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The recent guilty verdict in the trial of the officer who killed George Floyd came after months of street demonstrations and calls for greater police accountability. Police reform faces an uphill climb in Congress, and as VOA’s Arash Arabasadi reports, some worry it won’t go nearly far enough.

As its COVID-19 lockdown eases, Spain has resumed bullfights — and reignited a fiery political debate between right-wingers who defend the tradition and leftists who condemn it as animal cruelty. Jonathan Spier narrates this report from Alfonso Beato in Barcelona.

While the pandemic has been a source of grief, it has not stopped joyful events from happening – including thousands of babies being born in this difficult time. Photographer Annе Geddes, creator of the Joy project, is encouraging women from around the world to send her pictures of their newborns

Veteran Journalist Says Press Freedom Elusive in Zimbabwe Despite Registration of New Players 3 hours ago width No media source currently available 0:00 0:05:38 0:00 Veteran journalist, John Masuku, says there is need for media pluralism in Zimbabwe as newly-licensed broadcasting stations in Zimbabwe are aligned to the ruling party. He says a lot still needs to be done in the country in terms of opening airwaves. He speaks about this issue with Gibbs Dube. Share

With the first one hundred days of his presidency now behind him, Joe Biden faces formidable battles to pass the rest of his legislative agenda on Capitol Hill. VOA's congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson reports on the obstacles Democrats face to pass nearly $4 trillion in legislation.

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

After 20 Years, U.S. Withdraws Troops from Afghanistan width No media source currently available 0:00 0:03:07 0:00

Veteran Journalist John Masuku on Press Freedom in Zimbabwe 4 hours ago width No media source currently available 0:00 0:07:16 0:00 Zimbabweans journalists joined the rest of the world today in marking World Press Freedom Day amid concerns of over the crafting of a cybersecurity bill, which seeks to strictly monitor the social media sphere. Veteran journalist, John Masuku, speaks about this issue with VOA Zimbabwes Gibbs Dube. Share

Cameroon Mobile Vet width No media source currently available 0:00 0:03:39 0:00 Cameroon’s agricultural sector employs the majority of the country’s workers, but too many know too little about the soil that provides, resulting in inefficient farming. To help Cameroon’s farmers, a computer engineer created an electronic analysis kit to test soil quality and suitability for crops Share

Marlene Chiedza Gadzirayi on Cancer Healing 3 hours ago width No media source currently available 0:00 0:06:32 0:00