VOA60: July 22, 2021

In Beijing, Chinese health officials say China cannot accept the World Health Organization's plan for additional study into the beginnings of COVID-19.

U.S. first lady Jill Biden arrives in Tokyo as the leading member of the U.S. delegation to the Summer Olympic Games.

In Hong Kong, national security police arrest five members of a trade union accusing them of publishing what they called "seditious material," including children's books.

And in Madagascar, police say they arrested six people Tuesday including a foreigner on suspicion of plotting to kill the country's president.