Sixty-five year-old Patricia Davies, who is one of the women who won a gold medal in hockey in the 1980 Olympic Games, says athletes should work hard in order to get to grace the prestigious Olympic Games. The 'golden girl' tells VOA's Gibbs Dube that she is still involved in hockey.
The U.S. intelligence community is expected to send a report to President Joe Biden later this month examining the two leading theories on the origins of COVID-19. One claims the virus was accidentally released from a lab; the other that it emerged from human contact with an infected animal.
While Ukraine’s president prepares for a visit to Washington, Kyiv is accepting COVID-19 vaccines from China and has signed a major infrastructure agreement with Bejing to cooperate on roads, bridges and railway projects.
Russia begins mass military exercises with its Central Asian allies Tajikistan and Uzbekistan near the Tajik border with Afghanistan this week. The maneuvers come against the backdrop of a US withdrawal from Afghanistan - and rapid territorial gains by its adversaries in the Afghan Taliban. For VOA
The owner of Britain’s Chelsea Football Club, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, and Russia’s state-owned oil giant Rosneft have both filed a defamation lawsuit against the author of a book about President Vladimir Putin’s rise to power. Activists say the case threatens the freedom of the press.