Headlines- A strike on Sunday evening at Riyadh's international airport has resulted in more injuries, and the number of fatalities has increased since over a dozen people were killed at the main aviation facility the day before.
- The Ansar Allah Houthis and Yemeni government forces are engaged in fierce fighting over the vital city of Taiz.
- A human rights group reported on Sunday that airstrikes targeting artisanal gold miners in a disputed border area between Sudan and Egypt had killed at least 72 workers.
- Pope Leo XIV said on Sunday that he will have surgery in the "next few days" after medical professionals found a nodule on his lung.
- The reform agenda of nationalist Prime Minister Janez Jansa, which the opposition has called "authoritarian," suffered a setback when Slovenians narrowly rejected a government bill in a referendum on Sunday.
- After his social media posts were purportedly blocked on the company's platforms, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused tech giant Meta of meddling in the election on Saturday.
Month: June 2020
Ugandan Creates COVID Shield for Motorcycles
As part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, a Ugandan innovator has come up with a plastic shield for motorcycles to protect both driver and passenger. The shield is seen as not just reducing body contact, which could spread the virus, but also added security for motorcycle taxi drivers
Africa’s Only Virtual Pro Golf Tour...
In the United States, professional golf tournaments have restarted. But for professional players and fans of pro golf in Southern Africa real life tournaments are still on hold. Despite the COVID cancellations players are still finding ways to show off their skills for fun, honor, charity and even money
Repurposed HIV Drug Ineffective in Treating...
Lopinavir-ritonavir made no difference in short-term mortality rates, hospital stay lengthsor illness progression to ventilation. The results do not include patients on ventilators because of how difficult it is to administer drugs to them
I Support the Girls Music
Women who have fallen on hard times may not be able to afford critical needs, such as feminine hygiene products or undergarments. Dana Marlowe, founder and CEO of I Support the Girls, provides these much-needed products and bras, and talks to VOA’s Lisa Vohra about how a trip to a lingerie store set her on a path to helping underprivileged women around the world
NYC Roosevelt Statue
Amid anti-racism protests that have been going on in the United States, several controversial statues have been taken down by localities or forcibly removed by protestors. One of the next ones to go will be NYC’s statue of Theodore Roosevelt that has been in front of the American Museum of Natural History since 1939
WHO Chief: COVID Pandemic Accelerating, ‘Not...
The World Health Organization (WHO) director general says the coronavirus pandemic is “not even close to being over” and that the outbreak is accelerating globally. At his usual press briefing from Geneva Monday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that Tuesday marks six months since the U.N. health agency was first informed of a cluster of unusual …
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UN Security Council Members Hold Open...
Susannah Sirkin, Director of Policy and Senior Advisor at Physicians for Human Rights, addresses United Nations Security Council members during an open videoconference in connection with the Middle East (Syria)
India Urged to Rethink Its Policy...
India must now “be bolder” in considering its policy regarding questions on Tibet, deputy speaker of Tibet’s India-based exile parliament Yeshi Phuntsok told RFA’s Tibetan Service in an interview last week
In a Kenyan Slum, Grassroots Organizing...
In Nairobi’s Kibera neighborhood, those who depend on day-to-day wages have been hit hardest by the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. While Kenya’s government is providing some support, a local charity has formed to pick up the slack. The “Adopt a Family” campaign connects well-off Kenyan families with those less fortunate during the COVID-19 pandemic. So far, the initiative has connected more than 400 families, providing relief to many families in desperate need
COVID-19: Homelessness
Locking down at home is one of the strategies that authorities in the United States have relied on to reduce the spread of COVID-19. But how does that work for the almost 600,000 people who are homeless in the U.S.