Environmentalists Warn Dead Sea is Shrinking
As the world observes Earth Day later this week, Israeli environmentalists worry that the Dead Sea, the lowest place ...
Health
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Over 250,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Delivered to Syria
The Syrian government and the country’s last rebel-controlled enclave received their first doses of COVID-19 vaccines ...
NASA’s Mars Rover Makes Its Own Oxygen
The U.S space agency NASA says its Perseverance rover has converted carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Martian atmosphere to oxygen, a ...
India Reports World’s Biggest Single-Day Total of COVID-19 Infections
India reported 314,835 new COVID-19 infections Thursday, the highest one-day total posted by any nation during the yearlong ...
Kenyan Ladies’ Soccer Clubs’ Goal to Reduce Teen Pregnancy
As teenage pregnancies soared during coronavirus lockdowns in Africa’s largest urban slum, Kibera, teachers and parents ...
Greta Thunberg Docuseries Amplifies Her Climate Change Fight
Greta Thunberg turned 18 in January, but she’s already made peace with her future: While most college students will change ...
Students Graduate From Earth Day Planting to Environmental Degrees
Fifty-one years ago, young people planted trees for the first Earth Day. Today, students are taking part in environmental ...
Japan Nears Decision on New COVID Emergency Decree
The Japanese government may declare a new state of emergency for the cities of Tokyo and Osaka in response to another surge of ...
New Rules Allowing Small Drones to Fly Over People in US Take Effect
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that final rules announced in December took effect on Wednesday allowing for small ...
Japanese Government Nears Decision on New COVID Emergency Decree
The Japanese government may declare a new state of emergency for the cities of Tokyo and Osaka in response to another surge of ...
A Whale Chorus Reveals How Climate Change May Be Shifting Migration
Eerie wails, explosive trumpets and ghostly moans. The sounds from the underwater recorders had a story to tell, even without a ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping to Appear at US-Led Global Climate Summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping will speak Thursday at the global summit on climate change organized by U.S. President Joe ...
EMA Finds Link Between Johnson & Johnson Vaccine and Blood Clots
Europe’s drug regulator, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said Tuesday it found a possible link between the Johnson & ...
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Could Jump 5% as Economies Rebound, Energy Agency Says
Carbon dioxide emissions are expected to grow this year after falling dramatically during the pandemic as economies around the ...
A Recycling Machine Sells the Idea of Consumers Doing More for the Environment
An innovative home recycling unit aims to revolutionize the world of recycling as we know it. VOA’s Julie Taboh has ...
India Reports Record 273,810 Daily COVID Cases
India’s health ministry Monday announced a record 273,810 new COVID cases in the previous 24-hour period while officials in ...
South Sudan Stops Using Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine Over Expiration Fears
South Sudan health officials have stopped administering 60,000 doses of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine that are past the ...
NASA’s Mars Helicopter Takes First Successful Test Flight
The U.S. space agency, NASA, Monday received images and data confirming its small helicopter, Ingenuity, successfully performed ...
India Reports a Record 273,810 COVID Cases in One Day
India’s Health Ministry Monday announced a record 273,810 new COVID cases in the previous 24-hour period. About 1 in 3 people ...
Welsh Company Gives New Life to Discarded PPE
A company in Wales has found a way to repurpose discarded personal protective equipment, or PPE, to help keep it out of landfills ...
US, China Pledge Urgent Climate Control Measures
China and the United States, the world’s two biggest carbon polluters, have reached a new agreement to take urgent measures to ...
Mars Helicopter Flight Test Promises Wright Brothers Moment for NASA
NASA hopes to score a 21st-century Wright Brothers moment on Monday as it attempts to send a miniature helicopter buzzing over ...
Israel Lifts Its Mask Mandate on Sunday
With nearly 60% of its population receiving the first COVID-19 vaccine, Israel is lifting its requirement Sunday to wear masks ...
Nearly 700 Patients Evacuated in Johannesburg Hospital Fire
Nearly 700 patients were evacuated Saturday from Johannesburg’s Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, where a fire blazed through ...