Landmark Supreme Court decision that established a woman’s right to an abortion may be reversed by a high court dominated by conservative justices
As the United States observes Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, recognizing the Black American pastor internationally known as a symbol for civil rights, Laurel Bowman reports on how social justice issues continue to play a central role in U.S. politics.
Attacks and threats to news crews covering events at the Capitol underscore growing hostility to media and need for better risk training, media experts say
China, Belarus, Myanmar named worst jailers of journalists while violence makes Afghanistan one of the most dangerous countries, media watchdog finds
On December 1, many mark World AIDS Day to show support for those living with HIV and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness. Treatments have come a long way for those infected with HIV, but a cure is still elusive. VOA’s Laurel Bowman has our story.
Portugal’s Golden Visa program puts people who invest in the country on a path toward Portuguese citizenship and therefore greater access to the European Union. As VOA’s Laurel Bowman reports, a deadline is looming for the popular investment program. Camera: Daniel Miranda Silva
The videoconference between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week was lauded as a step forward in the countries' relationship. But some critics of Beijing in the U.S. were hoping for more. VOA’s Laurel Bowman has that story.
If Biden's universal pre-K legislation passes, millions more will benefit
Experts say China is ignoring the man’s Canadian citizenship claim. VOA’s Laurel Bowman reports
The immigrant workers at the Goodwin House retirement homes in Northern Virginia come from 68 different countries. When residents learned that the $725 fee to file for citizenship was a deterrent for many staff, they decided to help the immigrant workers who help them. VOA’s Laurel Bowman has more.
Many Afghan evacuees have come to the US under humanitarian parole, just as the Cubans, Iraqi Kurds and Vietnamese before them did
Air evacuations continue one day after an attack kills more than 100 people
President's comments come as mask mandates move back into place across the country
At Friday’s funeral, the leader’s wife speaks publicly for the first time since the attack that killed her husband and left her wounded
Amazon founder blasted off Tuesday aboard his New Shepard rocket, following British billionaire Richard Branson’s flight last week
The Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo open next Friday, welcoming a team of 29 refugee athletes from around the world
On July 11, its annual World Population Day, the international body says there is no perfect population number
As the United Nations marks its annual World Refugee Day, it reports more than 82 million people are displaced, despite COVID-19 border closures in many countries
Authoritarian regimes that reach across borders to target critics present danger to those who have fled, rights groups say
Life returns to normal in some areas of the US, but a partisan divide still hampers vaccine efforts
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