Instagram is blocking posts that mention abortion from public view, in some cases requiring its users to confirm their age before letting them view posts that offer up information about…
more ...Scientists’ Model Uses Google Search Data to Forecast COVID Hospitalizations
Future waves of COVID-19 might be predicted using internet search data, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports. In the study, researchers watched the number of COVID-related…
more ...Egyptian Women in Work: Between Barriers and Dreams
In male-dominated Egypt, the workforce participation rate among women and girls ages 15 and older is an estimated 15%, falling below the Middle East-North Africa region’s average of 19%, according…
more ...African Continental FTA Challenged by Bureaucracy, Poor Infrastructure
The African Continental Free Trade Area has been operating for more than a year with the aim of cutting red tape to expand inter-African trade and lift millions of people…
more ...Biden Offers Alternative to China Development Juggernaut at G7 Summit
This week, the Group of Seven leaders launched a $600 billion global infrastructure initiative they say will compete with China’s Belt and Road Initiative. VOA White House correspondent Anita Powell…
more ...NASA Completes Historic Rocket Launch in Outback Australia
NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has successfully completed its first rocket launch from a commercial space facility outside of the United States. A 13-meter rocket blasted off Monday…
more ...Sri Lanka Runs Out of Fuel
Sri Lanka has run out of fuel, according to a report Monday in the country’s Daily Mirror newspaper. The 1,100 tons of petrol and 7,500 tons of diesel the country…
more ...G-7 Summit to Address Global Threats
U.S. President Joe Biden comes to the Group of Seven summit with the war in Ukraine showing no signs of stopping and China’s ambition spreading. The White House says they…
more ...Despite Strong Summer Start, Europe’s Aviation Industry Frets
Air traffic is booming this summer, but after European vacations are over will passenger demand hold up? The question was the focus of the annual congress of the Airports Council…
more ...US Farmers Welcome Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
Before the 2016 presidential election, Illinois farmer Brian Duncan looked to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement between the United States and Asian countries, to boost demand for his crops,…
more ...Amid COVID Battle, China Pledges to Bolster Economies of 4 Nations, Including Russia
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged this week to help advance four economic powers, despite pandemic problems at home and knock-on effects from Russia’s war in Ukraine. Analysts expect the pledges…
more ...US Farmers Welcome New Approach to Indo Pacific Trade Policy
President Joe Biden’s proposed Indo Pacific Economic Framework with key Asian nations signals a new approach for U.S. trade policy in the region. As VOA’s Kane Farabaugh reports, U.S. farmers…
more ...Cameroon Woos Potential Disapora Investors, But Faces Distrust of Government
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has for the first time sent a delegation to Europe to try to encourage well-off Cameroonians living there to invest back home. But members of Cameroon’s…
more ...Biden Seeks Gas Tax Relief Amid War-Amplified Price Hikes
The war in Ukraine is causing disruptions around the world, from what President Joe Biden terms a “Putin price hike” for American petroleum consumers to an impending global food crisis.…
more ...Tariffs Give US ‘Leverage’ in Talks With China, Top Trade Official Says
U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods offer a key element of leverage over Beijing, something Washington should be reluctant to relinquish, the top American trade official said Wednesday. Progress with China’s…
more ...Southeast Asia, Latin America Set to Gain in Post-Pandemic Supply Chains
From multinational makers of clothing to consumer electronics, companies are reassessing their sources of raw materials, parts and factory assembly because of the pandemic, experts say. That means countries in…
more ...Why Is There a Worldwide Oil-Refining Crunch?
Drivers around the world are feeling pain at the pump with fuel prices soaring, and costs are surging to heat buildings, generate power and operate industries. Prices were elevated before…
more ...Microsoft: Russian Cyber Spying Targets 42 Ukraine Allies
Coinciding with unrelenting cyberattacks against Ukraine, state-backed Russian hackers have engaged in “strategic espionage” against governments, think tanks, businesses and aid groups in 42 countries supporting Kyiv, Microsoft said in…
more ...Sri Lanka PM Says Economy ‘Has Collapsed,’ Unable to Buy Oil
Sri Lanka’s debt-laden economy has “collapsed” after months of shortages of food, fuel and electricity, its prime minister told lawmakers Wednesday, in comments underscoring the country’s dire situation as it…
more ...Biden Considers Suspending Federal Gas Tax
U.S. President Joe Biden is due to speak Wednesday about gas prices and economic effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine as he considers whether to support suspending the nation’s federal…
more ...US Solar Developers to Spend $6B to Boost Domestic Panel Supplies
A group of U.S. solar energy project developers on Tuesday said they would jointly spend about $6 billion to support expansion of the domestic solar panel supply chain. The U.S.…
more ...Elon Musk’s $44 Billion Twitter Deal Gets Board Endorsement
Twitter’s board has recommended unanimously that shareholders approve the proposed $44 billion sale of the company to billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, according to a regulatory filing Tuesday. Musk…
more ...Glencore UK Subsidiary Pleads Guilty to Bribery in Africa
A British subsidiary of mining and trading giant Glencore on Tuesday formally pleaded guilty to seven counts of bribery in connection with oil operations in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast,…
more ...Investors Coping With Cryptocurrency Plunge
“I’m in a cryptocurrency chat group at work,” software engineer Adam Hickey of San Diego, California told VOA. Over the last few days, Hickey said, members of the group have…
more ...Stoppage is country’s largest rail strike in decades
British rail workers launched their biggest strike in decades on Tuesday. Last-minute talks to avoid the stoppage failed Monday, with the rail management and the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers…
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