Headlines
  • At a site that was the target of hostile Iranian attacks, a fire was brought under control..
  • On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said that attacks on Iran "will continue until I say it's enough."
  • Early on Wednesday, air defenses around the Bushehr nuclear power station in southern Iran were activated, according to Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency.
  • According to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), U.S. forces have resumed their naval blockade of vessels traveling to and from Iranian ports.
  • In a statement to Iran's leaders at the Negev Conference, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel would become aggressive if tensions persisted.
  • Over the past two days, as the U.S.-Iran war has resumed, including Iranian strikes on cargo ships, the price of crude oil has shot up.

Tag: Coronavirus Status

February 16, 2021

Mixed Messages From WHO Wuhan Investigation...

A World Health Organization (WHO) team sent to Wuhan to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic has sent out mixed signals regarding the transparency of the probe, Chinese commentators said on Monday

February 12, 2021

COVID-19 Harms Efforts to Eradicate Malaria...

A warning by the World Health Organization that the COVID-19 pandemic could harm efforts to eradicate malaria appears to be coming true in Nigeria. Nigerian officials say people are refusing to get treatment for fear of catching the virus at a clinic

February 11, 2021

Moscow Mass Vaccination

Across global cities big and small, the coronavirus pandemic has forced a shutdown of cultural life. But that’s changing in the Russian capital, where a mass vaccination program is in full swing

February 6, 2021

Mother + Teacher + Pandemic

Meet Janessa Ford! A first grade teacher who balances teaching her students remotely while overseeing her own kindergartner’s online studies

February 4, 2021

Pakistan Begins Providing COVID-19 Vaccines

Pakistan’s government began administering the COVID-19 vaccine this week, saying it’s on track to achieve its targets. As VOA’s Ayesha Tanzeem reports from Islamabad, the opposition says the government is doing too little, too late

February 3, 2021

COVID-19 Pop-up Tents Become a Common...

COVID-19 testing tents are popping up in the French capital as extensions of local pharmacies that allow people to walk in and get a free COVID screening

January 31, 2021

Music of Zimbabwean Artiste Vusa Mangena

Zimbabwean musician, Vusa Mangena, singing about the deadly COVID-19 pandemic

January 27, 2021

Tourism Economy Dependent on Tourism, Exports

Heavily dependent on tourism and exports, Thailand is one of Asia’s worst-hit economies by the coronavirus. Now as a second wave strikes, an unpopular government is desperately trying to avoid more economic damage

Explainer: History of Vaccines

If you want to protect yourself from disease, you get a shot in the arm. But this was not always the case. Who developed the first vaccine and where?

January 25, 2021

California’s Disneyland Resort Opens as ‘Super’...

Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, will become the first mass vaccination site for the COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Orange County

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