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Manhunt Underway to Find Assassins of Haitis President Voice of America 08 Jul 2021, 10:05 GMT+10 WASHINGTON / PORT-AU-PRINCE - A manhunt is under way to find those responsible for assassinating Haitis president, Jovenel Moise, at his private residence in a wealthy suburb of the capital, Port-au-Prince, before dawn on Wednesday. "Those killers are on the loose," Haitian Ambassador to the United States Bocchit Edmond said Wednesday during a briefing with reporters covering the State Department. ...

Biden Warns Unvaccinated They Are Putting Communities at Risk Voice of America 07 Jul 2021, 09:05 GMT+10 As 10 U.S. states see a spike in coronavirus cases, President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday that "millions of Americans are still unvaccinated and unprotected and, because of that, their communities are at risk." In his latest broadcast appeal for people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the president said the delta variant of the virus, which is more transmissible and potentially more dange...

G-7 leaders continue their meeting in Cornwall, England, with bold ambitions to lead the world out of the pandemic, toward a better and greener future. White House Correspondent Patsy Widakuswara has this report from the summit.

Joe Biden touches down in UK ahead of talks with Boris Johnson and G7 summit Lizzie Edmonds Joe Biden has flown into the UK ahead of a meeting with Boris Johnson on Thursday on his first overseas trip as US president. The US President and First Lady Jill Biden arrived at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk on Thursday evening ahead of the G7 summit in Cornwall beginning on Friday. Mr Biden and his wife disembarked Air Force One at about 7.45pm. A large crowd of US Air Force personnel and ...

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Red Meat, Burgers Latest Fight Over Climate Change May 09, 2021 width No media source currently available 0:00 0:02:36 0:00 Some Republican lawmakers and conservative commentators continue to falsely claim that President Joe Biden’s climate plan will force Americans to eat far less red meat. White House Correspondent Patsy Widakuswara looks at how burgers have become the latest battlefield in the country’s culture war. Share

U.S Not Loosening COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Restrictions ... width No media source currently available 0:00 0:02:52 0:00 Amid a surge of COVID-19 cases in India and other parts of the world, the Biden administration remains noncommittal on a proposal to loosen patent restrictions so that countries can manufacture generic versions of the coronavirus vaccines. White House correspondent Patsy Widakuswara has this report. Share

China at Forefront of US-Japan Summit width No media source currently available 0:00 0:03:16 0:00 Strategic competition with China was one of the main issues discussed in President Joe Bidens Friday meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, the first foreign leader to visit the White House since Biden took office. White House Correspondent Patsy Widakuswara has this report. VOA Khmers Reasey Poch narrates the story in Khmer. Share

U.S Planning to Withdraw Troops from Afghanistan width No media source currently available 0:00 0:02:34 0:00 On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced his plan to withdraw all 2,500 American troops from Afghanistan by September 11th, months later than the May 1st deadline that the Trump administration and the Taliban agreed on last year. White House correspondent Patsy Widakuswara has this report. Share

Blinken met with USAGM acting CEO Kelu Chao “to discuss the vital role that free and independent media play” at an agency that had a turbulent several years under the Trump administration.  “The editorially independent reporting of these networks is particularly important in countries with repressive media environments, including where independent journalism is censored or freedom of expression is restricted or punished,” the State Department said in a readout of the meeting. ADVERTISE...