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U.S. health officials released data Tuesday showing how chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis cases have been accelerating, but doctors are hoping an old drug will help fight the sexually transmitted infections. Experts believe STDs have been rising because of declining condom use, inadequate sex education, and reduced testing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions of Americans are infected each year. Rates are highest in men who have sex with men, and among Black and Hispanic Americans and Native Americans. Читать дальше...

Just weeks after Myanmar's military junta dissolved the country's former ruling National League for Democracy (NLD), Aung Kyi Nyunt, chairman of the party's central executive committee, told VOA that supporters in exile remain in dialogue with both U.S. and Chinese officials about how to move forward. Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD and 39 other parties were disbanded March 29 over their failure to meet election registration deadlines in what the U.S., Britain, Australia and Japan have condemned as an illegal... Читать дальше...

A California woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for crimes related to a failed plot to kidnap VOA Persian host Masih Alinejad. A federal court on Friday handed down the sentence to Niloufar Bahadorifar, a U.S. citizen of Iranian descent, for helping fund an attempt to kidnap Iran critic and journalist Alinejad, who lives in exile in the United States. Bahadorifar pleaded guilty in December to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The judge said... Читать дальше...

Since the 1991 collapse of Somalia’s central government, many Somalis had fled the country, while thousands of others have been internally displaced. Many get help from aid organizations, and some make a living by utilizing skills for survival. Despite being considered vulnerable, some internally displaced Somali women stood up to provide their families with daily food. A large number of displaced women live in Bosaso, the capital of the Bari region, Puntland State of Somalia, and use skills to provide food for their families. Читать дальше...

Thousands of African Union peacekeepers have been killed and hundreds more injured in Somalia since the forces began their work in that country in early 2007, the head of their mission told VOA Somali. The peacekeepers were deployed to help protect the government and installations from al-Qaida-affiliated al-Shabab militants. Mohamed El-Amine Souef, the special representative of the chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, disclosed the casualty figures during an interview last... Читать дальше...

The United States on Tuesday condemned China's sentencing of two human rights lawyers to more than a decade each in jail, the latest move in a years-long crackdown on civil society by President Xi Jinping. Xu Zhiyong, 50, and Ding Jiaxi, 55, were sentenced on Monday to jail terms of 14 years and 12 years for supporting such internationally recognized freedoms as the freedoms of assembly and expression, the State Department said.   "We urge the PRC to immediately and unconditionally release these... Читать дальше...

Bangladeshi police have arrested a 23-year-old man following a televised documentary in which he alleged he was tortured while in the custody of Bangladesh's elite counterterrorism force on a charge of illegal alcohol possession. Rights activists say they fear the arrest Sunday of Nafiz Mohammad Alam, a former gang member who had had past brushes with the law, could be an act of retaliation from the authorities after he described how members of the Rapid Action Battalion, or RAB, allegedly tortured people in custody. Читать дальше...

A look at the best news photos from around the world.

Getting a well-rounded education while maintaining one's religious identity can be challenging in some U.S. classrooms. But there are 140 accredited Islamic-based schools in the U.S. that aim to do just that. VOA's Rivan Dwiastono visited one such school in the state of Missouri. Camera: Ariadne Budianto, Virginia Gunawan

One of Russia's most active volcanoes erupted on the far eastern Kamchatka peninsula on Tuesday, shooting a vast cloud of ash far into the sky that smothered villages in drifts of grey volcanic dust and triggered an aviation warning. The Shiveluch volcano erupted just after midnight and reached a crescendo about six hours later, spewing out an ash cloud over an area of 108,000 square kilometers (41,700 square miles), according to the Kamchatka Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Geophysical Survey. Читать дальше...

The Nur mountains loom over the Iskenderun railway station, an imposing reminder of the tectonic forces that devastated this corner of Turkey and Syria a little more than two months ago. While regular rail service still rattles through the station, two of the tracks are occupied by sleeper cars. The wagons allude to adventure and escape but these night trains are going nowhere. The passengers are homeless, survivors of the February earthquake that left their houses or apartments damaged or destroyed. Читать дальше...

Around one-and-a-half million people in Turkey were made homeless by the February 6 earthquake, with many still lacking permanent shelter. In the city of Iskenderun – badly hit by the quake - local authorities are using every available space, as Henry Ridgwell reports. Videographer: Memet Aksakal

Countries around the world generate 53.6 million metric tons of e-waste. Discarded laptops are part of the problem, but engineers at Dell Technologies have come up with a new concept that could help keep them out of landfills. Tina Trinh reports. VOA footage by Deana Mitchell.

