Economy and business

UN: Iran using drones to enforce hijab law

NASA, SpaceX launch crew to space station to retrieve stuck astronauts

Pi Day counts on never-ending numerical sequence for March 14 celebrations

Archaeologists use song to herald findings in Guinea-Bissau dig

Africa faces diabetes crisis, study finds

Report: US bird population is declining

Asteroid probe snaps rare images of Martian moon

The story of Chinese Americans who call Texas home

Belgium makes arrests in corruption probe linked to EU

White House withdraws nomination for CDC director

Hospitalized pope marks 12 years in job with future uncertain

Archaeologists find million-year-old fossil of a human ancestor

Launch pad problem delays SpaceX flight to replace NASA’s stuck astronauts

Chest X-ray confirms improvements in pope’s condition, Vatican says

China boosting development of AI for use in trade war with US

NASA’s newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies

VOA Creole: MSF reports 150 new cholera cases in Haiti  

Measles cases rising in southwestern US as more states report infections

New vision of architecture popping up across US deep South

Music flows in Roberta Flack’s ‘Celebration of Life’ memorial with Stevie Wonder and Al Sharpton

Greek lawmaker attacks paintings he said were offensive to Christians

Writers, artists adapt AI technology to gain creative control

‘Porcelain War’ documentary spotlights Ukrainian artists’ fight for country

Pope rests as Vatican marks another Holy Year event without him

Trump appoints 2 from Fox News to Kennedy Center board

Monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico rebound this year

Autopsies show Gene Hackman died of heart disease; wife died of hantavirus

US researchers and doctors rally for science against Trump cuts

US drops antitrust case against Google over AI, not Chrome

Play about Winnie Mandela explores Black women’s apartheid struggles

Ukrainian musicians in US express solidarity through performance

Trump to host White House crypto summit

SpaceX’s latest Starship test flight again ends in explosion

Trump calls to end US government’s semiconductor subsidy program

Ariane 6 rocket roars skyward carrying French military satellite

Florida’s gentle giants: Manatees fight for survival

Youth theater production rises from the ashes of Los Angeles fires

US firm targets moon landing with drill, rovers, hopping drone

US stops sharing air quality data, raising scientists’ concerns

Two women break through gender barriers to build careers

Musk fails in bid to block OpenAI becoming for-profit business

Lakers’ James first NBA player to score 50,000 combined points in regular season, playoffs

China’s Liu Jiakun wins Pritzker Prize, ‘Nobel’ for architecture

Wounded Ukrainian veteran & choreographer gets prosthetic leg thanks to donations  

VOA Mandarin: Who has better humanoid robots, US or China?

Trump, Taiwanese chipmaker announce new $100 billion plan to build five new US factories

List of winners: 97th Academy Awards

‘Captain America: Brave New World’ on top during weak Oscars’ weekend

Oscars take the stage on Sunday with best picture up for grabs

Private lunar lander Blue Ghost touches down on the moon with special delivery for NASA

Pope Francis stable in hospital, had peaceful night, Vatican says

Singer Charli XCX wins top prizes at BRIT Awards

Judge blocks Trump order threatening funding for transgender youth care

David Johansen, singer from New York Dolls punk band, dies at 75

2 lunar landings in a week for NASA’s private moon fleet

What is Ramadan and how do Muslims observe the Islamic holy month?

Measles: What to know, how to avoid it

Voices Unheard: Living with disability in Libya

Gene Hackman likely died Feb. 17, last day of activity on pacemaker, official says

Investigation into deaths of Gene Hackman, wife continues in New Mexico