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• December 21, 2020

  US COVID Christmas USAGM

  From virtual theatre plays, to choral ensembles performing outdoors, this year’s Christmas celebrations have taken a creative turn. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias shows us how Americans are managing to mark the occasion despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

• December 21, 2020

  COVID Treehouse School USAGM

  A teacher from Virginia needed a private place to conduct her remote learning classes. Lesia Bakalets tells about how she turned a small space into an unusual office. Anna Rice narrates.

• December 18, 2020

  YE COVID Europe USAGM

  Europe was one of the first regions to be hit by the coronavirus outside China – and a second wave of infections has made the continent an epicentre of the pandemic as a grim 2020 draws to an end. But as Henry Ridgwell reports, there is hope as the first mass vaccination programs get underway.]

• December 18, 2020

  YE TECH VIRUS USAGM

  People around the world turned to technology to help them get through the pandemic, but in some key ways tech fell short. Michelle Quinn reports.

• December 18, 2020

  School Hacking - USAGM

  But what happened to the public school system in Baltimore was not an isolated case, as Valentina Vasileva reports in this story, narrated by Anna Rice.

• December 18, 2020

  The Antidote  USAGM

  The Antidote, a documentary by filmmakers Kahane Cooperman and John Hoffman, offers stories about acts of kindness in communities across America. The filmmakers tell VOA’s Penelope Poulou that their film reflects Americans’ collective humanity and empathy.

• December 15, 2020

  Facebook Antitrust USAGM

  The U.S. government’s suit against Facebook for illegally stifling competition and limiting consumer choice will be watched worldwide, particularly by the social network’s more than two billion users. Tina Trinh reports.

• December 15, 2020

  COVID Botswana Tourism USAGM

  Mqondisi Dube reports from Chobe, Botswana.

• December 15, 2020

  LOG ON Mayflower Autonomous Ship USAGM

  Like their counterparts on land, autonomous ships are emerging as a new way to traverse the world’s oceans. VOA’s Tina Trinh takes a look at the Mayflower Autonomous Ship, a solar-powered, unmanned vessel that will journey from the United Kingdom to the U.S. using artificial intelligence.

• December 15, 2020

  Israel-Doughnuts USAGM

  Linda Gradstein reports for VOA from Jerusalem.

• December 15, 2020

  Ethiopia Refugees Babies USAGM

  VOA’s Heather Murdock has this report from the Hamdayet camp in Sudan, near the border with Ethiopia.

• December 15, 2020

  COVID Kenya Criminal Benefactor USAGM

  Omoll does regular hand-outs of food aid to help them get by, as Ruud Elmendorp reports from Nairobi.

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