Voice-operated smartphones are aiming at a vast yet widely overlooked market in sub-Saharan Africa — the tens of millions of people who face huge challenges in life because they cannot read or write.In Ivory Coast, a so-called “Superphone” using a voca…
Junta forces have been rounding up residents of a village in Myanmar’s southern Tanintharyi region, arresting more than 100 since Sept. 6, locals told RFA.Troops entered Ba Wa Pin village in Dawei township at the start of the month, after fighting erup…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a disaster emergency Friday in a bid to accelerate efforts to vaccinate residents against polio after the virus was detected in wastewater samples taken in four counties.Hochul’s executive order followed the disc…
Armed ethnic groups have rejected a proposal by Myanmar junta chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing to sign a peace deal in exchange for the right to join the military as part of a border guard force, saying a resolution to Myanmar’s political crisis must …
