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To Mask or Not to Mask?

By Patsy Widakuswara | VOA on Feb 11, 2022   Featured, Health, National, National/World, Politics  

To Mask or Not to Mask?

WHITE HOUSE — Facing growing pressure from impatient state governors, the Biden administration acknowledged for the first time that it is developing plans to guide the country away from the pandemic’s emergency phase toward a more relaxed national response, including ending the federal recommendation for wearing masks in most indoor settings. “We are internally discussing, of […]

Biden Agrees to Waive COVID-19 Vaccine Patents, but It’s Still Complicated

By Patsy Widakuswara | VOA on May 6, 2021   Featured, Health, National/World, World  

Biden Agrees to Waive COVID-19 Vaccine Patents, but It’s Still Complicated

The Biden administration has agreed to support waiving intellectual property (IP) restrictions on COVID-19 vaccines at the World Trade Organization (WTO), a breakthrough in the global fight against the pandemic that can empower governments to tackle vaccine scarcity and inequity. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced the administration’s position in a statement Wednesday afternoon. “This is a […]

Religious Communities Cautious as Trump Calls for Houses of Worship to Reopen

By Patsy Widakuswara | VOA on May 23, 2020   Featured, Health, National, National/World  

Religious Communities Cautious as Trump Calls for Houses of Worship to Reopen

  WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is calling on the nation’s governors to immediately reopen churches, synagogues, mosques and other houses of worship, characterizing them as “essential places that provide essential services” during the pandemic.  “At my direction, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is issuing guidance for communities of faith,” Trump said Friday.  Trump admonished […]

Trump Accuses Canada’s Trudeau of Being ‘Two-Faced’

By Patsy Widakuswara | VOA on Dec 4, 2019   Featured, National/World, Politics, World  

Trump Accuses Canada’s Trudeau of Being ‘Two-Faced’

LONDON – U.S. President Donald Trump accused Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of being “two-faced” after Trudeau and other NATO leaders appeared to have been gossiping about him. A recording of a reception Tuesday night in London’s Buckingham Palace shows Trudeau huddling with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Britain’s Princess Anne, Dutch Prime Minister Mark […]

Trump, Macron Air Differences at NATO Summit

By Patsy Widakuswara | VOA on Dec 3, 2019   Featured, National/World, Politics, World  

Trump, Macron Air Differences at NATO Summit

LONDON – Differences between U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron were on full display as NATO leaders gathered for a summit in London. In an almost 40-minute session with journalists the two leaders clashed on a number of issues including burden sharing within NATO, terrorism, Turkey’s incursion into northern Syria, and the […]

Trump Begins NATO Summit with Criticism, Promises

By Patsy Widakuswara | VOA on Dec 3, 2019   Featured, National, National/World  

Trump Begins NATO Summit with Criticism, Promises

LONDON – U.S. President Donald Trump began his London visit with a promise to stay out of Britain’s general election, scheduled to be held on December 12. “I have no thoughts on it, It’s going to be a very important election for this great country, but I have no thoughts on it,” Trump said Tuesday, […]

European Leaders Brace for Trump Ahead of G-7 Summit

By Patsy Widakuswara | VOA on Aug 23, 2019   Featured, National/World, Politics, World  

European Leaders Brace for Trump Ahead of G-7 Summit

  PARIS — The world’s largest advanced democracies — collectively known as the “Group of Seven,” or G-7 — will have their annual summit this weekend in Biarritz, a French seaside resort town known for its world-class surfing. G-7 leaders here will not only have to navigate the world’s most pressing economic issues but also the […]

White House Paints Crisis at Border, Considers Declaring National Emergency

By Patsy Widakuswara | VOA on Jan 8, 2019   Featured, National, National/World, Politics  

White House Paints Crisis at Border, Considers Declaring National Emergency

  [dropcap]W[/dropcap]ASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is pushing hard to portray the southern border with Mexico as an imminent “humanitarian and national security crisis” to win support for border wall funding in a fight with lawmakers that has brought the country to an 18-day partial government shutdown. Trump is set to make that case […]

Trump’s Environmental Policy Roll-back Alarms Activists

By Patsy Widakuswara | VOA on Aug 30, 2018   Featured, National, National/World  

Trump’s Environmental Policy Roll-back Alarms Activists

CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA — Environmentalists are alarmed that President Donald Trump is following through on his campaign pledges to roll back Obama-era rules that tightened restrictions on greenhouse gases, promising the moves would lead to more American jobs and economic growth. At a recent rally in Charleston, West Virginia, under a “Trump Digs Coal” banner, the […]



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