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The White House has announced it will deliver the bulk of its first 25 million donated doses of COVID-19 vaccine through COVAX, the United Nations-backed program delivering vaccines to low- and middle-income countries. That's according to a White House announcement on Thursday.

In 2008, a family murder-suicide horrified Detroit. Two decades later, one of the surviving daughters is telling her story of survival and efforts to help others. Burim Goxhuli has the story.

Justice secretary, Virginia Mabhiza, speaking about the swearing of new judges in Zimbabwe and Chief Justice Luke Malaba's case in which he is challenging claims that he is in contempt of court for returning to work following a High Court order that the extension of his term of office was illegal.

Turkey has had the highest number of COVID infections in Europe and has been in and out of lockdown for more than a year. Among those hardest hit have been the country's musicians, who have received little or no government support. Dorian Jones reports from Turkey’s entertainment capital, Istanbul.

On Tuesday, Italy lifted restrictions on indoor dining, Germany downgraded the coronavirus risk level from very high to high, and Israel lifted almost all pandemic restrictions. More from VOA’s Mariama Diallo.

The Belarusian democratic opposition and some Western governments are calling for harsher sanctions against Alexander Lukashenko’s regime following the forced diversion in late May of an international airliner to arrest a Belarusian dissident blogger on board.

South Korea Blind Mobility width No media source currently available 0:00 0:03:05 0:00 Cities around the world are installing new technology that connects to the personal devices of pedestrians, drivers, and riders on public transportation. Some cities are using these systems to make transportation easier for people with disabilities, like those who are blind. Share

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Some people staged a protest Wednesday outside the Voice of America's headquarters in Washington DC, complaining about what they called "undue and unfair" coverage of the violence in Tigray where the government has allegedly killed many people. (Video: VOA)

Former Bulawayo deputy mayor, Tinashe Kambarami, who won a Supreme Court case to return to the city council is forced to leave a full council meeting. He was recalled by the MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora. The council argues that he is no longer a local councillor. (Video Credit/CITES)