VOA's Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports.
The resignation of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo under a cloud of sexual misconduct allegations comes four years after the #MeToo movement exploded across the world. VOA's Carolyn Presutti examines what the campaign to stamp out sexual harassment has — and has yet — to achieve.
Some of what is salvaged can be surprising as Nina Vishneva tells us in this story narrated by Anna Rice.
Doctors in Nigeria are on strike over unpaid salaries and poor benefits. But the strike by some 40 percent of the country’s medical workforce comes amid a fresh wave of coronavirus infections, severely straining Nigeria's healthcare system. Timothy Obiezu reports from Abuja.
Virginia, where thousands celebrated the summer and international culture.
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station hold unsanctioned Summer Olympics. Plus, Perseverance comes up short, and a pizza delivery that’s out of this world. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has the Week in Space.
AFGHANISTAN IDPs: The war in Afghanistan has intensified and entered a deadlier phase. Fighting has now reached cities, where most of the population lives. In Kabul, VOA’s Ayesha Tanzeem met the people displaced by war, and shares the story of the horrors they saw.
VOA’s Deborah Block takes us to one of them in Washington.
Heather Angus, a frontline nurse who cared for COVID-19 patients in New York City, lost her dog and turned to social media for help. Hundreds of New Yorkers came together, and it wasn’t long before the puppy was safely back home. Anna Nelson has the story, narrated by Anna Rice.
VOA’s Zana Omer has filed this report, narrated by Sirwan Kajjo.
Aid groups say COVID-19 has caused greater suffering, both psychologically and economically, to women than men, especially in developing countries like Kenya. Lenny Ruvaga looks at one aid group helping women get through the pandemic in this report from Nairobi.
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