Dozens of people in coup-hit Myanmar's central region were killed in airstrikes Tuesday, according to local media reports and a witness contacted by AFP. The country has been in chaos and its economy in tatters since the military seized power in February 2021. The death toll from the early Tuesday morning strike on the remote Kantbalu township in Sagaing region is unclear. At least 50 fatalities and dozens wounded were reported by BBC Burmese, The Irrawaddy and Radio Free Asia. Sagaing region... Читать дальше...

Tennessee Democrats on Tuesday will press for the reinstatement of the second of two state representatives who were expelled for leading a rule-breaking gun policy protest on the floor of the statehouse, after the first was reinstated on Monday. Justin Jones pumped his fist and declared "power to the people" as he returned to the state House of Representatives after being restored by the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County. His colleague Justin Pearson, the other young Black legislator who was expelled... Читать дальше...

China’s internet regulator has unveiled a proposed law that will require makers of new artificial intelligence, or AI, products to submit to security assessments before public release. The draft law released Tuesday by the Cyberspace Administration of China says that content generated by future AI products must reflect the country’s “core socialist values” and not encourage subversion of state power.   The draft law also said AI content must not promote discrimination based on ethnicity, race and gender... Читать дальше...

Many Americans aren't yet sold on going electric for their next cars, a new poll shows, with high prices and too few charging stations the main deterrents. About 4 in 10 U.S. adults are at least somewhat likely to switch, but the history-making shift from the country's century-plus love affair with gas-driven vehicles still has a ways to travel. The poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago shows that the Biden... Читать дальше...

The United Nations has warned that the Taliban's "unlawful" ban on its female staff in Afghanistan could push the world body to cease operations in the country. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, issued the warning Tuesday, days after the fundamentalist authorities barred Afghan women employees from working for the mission in the improvised nation reeling from years of war and prolonged drought. The statement reiterated the U.N.'s "unequivocal" condemnation of the restriction... Читать дальше...

The U.N Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed for “massive international support” for Somalia during his visit to the East African country that is facing the worst drought in decades. He said Somalia is facing humanitarian difficulties at the same time that it is combating a serious terrorism threat. Guterres in a joint press briefing with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud told reporters he was "here to ring the alarm on the need of massive international support because of the humanitarian... Читать дальше...

At least one person was killed in a sudden wildfire fueled by strong winds that broke out in northeast South Korea Tuesday.   Authorities say the fire started on a hill in the coastal city of Gangneung when a tree blew onto live electric wires near a forest.   The fire consumed about 170 hectares of land and destroyed about 70 homes and buildings over eight hours before firefighters were able to bring it under control with help from a late afternoon rainstorm. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency... Читать дальше...

The Australian government is asking major banks and other institutions to take part in 'wargaming' exercises to test how they would respond to cyber-attacks. It follows recent mass data theft attacks on several large companies, which compromised the data of millions of Australians.      Australia is preparing for potential cyberattacks on critical services including hospitals, the banking system and the electricity grid.   Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil Tuesday warned that recent high-profile... Читать дальше...

A bipartisan group of more than 130 U.S. Congress members have signed a joint letter calling on the European Union to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.  In the letter addressed to EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, the lawmakers said Iran is “a leading state sponsor of terror” and that for decades the IRGC “has freely and openly carried out plots targeting citizens in countries across the EU.”  “We understand the legal complexities involved in designating... Читать дальше...

"Change or no change?" asked the announcer at the first national congress of the Candlelight Party. "Change! Change! Change!" chanted some 7,000 activists and supporters of the party that represents the most potent challenge the long-ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP), led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, faces in the upcoming national election in July. The call-and-response erupted from the crowd gathered in early February on the outskirts of Siem Reap, the Cambodian city best-known for the temple complex of Ankor Wat. Читать дальше...

The U.S. national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic ended Monday as President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan congressional resolution to bring it to a close after three years — weeks before it was set to expire alongside a separate public health emergency.  The national emergency allowed the government to take sweeping steps to respond to the virus and support the country's economic, health and welfare systems. Some of the emergency measures have already been successfully wound down, while others are still being phased out. Читать дальше...

Authorities in Cameroon have rebuilt a bridge that Boko Haram militants destroyed in 2015 in an effort to damage trade with Nigeria and Chad. The government also deployed additional troops to protect construction workers repairing other damage caused by the militants, who are still actively launching attacks in the border area.   Cameroon says it has for the first time in eight years fully opened the Mayo Limani bridge that links northern Cameroon and southeastern Nigeria.  According to Bichair Hachimi... Читать дальше...