Ramallah, December 7 (RHC)-- Mourners gathered over the weekend for the funeral of Ali Abu Alia, a Palestinian teenager who was killed by Israeli forces Friday. Israeli soldiers shot the teen in the stomach during a protest in the occupied West Bank.... More
Washington, December 7 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has marked the anniversary of the U.S. illegal recognition of Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s capital. In a tweet on Monday, the former CIA chief paid tribute to his boss, Donald Trump, for moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city three years ago.... More
Geneva, December 7 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization’s Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says that coronavirus vaccines must be treated as public goods. ... More
Washington, December 7 (RHC)-- In a major victory for immigrant rights, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to fully and immediately restore DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, in its original form. ... More
Minneapolis, December 7 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Minnesota, Indigenous-led water protectors have launched a series of direct actions against the construction of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline, which would carry more than 750,000 barrels of tar sands oil a day through fragile ecosystems — endangering lakes, rivers and wild rice beds. ... More
Washington, December 7 (RHC)-- The U.S. is heading toward 15 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 as daily cases are averaging close to 200,000. The reported death toll has topped 282,000 with hospitalizations now over 100,000. ... More
Lima, December 7 (RHC)-- In Peru, lawmakers have repealed a highly contested agricultural law, following five days of demonstrations and roadblocks led by farmworkers across the country and after at least one person was killed Thursday when police opened fire on protesters. ... More
Ramallah, December 7 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime has approved four new settlement projects in the occupied West Bank, and is planning construction of 9,000 settlement units north of Jerusalem al-Quds, Palestinian and Israeli media report.... More
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Washington, December 7 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has tweeted that Rudy Giulani, his personal lawyer who has been leading legal efforts to overturn his election defeat last month to Joe Biden, has tested positive for coronavirus.... More
Washington, December 7 (RHC)-- U.S. lawmakers have agreed to extend sanctions on companies involved in the construction of the natural gas pipeline, Nord Stream 2, which will take Russia's gas directly to Germany.... More
Rome, December 7 (RHC)-- World food prices rose for a sixth month running in November, hitting almost a six year high with the index posting its biggest monthly increase since July 2012, the United Nations food agency announced this week.... More
New Delhi, December 7 (RHC)-- Pfizer India has become the first pharmaceutical firm to seek an emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in India, which has the second highest number of coronavirus infections.... More
Buenos Aires, December 7 (RHC) The Henry Reeve International Brigade of Cuban doctors will be honored with the Memorial Award for Peace and Solidarity among Peoples, granted by the organization Servicio, Paz y Justicia (Serpaj), an important human rights defense collective based in Argentina.... More
Havana, December 7 (RHC)-- The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Raúl Castro, and the President, Miguel Díaz-Canel, sent a congratulatory message to the people of Venezuela and its President for the victory in the legislative elections.... More
Havana, December 7 (RHC)-- On the 31st anniversary of the return to Cuba of the mortal remains of those who gave their lives for the independence of Angola, the Cuban people do not forget and honor the martyrs.... More
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