China has announced a rise in new virus cases, possibly lessening some of the optimism that disease control measures, including isolating major cities, might be working. This comes as the total number of cases surpasses 40,000 and the World Health Organization dispatches a team to help.
Plus, the US state of New Hampshire heads to the polls Tuesday in the first primary Democrats will use to choose their nominee for President to take on Republican President Donald Trump in November. Matthew Kerbel, a political science professor at Villanova University discusses the contest.
And, the South Korean film “Parasite” made Academy Award history Sunday by becoming the first foreign-language film to win the Best Picture Oscar. VOA’s Jackson M’Vunganyi is in Hollywood.
Those stories and more are on this International Edition.