Headlines- Two days after catastrophic flash flood struck the border between China and Nepal, rescue workers have resumed searching for hundreds of people who are still missing.
- At least 538 people killed and another 1,300 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
- Iran's President Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf met with Qatar's prime minister and foreign minister to discuss ongoing efforts to defuse the situation in the region.
- According to Iran's security chief, Moshen Rezaei, his country is preparing together a list of conditions to submit to the United States in order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
- In an attempt to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America," US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday, further escalating his conflict with Canada and its prime minister.
- Mazloum Abdi, the leader of the now-dissolved Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has been named presidential advisor by Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
Month: July 2022
Chinese-American Author Slams Movie Distributors Over...
Chinese-American author Geling Yan has hit out at the companies involved in releasing a Zhang Yimou film based on one of her novels outside China without crediting her
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
During his speech to the United Nations Security Council, Saurabh Kumar, Secretary (East) of India’s Ministry of External Affairs, discusses the need of strategic communications for effective peacekeeping and how the UN conducts its peacekeeping missions
Gun Deaths Frustration:Entrepreneurs Turn to Technology
Some technologists are focusing on how to prevent casualties as the U.S. reels from a recent wave of mass shootings.VOA’s Julie Taboh spoke with a couple of entrepreneurs who have developed technologies for detectecting guns
Somali Livestock Farmers Forced to Live...
Normally, Somalia is one of the main exporters of livestock to the Middle East, particularly around the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. However, a record drought in the Horn of Africa has killed millions of animals, leaving Somali livestock farmers in a difficult situation—some are even being forced to live in displaced persons’ camps
Colorado’s First Sober Bar Offers Alcohol...
According to health officials, one effect of the coronavirus lockdowns was that more people drank alcohol more frequently, with the World Health drank wpublicarning of increased health concerns and a rise in risky behaviours. Svitlana Prystynska takes us to a bar with a unique approach to drinking as more bars begin to
Kyiv Volunteers Set Up Food Kitchens...
The beleaguered residents of the nearly destroyed village of Borodyanka, just outside of Ukraine’s capital, are receiving hundreds of meals daily from volunteers from Kyiv
In Thailand’s Weed Wonderland,Who Will Win?
After the government just made cannabis cultivation and possession, with some restrictions, legal, Thailand has entered a weed frenzy
In Ukraine Photo of Boy Becomes...
The world was shocked when a photo of 6-year-old Vlad in Bucha, Ukraine, standing in his yard next to his mother’s grave went viral. During Russian invasion, Bucha witnessed some of the most horrifying incidents. During the Russian occupation, the family was forced to take refuge in the basement, where Marina Naumetz, Vlad’s mother,died
Stolen African donkeys Used to...
You might assume that donkeys are ubiquitous, yet for many people in rural Africa, they are a lifeline. Some countries are now concerned that they may even go extinct. Chinese traditional medicine known as ejiao is made from donkey skins, which are stolen and cruelly butchered by local criminal gangs to supply the market