VOA60 January 19 2022

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv in an effort to reduce border tensions with Russia. Australia and New Zealand send navy ships with aid for Tonga after last week’s volcanic burst. In Japan, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announces three-week restrictions for 13 areas to slow the spread of the Omicron version of COVID-19. And in Indonesia, Aris Sumarsono receives a jail term of 15 years. Sumarsono has been linked to the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people. Originally published at -