Thailand Hotel Workers Rely on Aid...

Thailand’s tourism industry accounts for about 20% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product. As restrictions ease, many workers in the service industry are facing a growing struggle, with depleted savings and rising debts

Help Nigerian Children Ravaged by War...

Children who escape Boko Haram territory face a raft of violations by the Nigerian authorities, also including crimes under international law. At best, they end up displaced, struggling for survival and with little or no access to education. At worst, they are arbitrarily detained for years in military barracks, in conditions amounting to torture or other ill-treatment.

NASA Launch Marks New Era in...

When NASA’s Space Shuttle program ended in 2011, few thought it would take more than eight years for U.S. astronauts to launch back into orbit from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. But as VOA’s Kane Farabaugh reports, hopes ride high on a new “space race” of privately developed launch systems ushering in a new era of U.S. space exploration

Pregnant Tanzanian Woman Shares Her Fears...

Like many expectant mothers, makeup artist Merry Mwihava was delighted to learn that she would be welcoming a new child into the world. But when Merry lost her job during the pandemic, she was forced to tap into her creative talents to find inventive ways to feed her family. A Coming Joy Wrapped in Fears …

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COVID-19: Spanish Tourism Industry

Airline industry analysts say the coronavirus pandemic has left 16,000 passenger airplanes parked around the world. Some are preparing to rev their engines up again as countries begin to relax their travel restrictions and prepare for summer vacationers – albeit in much lower numbers

Myanmar’s Rakhine State Revokes Order Evicting...

The May 14 order was revoked on May 19, frustrating members of the Rohingya community originally displaced from their homes in Sittwe’s Seyton Su Muslim

COVID-19 Impacting the Mental Wellbeing of...

The coronavirus has hit South Africa harder than any other country on the continent. So far it has infected more than 22-thousand people and killed more than 400. But the disease is also impacting the mental wellbeing of many people coping with social isolation and the economic impact of the virus

COVID-19: Syrian Refugees Facing Crisis

Syrian refugees in Turkey are reeling from the pandemic lockdown that has put most of them out of work. Families say in Syria, they hid in their homes, fearing bombs or bullets outside. Now they are locked down fearing the virus, homelessness and hunger

North Korea Executes Couple For Trying...

The Korea Institute for National Unification revealed in its ‘White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea in 2020’ that, released on May 11, that even after Kim Jong Un took office as the chairman of the State Council, public executions have continued

COVID-19: Kenya ID Celebration Under Lockdown

Nairobi, the residents of Eastleigh, a predominantly Somali neighborhood celebrated Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, in lockdown after the government extended the movement in and out of the area for another two weeks. Some families say they have never experienced an Islamic celebration like this one