American mountaineer found mummified in Peru 22 years after vanishing
LIMA, Peru — The preserved body of an American mountaineer — who disappeared 22 years ago while scaling a snowy peak in Peru — has been found after being exposed by
Read MoreParamount, Skydance merge, ending Redstone family reign
NEW YORK — The entertainment giant Paramount will merge with Skydance, closing out a decades-long run by the Redstone family in Hollywood and injecting desperately needed cash into a legacy studio
Read MorePark benches and grandmothers: Zimbabwe’s novel mental health therapy spreads overseas
Harare, Zimbabwe — After her son, the family’s shining light and only breadwinner, was arrested last year, Tambudzai Tembo went into meltdown. In Zimbabwe, where clinical mental health services are scarce,
Read MoreSpains recovers lost ‘language’ of ringing church bells by hand
JOANETES, Spain — Xavier Pallàs plants his feet on the belfry floor, grips the rope, and with one tug fills the lush Spanish valley below with the reverberating peal of a
Read MoreNew Orleans Essence Festival wraps up 4-day celebration of Black culture
New Orleans, Louisiana — For 30 years, the Essence Festival of Culture has brought together people from all walks of life and from around the world to connect through conversation, shared
Read More‘Despicable Me 4’ debuts, raking in $122.6 million since opening Wednesday
New York — After a historically bad first half of the year, the box office is suddenly booming. “Despicable Me 4,” the Illumination Animation sequel, led the way over the holiday
Read MoreIn Senegal, French expat gains internet fame with Wolof language learning videos
A young Frenchman who settled in Senegal a little over a year ago decided to master the local Wolof language. Now he’s teaching it to other people on social media.
Read MoreСтудія “квартал 95” відхрестилася від ухилянта і втікача руслана ханумака
Пресслужба студії “квартал 95” заперечила участь актора руслана ханумака у їхніх проєктах. Як повідомляє пресслужба Студії “Квартал 95”, актор не співпрацює з командою від 2021 року. Тож вони не мають
Read MoreЧоловіки, які оновили дані в ТЦК або через “Резерв+” вже отримують штрафи
Військовозобов’язані, які вже оновили дані в ТЦК або через “Резерв+” почали отримувати штрафи. Журналісти розбиралися, кому доведеться заплатити до 25 тисяч гривень ще до 16 липня. Відповідно до закону про
Read MoreБлагодійники з Полтавщини та Одещини виявились шахраями
Їх затримали прикордонники на Закарпатті. Автомобіль, яким їхали жителі Полтавщини та Одещини, зупинив наряд від відділення інспекторів прикордонної служби «Хижа» Мукачівського загону на контрольному посту, розташованому на околиці населеного пункту
Read MoreНа московській біржі виникли проблеми з турецькою лірою після зупинки операцій з доларами США
Після зупинення операцій з доларами США, євро та гонконзькими доларами на Московській біржі виникли проблеми з турецькою лірою, повідомили російські брокери Найбільший небанківський брокер країни-окупанта, оголосив, що тимчасово зупинив для
Read MoreУ Львові працівники ТЦК не перевіряють документи у чоловіків іноземців
Відео про перевірку документів у потенційного військовозобов’язаного поширили у соціальних мережах. На одній з центральних вулиць Львова люди у військовій формі зупинили перехожого спортивної статури в шортах, темних окулярах, з
Read MoreTorrid heat bakes millions of people in large swaths of US, setting records and fanning wildfires
Las Vegas — Roughly 130 million people were under threat over the weekend and into next week from a long-running heat wave that broke or tied records with dangerously high temperatures
Read MorePope deplores state of democracy, warns against ‘populists’
Vatican City — Pope Francis decried the state of democracy and warned against “populists” during a short visit to Trieste in Italy’s northeast on Sunday ahead of a 12-day trip to
Read MoreTikTok has launched tons of trends. Will its influence last?
new york — TikTok and its bite-sized videos arrived in the United States as a global version of the Chinese app Douyin in 2018. Less than six years later, the social
Read MoreOldest inhabited termite mounds have been active for 34,000 years
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Scientists in South Africa have been stunned to discover that termite mounds that are still inhabited in an arid region of the country are more than
Read MoreTurkey supporters make controversial hand gesture en route Euro 2024 stadium
berlin — Turkish supporters making their way to the European Championship quarterfinal against the Netherlands made the same nationalistic hand gesture that got a Turkey player banned from the match. More
Read More‘Ready to come out?’ Scientists emerge after year ‘on Mars’
washington — The NASA astronaut knocks loudly three times on what appears to be a nondescript door and calls cheerfully: “You ready to come out?” The reply is inaudible, but beneath
Read MoreUS records may shatter as excessive heat threatens 130 million
portland, oregon — Roughly 130 million people were under threat Saturday and into next week from a long-running heat wave that already has broken records with dangerously high temperatures — and
Read MoreХарківських бандюків «залютинських» арештували на Лазурному узбережжі Франції
Угруповання спеціалізувалося на викраденні авто та майнових злочинах на території Лазурного узбережжя Франції. В Україні ж банда до повномасштабного вторгнення “віджимала” бізнес у мешканців Харківської області. Для затримання учасників злочинної
Read MoreAnti-doping agency sharpens its tools for Paris Olympics
Lausanne, Switzerland — In the battle against drug use at the Paris Olympics, the International Testing Agency plans to deploy a more streamlined, high-tech approach to identify and target potential cheats.
