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COVID-19 Pandemic

US Senate Nears Vote on $1.9 Trillion Biden COVID Aid Package

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National Guard walk near the Capitol, Thursday, March 4, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
USA

US Capitol Police Want National Guard Troops to Extend Stay at Capitol 

World News

A paramilitary police officer stands guard near the Great Hall of the People before the opening session of the National People…
VOA News on China

Official: China Parliament Seeks to Shake Up Hong Kong Politics, Put 'Patriots' in Charge

Demonstrators block a road during an anti-coup protest in Yangon, Myanmar, March 4, 2021.
East Asia Pacific

Myanmar Protests Resume After 'Bloodiest Day' Since Military Coup

COVID-19 Pandemic

An elderly woman receives the COVID-19 vaccine as another waits in a wheelchair at a private hospital in Gauhati, India,…
COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Grows as Side Effect Worries Fade

Technicians show a carton of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, inside a cold storage room at the central vaccine depot in Kitengela town on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, March 4, 2021.
COVID-19 Pandemic

Africa Making Important Inroads on Vaccine Coverage, WHO Says 

Special Projects

Illustration of protesters in Turkey carrying Uighur and Turkish flags
East Asia Pacific

A Uighur Man’s Journey from a Chinese Prison to Turkey

Turkey Breaking the Silence
Press Freedom

New VOA Documentary - Turkey: Breaking the Silence

Headlines

New Zealanders Take to the Hills as Powerful Quakes Trigger Tsunami
Hong Kong Court Orders 47 Pro-Democracy Activists Held
US, Britain Suspend Tariffs in Bid to Settle Aircraft Row
Myanmar Embassy Staffers in US Join Country's Anti-Coup Movement
UN Calls On Ethiopia to Allow Probe Into Alleged Mass Killings in Tigray 

Press Freedom

Protesters face off against police in Mandalay, a city in Myanmar, March 3, 2021. (Htet Aung Khant/VOA Burmese)
Press Freedom

Journalists Become Targets in Myanmar Violence   

Plugged In

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Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren-Exploring Mars and Beyond

Extremism Watch

Syrian Democratic Forces female fighters run with children in the town of Tabqa, Syria, after SDF captured it from Islamic State militants this week, May 12, 2017.
Extremism Watch

Rebuilding Efforts Continue in Syria’s Former IS Stronghold

Video

SpaceX Takes Flight With and Without Success
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SpaceX Takes Flight With and Without Success

Kenyan Women's Rights Groups Hail Lifting of US Abortion Funding 'Gag Rule'
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Kenyan Women's Rights Groups Hail Lifting of US Abortion Funding 'Gag Rule'

US Police Step Up Drone Use, Putting Eyes in the Skies
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US Police Step Up Drone Use, Putting Eyes in Skies

US Part of Global Trend of Democratic Backsliding
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US Part of Global Trend of Democratic Backsliding