Keep global spotlight on Haiti as millions go hungry, WFP official says
“We now have five million people in Haiti that are acutely food insecure, of which 1.6 million are classified as facing emergency food insecurity conditions,” said WFP Country Director Jean-Martin Bauer, speaking via videolink to journalists at UN Headquarters in…
Orlando Bloom describes ‘devastating impact’ of DR Congo violence on women and children
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visited the region for the first time this week to see the dire conditions there for himself. “The staggering scale of the conflict in eastern DRC, the horrific level of violence, and its devastating impact…
NASA launches first crewed flight of Boeing Starliner spacecraft to ISS
The new Boeing Starliner has lifted off with NASA astronauts headed to the International Space Station, or ISS. After two previous attempts, the Starliner was launched at 10:52 a.m. local time Wednesday from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral,…
Putin warns Germany on arms supplies to Ukraine
Germany has received a warning from Russian President Vladimir Putin after joining the United States last week and authorizing Ukraine to hit targets on Russian soil along Ukraine’s Kharkiv region border using long-range weapons supplied by Germany. German tanks arriving…
Treasury: the West should stop China from supplying Russia’s war machine
The Ukrainian government continues to find Western-made components in Russian missiles and drones retrieved from the battlefield in Ukraine. Many of the components came through China, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. “Russian intelligence…
Russians target Ukrainian publishing industry, libraries, books, archives
Washington — In late May, the Faktor Druk printing plant in Kharkiv was hit during a missile attack. Serhii Polituchyi, CEO of Faktor Druk Corp., which owns the plant, rushed to the scene, arriving before firefighters, and watched as the…
Panel rejects psychedelic drug MDMA as a PTSD treatment
washington — Federal health advisers voted Tuesday against a first-of-a-kind proposal to begin using the mind-altering drug MDMA as a treatment for PTSD, handing a potentially major setback to advocates who had hoped to win a landmark federal approval and…
Poland renews 200-meter buffer zone on Belarus border to block influx of migrants
Recent violence between soldiers and migrants at the Polish-Belarusian border has prompted the Polish government to increase security and reintroduce a 200-meter buffer zone this week. Poland sees the latest migrant influx from Belarus as a hybrid warfare tactic. VOA…
LogOn: Swarms of drones can be managed by one person
The U.S. military says large groups of drones and ground robots can be managed by a single person without added stress to the operator. In this week’s episode of LogOn, VOA’s Julie Taboh reports the technologies may be beneficial for…
Many Americans still shying away from EVs despite Biden’s push, poll finds
Washington — Many Americans still aren’t sold on going electric for their next car purchase. High prices and a lack of easy-to-find charging stations are major sticking points, a new poll shows. About 4 in 10 U.S. adults say they…