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The United States and the European Union have resolved a long-running trade dispute over Airbus and Boeing, a move that could improve transatlantic relations as both sides seek to counter China's rising economic influence. CNN's Anna Stewart reports.

Two Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem have been flashpoints of tension over plans to evict hundreds of Palestinians from homes they have lived in for decades – among the reasons for the recent fighting between Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement in Gaza that left hundreds dead.

Vaccinating more people globally will help prevent new, more dangerous COVID-19 variants from emerging, experts say. But fewer than 1% of people in low-income countries have so far received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the University of Oxford's Our World in Data.

As the pandemic advances in Brazil, poverty gains ground. Despite having one of the world's largest economies, nearly 13 percent of the country's population is surviving on just over eight dollars a day. For VOA, Edgar Maciel in Sao Paulo visited one of Brazil's poorest favelas – and reports on how families are coping.

Sexual and gender minorities continue to suffer discrimination and harassment around the world. But in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, some transgender women are finding solace in religious teachings, as reported by VOA's Rendy Wicaksana.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell indicated he will refuse to confirm a Supreme Court nominee picked by Biden in 2024 if the GOP wins back the Senate.

In a bid to become a carbon-neutral economy by 2050, the Rwandan government has embarked on a project to scale up electric motorbikes in the country through the process of retrofitting.