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China has been producing patriotic films for local audiences while tightening control over its film industry, causing Hollywood to fear if its films will still be accepted in China’s lucrative market
This year’s holiday season is gearing up to be spectacular. Holiday buying will be impacted by supply chain concerns, the pandemic, inflation, and online sales, according to experts
Visually handicapped people, particularly in developing countries like Zimbabwe, have a difficult time getting ahead. However, Zimbabwe’s High Court bench recently appointed its first visually impaired judge
Parts of the world that were long assumed to be permanently frozen are melting, posing problems for countries like Russia, which has extensive swaths of permafrost
In the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted women in their mid-career and older. Around 40% have had at least one job interruption, and 70% of those who have remained unemployed for six months or longer have done so
A look at cerebral palsy in Cameroon, as well as the plight of children with the condition. A doctor offers some advice on how to deal with bloating and digestion problems. Also, how a female genital mutilation survivor is fighting the practise in a Kenyan Somali community
President of the Human Rights Council and Permanent Representative of Fiji to the United Nations in Geneva, Nazhat Shameem Khan, presents the General Assembly with a report from the Human Rights Council
Afghan artists and activists claim that the Taliban have defaced their murals with their logo and slogans, making it hard for them to operate in Afghanistan
Many people in Ethiopia’s Tigray area have been displaced by civil violence, and there appears to be no end in sight. Heather Murdock of VOA travels to the mostly cut-off fighting zone, as well as refugee camps in neighbouring Sudan, to tell the story of a complex political situation and escalating humanitarian catastrophe
The value and security of downtown Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest metropolis, have been degraded by dilapidated and dangerous “hijacked” buildings — abandoned assets taken over by slumlords. However, a local organisation is recovering and repairing a historic structure to give housing for those who are homeless