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Aerial video shows the extent of destruction a tornado caused when it touched down in a coastal North Carolina area and killed three people. Ten others were injured. (Feb. 16)

Chicago-area residents are digging out Tuesday after a winter storm dumped nearly a foot and a half of snow in some places. (Feb. 16)

NATO defence ministers will consider setting aside a May 1 deadline for its troops to fully withdraw from Afghanistan, according to the alliance's secretary-general.

Joshimath (India) (AFP) – A glacier broke off a mountainside, triggering a deadly flash flood through a valley in Uttarakhand state early Sunday. Survivors recount their experience with one of them saying: "The difference between life and death was just two minutes.

The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday called for the adjustment of COVID-19 vaccines to factor in the new strains of the virus.

As the earnings season continues, we are joined by the Managing Director and CEO of Courteville Business Solution, Adeobal Akindele to give us some guidance on the company's 2020 result and for an outlook for the first quarter of the year.

A New Mexico State Police officer was fatally shot on a highway Thursday and authorities chased the attacker, killing him in a shootout, officials said. (Feb. 5)

Kabul (AFP) – Journalists, religious scholars, activists and judges have all been targeted in a recent wave of political assassinations that has spread panic across Afghanistan and forced many into hiding — with some even fleeing the country. The killings have increased since peace talks were launched last year between the warring Afghan government and the Taliban — the latest attempt to end decades of conflict.

President Joe Biden visited the State Department Thursday and outlined his vision for U.S. foreign policy, ordering an end to U.S. support for offensive military operations in Yemen and an overall shift toward diplomacy. VOA's Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports.

Germany : The country is weighing the possibility of easing its lockdown given the decline in the number of cases and the reduced pressure on hospitals. It will depend on the vaccination rate and the degree of circulation of the new virus variants. But German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that despite Germany going through its most difficult time in the fight against the virus, she can see a light at the end of the tunnel: "I said at the beginning of the winter that this would be the hardest time for us, and that's how it turned out.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel has sent 5,000 coronavirus vaccine shots to the Palestinian Authority to inoculate medical personnel, following global pressure to ensure Palestinians are vaccinated.

President Joe Biden's nominee for education secretary is promising to help reopen schools but says much of the hardest work will come after that as schools try to address long-standing disparities worsened by the pandemic. (Feb. 3)