Headlines- As the military adopts a "offensive and asymmetrical" defense strategy, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), according to its spokesperson Hossein Mohebi, threatens to invade any country that strikes it.
- In an apparent jab at US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, French President Emmanuel Macron criticized world leaders on Wednesday for making "stupid" remarks regarding the rioting and looting that broke out on the fringes of nationwide protests in France on Saturday.
- A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury decided that the business tricked users in a case related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
- The Vatican said on Wednesday that Pope Leo XIV, 71, will not need any further lung cancer treatment after testing revealed the disease was localized.
- Despite multiple accusations dating back to 2009, an unnamed teenager who alleged she was sexually assaulted at a University of Chicago fraternity house has filed a lawsuit, claiming the fraternity did not take sufficient action to prevent sexual attacks.
Category: Video Report
COVID Ecuador Guayaquil Health Crisis
Ecuador is struggling to cope with mounting cases of coronavirus infections, now numbering more than 4,400 according to a Johns Hopkins University monitoring site. Almost 250 people have died from the illness, with the port city of Guayaquil the hardest hit. So many people have died there that the morgues are filled, and the bodies of other victims are going uncollected
Street Performer Starts Feeding The Homeless...
Just a few months ago, a woman named Princess Dumebi worked as a street performer on Hollywood Boulevard. However, after the coronavirus pandemic hit California, she – like hundreds of thousands of other people in the country – lost her job. But she refused to stay at home doing nothing
Good News-COVID-Homemade Face Masks
There’s a chronic shortage of Personal Protection Equipment for medical professionals across the U.S., including respirator masks that help protect them from the coronavirus. But U.S. authorities are now recommending all Americans use face covers to help contain the spread of the deadly virus. So now ordinary Americans are taking it upon themselves to make homemade facemasks — one person at a time — in the battle against this invisible enemy
COVID Rome Easter
It is usually the most crowded week of the year in the Eternal City, but for the first time in recorded history, Rome – including the Vatican – are deserted on Holy Week as travel and fear of contagion keep thousands of pilgrims away.
Pandemic Prague: Streets Almost Deserted During...
Until the coronavirus crisis, the Czech capital was one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world and its streets were jammed with tourists. Now, a national state of emergency is in effect, the borders are mostly closed, and everyone in the country is required to cover their face in public
Rooms Without A View: Presidential Banner...
Residents of an apartment block in the northern Tajik city of Khujand say a giant banner of the country’s authoritarian president, Emomali Rahmon, has been blocking their view — and light — for a year. They say local authorities are too fearful of the president to do anything about it
Smart Thermometer Shows Fevers Dropping in...
the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, one sign that social distancing measures may be working is that people’s temperatures – a symptom of the virus – are dropping in some cities in the U.S., according to a smart thermometer company. The data could give health officials an early look into how the virus is progressing
Robot Waiters Speak and Serve Food...
Collaborative robots known as “cobots” are becoming big business. Restaurants in the U.S. and in countries around the world are using robots at restaurants. According to BIS Research, in 2018, the cobot market registered a revenue of $580.8 million and is projected to reach $9.13 billion by 2024
COVID 19 South Sudan Preparedness
South Sudan on Sunday announced its first confirmed coronavirus infection, a United Nations staff member, becoming one the last African countries to confirm the virus. But, years of civil war and low funding have left the world’s youngest nation with a fragile healthcare system, raising fears that the virus – if left unchecked – could quickly spread
Reporter’s Diary from Islamabad
VOA’s Islamabad correspondent Ayesha Tanzeem grapples with the work from home restrictions and the competing guilt of either not reporting on the human suffering around her, or putting the health of her crew at risk