2021-12-31 Flu Is Making a Comeback in US After an Unusual Year Off
Flu season has arrived in the United States, after taking an unusual year off. Flu hospitalizations are rising, and at…
2021-12-31 Hollywood Movies Come Back in 2021, But Will It Last?
Goodbye, 2021. A year ago we reported about the “strong” opening of the movie Wonder Woman 1984. That movie received…
2021-12-31 China Hopes For ‘Green’ Olympics But Prepares to Fight Smog
China is using the Winter Olympic Games to strengthen its efforts to improve the environment. But Beijing, where the Games…
2021-12-30 Japan Details Plans for Releasing Fukushima Water into Sea
Japan’s government says it will treat radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear center and pipe it into the sea.…
2021-12-30 Russia Orders Human Rights Group to Close
The Russian Supreme court ruled Tuesday to close down a human rights organization. The group, called Memorial International, recorded historical…
2021-12-30 Biden Has Made Limited Changes to Immigration Policy
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden criticized the administration of then-president Donald Trump for its immigration policies. Biden also promised…
2021-12-29 Indonesia Permits Boat Carrying Rohingya Refugees to Land
Indonesia has permitted a boat carrying Rohingya refugees to land off the country’s northernmost province of Aceh. The wooden boat…
2021-12-29 Hong Kong Media Faced Big Changes in 2021
In Hong Kong, law enforcement officials forced the closure of media company Stand News on Wednesday and arrested six current…
2021-12-29 Taliban Fires Guns to Break Up Women’s Protest in Kabul
VOA spoke to people in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday who said they saw Taliban security forces fire guns in the…
2021-12-28 U.S. Likely to Have More Deaths in 2021 than in 2020
The United States counted the most deaths ever in 2020. However, statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
2021-12-27 South African Human Rights Leader Archbishop Desmond Tutu Remembered
Flowers are placed on a fence surround a portrait of former Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu outside St. George’s Cathedral in…
2021-12-27 Syrian Migrants Face Cold, Danger to Reach Europe
Twenty-nine-year-old Bushra started her trip to Europe from Erbil, Iraq in late September. The Syrian and ethnic Kurd was a…
2021-12-26 Researchers Re-create Ancient Instruments
Ancient bells and organ pipes from the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem gave researchers the idea to re-create music…
2021-12-26 Millions of Somalis Need Lifesaving Assistance
The United Nations estimates that half of Somalia’s population, about 7.7 million people, will require humanitarian assistance and protection in…
2021-12-25 Freezing in the Alps, Migrants Find Warm Locals
Volunteers are working along the border of Italy and France to keep migrants from getting killed or injured by the…