Gaza: First polio case confirmed in war-shattered enclave
Head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed deep concern at the development and said that the infant, from Deir Al Balah, developed paralysis in the lower left leg but is now in a stable condition….
Cholera spreads as Sudan grapples with rains and displacement
Port Sudan — For the second consecutive year Sudan is in the grip of a cholera outbreak that has left at least 28 people dead in the last month as rains fall in areas crammed with those fleeing the country’s…
Fed Chief: ‘The time has come’ to begin reducing interest rates
JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming — With inflation nearly defeated and the job market cooling, the Federal Reserve is prepared to start cutting its key interest rate from its current 23-year high, Chair Jerome Powell said Friday. Powell did not say when…
Second set of giant panda cubs born in Berlin
BERLIN — The Berlin Zoo announced Friday that longtime resident giant panda Meng Meng has given birth to twins — for a second time. The cubs were born on Thursday, the zoo said in a statement. They were born only…
Russia accuses Ukraine of trying to attack Kursk nuclear power plant with drone
moscow — Russia accused Ukraine on Friday of trying to attack the Kursk nuclear power station overnight in what it called an act of “nuclear terrorism,” days before the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog is due to visit the…
India’s Modi meets with Zelenskyy in Kyiv
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Kyiv on Friday for meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, weeks after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The visit to Kyiv is the first by an Indian leader since Ukraine…
FDA approves new COVID-19 vaccines
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved on Thursday updated COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna designed to target currently circulating COVID-19 strains and offer better protections against the virus’s severe symptoms. The pharmaceutical companies are set to begin…
Volcano in Iceland erupts for sixth time since December
COPENHAGEN, denmark — A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday, the meteorological office said, spraying red-hot lava and smoke in its sixth outbreak since December. “An eruption has begun. Work is under way to find out the location of…
UN agencies help in attempts to contain mpox in south, east Africa
Harare, Zimbabwe — The United Nations said Thursday it is working with governments and health officials in Eastern and Southern Africa to contain the outbreak of mpox there. UNICEF, the World Health Organization and the Africa Centers for Disease Control…
Growth of rooftop solar power generation threatens grid in Pakistan
A green revolution is sweeping Pakistan as consumers switch to generating their own solar electricity. But as VOA Pakistan bureau chief Sarah Zaman reports, the move to the increasingly affordable, green option may also cause a crisis for the national…