This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Marissa Melton. U.S. President Joe Biden signed executive orders Tuesday to continue dismantling former President Donald Trump's restrictive immigration policies. During the signing, Biden said I'm not making new law...
This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Marissa Melton. The World Health Organization noted Monday that globally the number of new coronavirus cases fell for the third consecutive week. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called this encour...
Clashes broke out Sunday in the impoverished Lebanese city of Tripoli. It was the latest violence between security forces and protesters furious at the economic fallout of strict coronavirus lockdown measures. Protesters took to the streets of Lebano...
This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Marissa Melton. Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the ruling party have been detained in an early morning raid. This is according to a spokesman for the governing National League for Democ...
Europe's battle to secure COVID-19 vaccines intensified on Thursday as it threated to use legal means, and even block exports, to ensure supply. Reuters Lucy Fielder reports. European Council President Charles Michel said in a letter to four EU leade...
This is VOA news. Reporting by remote, I'm David Byrd. President Joe Biden has taken his first steps to reverse the Trump administration's health care policies. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday, Biden said he signed two executive...
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Antony Blinken to be the secretary of state, paving the way for the Biden administration's eventual reversal of the Trump administration's isolationist policies. Blinken was confirmed by a 72-22 vote to serve as the coun...
This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Marissa Melton. (From) For the first time since his inauguration, U.S. President Joe Biden spoke Tuesday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, expressing concerns about the arrest of dissident Alexei Navalny, Moscow's...
The office of the French president said Sunday that French President Emmanuel Macron and new U.S. President Joe Biden are in agreement on climate change and how to fight coronavirus. The two leaders spoke by phone on Sunday, also discussing their wil...
This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Marissa Melton. The Kremlin in Russia on Sunday accused the United States of interfering in Russia's domestic affairs and downplayed the scale of the weekend's protests, when tens of thousands rallied in support of j...
