In Malawi, the corruption scandal known as Cashgate shocked the nation when it broke in 2013. Government officials were accused of stealing millions of dollars in public funds through fraudulent cont...
213 viewsCounterfeit goods in Kenya cost the government as much as $1 billion each year in lost tax revenues. The fake goods also hurt entrepreneurs who find it hard to carve out a niche in the market and ret...
202 viewsThe effects of climate change fall especially hard on farmers around the world. In Kenya, rising temperatures, extreme weather and shifting rain patterns are complicating life for some 600,000 small-...
222 viewsPakistan is losing ground in the battle against polio, with the country suffering its worst outbreaks in more than a decade. Efforts to reverse that trend are hampered by suspicions that health worker...
240 viewsPain has a purpose - it can stop you from touching a flame or from walking on a broken leg. As an injury heals, the pain goes away. Usually. But worldwide, one out of every five people suffers from p...
204 viewsNew computer applications are changing the ways in which we live and work, from travel to manufacturing. VOA's Mike O’Sullivan spoke with developers at a recent forum in San Franci...
225 views3-D printing, high-speed navigation, and a magic mirror are some of the technologies to come from new computer chips with advanced spatial sensing. VOA's Mike O'Sull...
176 viewsMother Robot Builds Own Children What parent doesn't want to mold their child to be better - faster, smarter, more capable? Even though human parents can’t do that, a robot that bu...
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283 viewsA U.S. power company that has been importing natural gas now wants to export it. If approved, its plant in Lusby, Maryland, would likely be the first terminal on the United States East Coast to expo...
299 viewsBefore America's Civil War in the 1860s, the southern city of Richmond, Virginia was home to the nation's second largest slave trading district. Today, the neighborho...
214 viewsU.S. lawmakers in both parties have seized upon last week's terrorist attacks in France in an ongoing battle over reforming America's oft-criticized immigration syste...
264 viewsPresident Barack Obama recently announced a plan to make two years of community college free for all eligible Americans, calling education and technical training essential pathways to the U.S. middle ...
248 viewsLast week’s killings in Paris were carried out by militants professing to avenge the Prophet Mohammad. When they attacked the office of the satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, and a kosher grocery st...
305 viewsThe use of deadly force by law enforcement officers in Ferguson, Missouri and elsewhere in the United States in recent months has focused new attention on the procedures available to citizens to file ...
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