them out. The rolling landscapes of …
Details59 Cuban Protesters Prosecuted So Far; Hundreds Were Arrested
Fifty-nine Cubans have been prosecuted so far for participating in unprecedented demonstrations against the government earlier this month, a senior official said Saturday. The charges were minor, and the total number of people detained has …
DetailsSouth Africa Turmoil
On this edition of Encounter, Ambassador Michelle Gavin, senior fellow for Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and former Ambassador to Botswana, and Frans Cronje, CEO of the Johannesburg-based Institute of Race Relations, …
DetailsUS Defense Secretary Heads to Southeast Asia
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is heading to Southeast Asia to unify allies concerned by China’s growing military abilities as the global coronavirus pandemic continues to cripple the region. “It’ll be a really good …
DetailsUN Experts: Africa Became Hardest Hit by Terrorism This Year
Africa became the region hardest hit by terrorism in the first half of 2021 as the Islamic State and al-Qaida extremist groups and their affiliates spread their influence, boasting gains in supporters and territory and …
DetailsGuatemala Ousts Anti-corruption Prosecutor Praised by US
Guatemala’s attorney general has removed the leader of the Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Impunity less than two months after U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris stressed the office’s importance amid a growing push against anti-corruption efforts …
DetailsUS Infrastructure Proposal May Move Forward Despite Senate Stall
Issues in the News moderator Kim Lewis talks with VOA senior diplomatic correspondent, Cindy Saine, and senior reporter for Marketplace, Nancy Marshall-Genzer, about growing congressional challenges on infrastructure, police reform, COVID-19 and the economy facing …
DetailsTo Reach Peace Deal, Taliban Say Afghan President Must Go
The Taliban say they don’t want to monopolize power, but they insist there won’t be peace in Afghanistan until there is a new negotiated government in Kabul and President Ashraf Ghani is removed. In an …
DetailsCDC Director: Delta Variant ‘One of the Most Infectious Respiratory Viruses’
The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rochelle Walensky, said Thursday the delta variant of the coronavirus that results in COVID-19 “is one of the most infectious respiratory viruses we know …
DetailsVOA Interview: Nord Stream 2 ‘Should Never Become Operational,’ Ukraine Energy Company Says
Nord Stream 2, the gas pipeline project designed to double the volume of Russian gas delivered to Germany via the Baltic Sea, continues to be a contentious topic in U.S.-European relations. It was hoped a …
DetailsOver 600,000 Notified to Quarantine in British ‘Pingdemic’
Over 600,000 users of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service’s (NHS) COVID-19 test and trace app were “pinged” alerts recommending self-isolation earlier this month. In what has been dubbed the “pingdemic,” the app told users …
DetailsJournalists Say They Feel Constantly Watched by Pegasus Spyware
Human rights and media rights groups have expressed outrage over revelations that 180 journalists around the world were targeted for surveillance by military-grade Israeli spyware. VOA’s Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports on a widening …
DetailsChina Rejects Second Probe Into Coronavirus Origin
China has rejected the World Health Organization’s proposal for a second phase of its investigation into the origin of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Zeng Yixin, the vice minister of the Chinese National Health Commission, told …
DetailsUS Builds Coordinated Approach on China as Top Officials Head to Asia
Senior U.S. and Chinese diplomats are set to meet Sunday at a time of rising tensions between Washington and Beijing. The U.S. State Department said Wednesday that Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, the …
DetailsAfrica’s Urban Future [simulcast]
In this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams looks at Africa’s urban development. She is joined by Wandile Mthiyane, architect and CEO of Ubuntu Design Group, Emana Nsikan-George, climate researcher and sustainability practitioner on …
DetailsAfrica’s Urban Future
In this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams looks at Africa’s urban development. She is joined by Wandile Mthiyane, architect and CEO of Ubuntu Design Group, Emana Nsikan-George, climate researcher and sustainability practitioner on …
DetailsPfizer, BioNTech Agree to Produce COVID-19 Vaccine for Africa
Pfizer and BioNTech have reached an agreement with a South African company to produce their COVID-19 vaccine for distribution in Africa, the biotechnology companies said Wednesday. The Biovac Institute in Cape Town will manufacture 100 …
DetailsHong Kong Police Arrest Another Apple Daily Editor Under Security Law
A former senior editor of Hong Kong’s shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily was arrested by national security police on Wednesday morning. A police source told AFP that former executive editor-in-chief Lam Man-chung had been detained. In a statement, …
DetailsUS Strikes Al-Shabab in Somalia for First Time in Six Months
Somali commandos coming under attack from the al-Shabab terror group got some help from above, for the first time in months, in the form of a U.S. airstrike. The Pentagon late Tuesday confirmed U.S. forces …
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