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Japan has accepted some 2,300 Ukrainians under the status of evacuees since the conflict in their country began. For a country that welcomed 74 refugees from all across the world in 2021, this is an unprecedented number.
More than 100 Kenyan traders are suing the government, saying that Chinese-owned companies are illegally undercutting their prices. Many Kenyan consumers are, however, pleased with the competitive prices.
Mina Akbari is again working as a journalist after fleeing Taliban rule in Afghanistan. She is reporting for diaspora media from her new home in Pakistan.
The city of Annapolis in Maryland still honors the people who killed at the Capital Gazette newspaper five years after the single worst attack on U.S. media in history.VOA’s Cristina Caicedo Smit has this report.
According to a recent study, India’s development is at risk because of the health and economic costs associated with more frequent and intense heat waves.
According to the UN, conflict and unrest in Sudan’s western Darfur region have sparked sexual abuse against women. Many people who fled the area to the neighboring country of Chad say that law and order have completely broken down, allowing for an increase in attacks on women.
Herat, a province in western Afghanistan, is well-known for its raisins. According to estimates, the province produces about twenty metric tonnes of the dried fruit year using ancient methods.
Adnan Almousa Alfermli is one of the notable Syrian refugees who Spain took in and has accomplished big things.His goal is to winning a gold medal from the Paralympics.
In Kenya, the number of the world’s tallest animals is declining, and giraffes are considered as endangered species. The regular killing of giraffes for their meat and the harsh effects of climate change, according to officials, result in the loss of four to five of them daily.
As Ukrainians fight to retake Russian- areas as part of their counteroffensive, VOA visits to a reclaimed Ukrainian village that is currently laden with explosives and may take a decade or more to clear.