Read MoreLondon exhibit looks at Barbie’s design evolution over 65 years
LONDON — A new exhibition looking at the evolution of Barbie opens in London this week as the famed Mattel doll celebrates her 65th birthday this year. “Barbie: The Exhibition,” running
Read MoreCrocodiles cannot outnumber people in Australian territory where girl was killed, leader says
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Crocodile numbers in Australia’s Northern Territory must be either maintained or reduced and cannot be allowed to outstrip the human population, the territory’s leader said after a
Read MoreMount Everest’s highest camp is littered with frozen garbage
KATHMANDU, Nepal — The highest camp on the world’s tallest mountain is littered with garbage that is going to take years to clean up, according to a Sherpa who led a
Read MoreHurricane Beryl destroys homes, uproots trees in Grenada
new york — The extent of Hurricane Beryl’s damage became clearer Friday, as communications were reestablished with the small, storm-ravaged eastern Caribbean islands and relief began to arrive. The Grenadian islands
Read MoreDangers grow for media covering environment beat
Violence against reporters covering environmental issues is trending upward, according to UNESCO and media advocates. For VOA News, Robin Guess reports. …
Read MoreNYC’s interactive exhibition sends visitors on outer space journey
July 20 marks the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon. An interactive exhibit at Manhattan’s Intrepid Museum reminds viewers of the enormity of that undertaking and
Read MoreTrafficked Cambodian artifacts returned from US
Phnom Penh — Buddhist monks in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh chanted blessings and threw flowers on Thursday to welcome 14 trafficked artifacts repatriated from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in
Read MoreIndia is likely undercounting heat deaths, affecting its response to increasingly harsh heat waves
BENGALURU, India — Months of scorching temperatures sometimes over 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of India this year — its worst heat wave in over a decade — left
Read MoreIn face of Russian attacks, Ukraine defends its monuments — and its identity
As Ukraine’s war against Russia’s invasion drags on, Ukrainians are fighting to preserve their history. They say Russia is deliberately attacking cultural monuments in a bid to erase the country’s
Read MoreUSAID helps parts of Ukraine become energy independent
Russian shelling continues to degrade Ukraine’s energy system. Some parts of the country now have access to electricity for just a few hours a day. New generators aim to help supply
Read MoreJapan’s top court rules forced sterilization law unconstitutional
Tokyo — Japan’s top court ruled on Wednesday that a defunct eugenics law under which thousands of people were forcibly sterilized between 1948 and 1996 was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court also
Read MoreFrance’s renowned Arles photo fest goes ‘beneath the surface’
Arles, France — One of the world’s most renowned photo festivals, in the French town of Arles, returned this week with a timely ode to diversity at a moment when France
Read MoreWhat was the ‘first American novel’? On this Independence Day, a look at what it started
NEW YORK — In the winter of 1789, around the time George Washington was elected the country’s first president, a Boston-based printer quietly launched another American institution. William Hill Brown’s The
Read MoreRobert Towne, Oscar-winning writer of ‘Chinatown,’ dies at 89
NEW YORK — Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of “Shampoo,” “The Last Detail” and other acclaimed films whose work on “Chinatown” became a model of the art form and helped
Read MoreBiden announces measures to protect against extreme weather
As the Caribbean sees its first Category 5 hurricane of the year, scientists warn that extreme weather is here to stay due to climate change. Aru Pande reports from Washington,
Read MoreFDA approves 2nd Alzheimer’s drug that modestly slows disease
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable, memory-destroying ailment. The
Read MoreStudy: Climate-induced disasters significantly weaken Pakistan’s societal resilience
islamabad — A new study has revealed that recent floods in Pakistan have substantially weakened its societal resilience in coping with and recovering from such disasters as the threat from climate
Read MoreUS Supreme Court to weigh in on flavored e-cigarette products
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court took up an e-cigarette case Tuesday, weighing whether the Food and Drug Administration wrongly blocked the marketing of sweet, flavored products amid a surge in
Read MoreLogOn: New test will be game changer in tuberculosis diagnostics
UCLA molecular bioengineer Mireille Kamariza has developed a new tuberculosis test that tackles shortcomings of existing TB diagnostics. VOA’s Genia Dulot reports for this week’s episode of LogOn. …
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