Sending money across borders, particularly in Africa, can still be expensive.

Painless and easier to store than injections, it remains early days for microneedle-patch technology.

Painless and easier to store than injections, it remains early days for microneedle-patch technology.

Revolutionary Guards' papers passed to the BBC give chilling details of Nika Shakarami’s last movements.

Revolutionary Guards' papers passed to the BBC give chilling details of Nika Shakarami’s last movements.

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U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump is planning to campaign in the Midwest state of Michigan this week. It’s one of a handful of states that could swing the results of November’s presidential election. VOA Correspondent Scott Stearns has our story.

washington — Rights groups see Iraq's new anti-LGBTQ+ law, which criminalizes same-sex relations, as another attempt to curb individual freedoms in the country. Passed Saturday, the law, an amendment to an existing anti-prostitution rule, says those found guilty of same-sex relations will face 10 to 15 years in jail. Additionally, the law criminalizes those who seek or perform gender-affirming medical treatments. Transgender people or the doctors who help them can face a prison term of one to… Read Full Article

Protests against Israel's war in Gaza on college campuses have expanded across the country. They're the biggest student protests, since college students demonstrated against the Vietnam war in the late sixties and early seventies.What do the campus protests of today have in common with those of the sixties? How might they affect the policies of their universities and the US government?Thirty years ago, South Africa became an emblem of a multiracial democracy. Decades on, how is that legacy… Read Full Article

The call from Ukraine's leader comes as Russia intensifies its offensive in the east.