Paris, March 9 (RHC)-- In France, 1.3 million people took to the streets Tuesday in the sixth — and largest yet — nationwide protest against raising the pension age from 62 to 64. Train services were disrupted, schools were shut, and fuel deliveries blocked.... More
Madrid, March 9 (RHC)-- Spain’s government approved a draft law aimed at bolstering equal representation of women in politics, business and other institutions. The measure, announced by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at a rally for the Socialist Party over the weekend, will now be debated and voted on by the Spanish parliament. ... More
Washington, March 9 (RHC)-- The Joe Biden administration is considering a plan to vaccinate millions of chickens against avian influenza. The plan comes amid the worst outbreak of the viral disease in U.S. history, which has killed tens of millions of domesticated chickens, turkeys and ducks, along with countless wild birds. ... More
Port-au-Prince, March 9 (RHC)-- In Haiti, the humanitarian aid group Doctors Without Borders is considering suspending its operations after a series of shootouts at its clinics in Port-au-Prince and other violent incidents as the island nation is increasingly controlled by gangs. ... More
Tokyo, March 9 (RHC)-- South Korea has agreed to set up a fund to compensate victims of forced labor during Japan’s colonization of Korea in the first half of the 20th century. South Korea’s Foreign Ministry plans to raise the funds through voluntary contributions by businesses. ... More
Washington, March 9 (RHC)-- The Joe Biden administration is considering a plan to start detaining asylum-seeking families who are apprehended on the U.S.-Mexico border — after U.S. officials had largely ended the practice over the past two years. ... More
Jenin, March 9 (RHC)-- The occupied West Bank observed a general strike yesterday, one day after Israeli forces raided a Jenin refugee camp, killing six Palestinians. It was the latest deadly attack by Israel, which has killed at least 73 Palestinians since the start of the year.... More
Athens, March 9 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands of people have rallied in Athens and cities across Greece to demand accountability following the deaths of 57 people last week in the country’s worst train disaster.... More
United Nations, March 9 (RHC)-- Damage caused by devastating earthquakes in Turkey will exceed $100 billion, a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) official says ahead of a major donor conference next week.... More
London, March 9 (RHC)-- The United Kingdom government says it is ready for legal challenges to a tough new law intended to stop tens of thousands of people a year from reaching the country in small boats across the English Channel.... More
New York, March 8 (RHC)--Demonstrations, conferences and artistic events around the world have marked International Women’s Day, an annual observance established to recognize women and demand equality for half of the planet’s population.... More
United Nations, March 8 (RHC)-- The number of pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls experiencing malnutrition has skyrocketed since 2020 across 12 countries in Africa and Asia. That’s according to UNICEF, which says nearly 7 million mothers are suffering from hunger as a food shortage crisis has worsened due to the war in Ukraine, the climate crisis, ongoing conflict and the pandemic. ... More
New York, March 8 (RHC)-- More than 500 physicians and other medical professionals have signed on to a letter urging federal regulators to prevent the expansion of a fracked gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest. The sign-on campaign comes as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is expected to weigh in on TC Energy's Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) