President-elect Joe Biden is criticizing the Trump administration for the pace of COVID-19 vaccine distribution. He also said, things will get worse before they get better when it comes to the pandemic. The president-elect made the statement during r...
This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Liz Parker. The U.S. Senate majority leader introduced legislation on Tuesday that would link $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks to other President Donald Trump requests, specifically involving social media company legal...
Russian officials said Monday that the country recorded more than 240,000 more deaths in April through November, 2020 than during the same period last year. The number is significantly higher than the country's pandemic death toll of 55,265. The exce...
This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Liz Parker. The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to increase COVID-19 relief checks for most Americans. The vote Monday now sends the bill to the Senate where the outcome is uncertain. President Don...
Next, an editorial reflecting the views of the United States government. For nearly ten years, Syria has been abusing its people in the worst ways possible. The regime, led by Bashar al Assad, has attacked peaceful protestors with tanks and guns. It...
Next, an editorial reflecting the views of the United States government. The sixteen days between International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, observed on November 25th, and Human Rights Day, celebrated on December 10th, are dedic...
The Justice Department for the United States has also unsealed charges against a Libyan bomb maker in the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, (s..., sc...) Scotland. The attack killed 259 people in the air and an additional 11 on the...
This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Liz Parker. 这里是美国之音新闻。我是利兹帕克，为您进行远程播报。 Trucks waiting to get into Britain are backing up for miles. People are stranded at airports as countries imposed stringent t...
The German government has brought home three women and 12 children from refugee camps in northeastern Syria. The camps hold families of Islamic State fighters. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Sunday, The repatriation was based on humanitarian gro...
This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Liz Parker. 这里是美国之音新闻。我是利兹帕克，为您进行远程播报。 U.S. congressional leaders have reached a deal on a coronavirus relief package. The $900 billion package will provide the fir...
Three hundred and forty-four boys were released Thursday after being abducted last week by Boko Haram from their school in northern Nigeria. According to the governor of Katsina state, some of the boys remain missing. He said that they have recovered...
This is VOA news. Reporting by remote, I'm David Byrd. A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recommended emergency use of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine. We get more from AP's Mike Gracia. The COVID-19 vaccine from M...
The U.N. says over two million children in the Tigray region of Ethiopia have been cut off from humanitarian assistance for over a month. UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore says the U.N. is prepared to provide essential services to (malnutritio...
This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Jim Bertel. A day after the Electoral College confirmed Joe Biden is the U.S. president-elect, the White House is still not ready to concede. AP's Sagar Meghani reports. A day after the Electoral College confirmed Bi...
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged world leaders to declare states of climate emergency in their countries to spur action to avoid catastrophic global warming. Guterres said that economic recovery packages launched in the wake of the c...
