Havana, December 13 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel participated on Saturday in the Climate Ambition Summit taking place virtually five years after the adoption of the Paris Accord.... More


Havana, December 13 (RHC)-- The congress of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) has opened its virtual sessions, with the election of its president among the central themes.... More


Washington, December 13 (RHC)-- Violent clashes between pro-Donald Trump protesters and Black Lives Matter supporters on both sides of the country ended in bloodshed on Saturday.... More


Tel Aviv, December 13 (RHC)-- In the 25th consecutive week of protest rallies held in Israel against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a protest group called “Crime Minister” has vowed to lay “siege” to the premier’s residence until he leaves power.  The protesters rallied across the occupied territories on Saturday evening, the 25th straight week of mass demonstrations against Netanyahu over his indictment on graft charges and handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.... More


Columbus, December 13 (RHC)-- Hundreds of angry demonstrators staged a protest march in the northwest city of Columbus in Ohio to demand justice and transparency in investigations into the police killing of an African-American youth last week outside his home.... More


Mexico City, December 12 (RHC)-- Mexico has approved the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.  “Mexico is the fourth country whose health agency, Cofepris, has given authorisation for emergency use of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine,” Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell told a news conference on in Mexico City.  “This is a source of hope and tranquillity.”... More


Vienna, December 12 (RHC)-- The Austrian police have seized a huge cache of automatic weapons, explosives and hand grenades intended to arm far-right “extremist” groups in Germany.  Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said on Saturday five men aged 21 to 53 with links to neo-Nazi groups were arrested following a series of house searches.... More


Washington, December 12 (RHC)-- The United States Senate has approved a massive annual military budget amid forecasts of a new Cold War.  The Senate passed the $741 billion bill to fund U.S. military forces fighting major world powers.... More


Washington, December 12 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has blasted the country's highest judicial body, saying the Supreme Court lacked the "wisdom" and "courage" it required to make sound judgement on the disputed presidential election.... More


Paris, December 12 (RHC)-- French police have clashed with protesters rallying in Paris for the fourth consecutive weekend against police brutality and a controversial security bill that restricts filming on-duty police officers.... More


Athens, December 12 (RHC)-- In Greece, Human Rights Watch warns refugees and aid workers may be at risk of lead poisoning from a new refugee camp built by Greek authorities on a former military shooting range on the island of Lesbos. ... More


New York, December 12 (RHC)-- The U.S. Labor Department reports nearly 1.4 million U.S. workers filed for initial unemployment assistance last week — a sharp rise from the previous week — as the worsening pandemic continues to hammer the U.S. economy.   ... More


Washington, December 12 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration’s approval of the construction of the country’s first offshore oil production facility in federal Arctic waters. ... More


Havana, December 12 (RHC)-- Cuba and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)  revalidated their friendship, solidarity, and route towards socialism, traced more than 60 years ago by their respective historical leaders, Fidel Castro, and Kim Il Sung.... More


Moscow, December 12 (RHC)-- Russia has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Moroccan "sovereignty" over Western Sahara — as part of a normalization deal between Morocco and the Israeli regime — as a violation of international law.... More


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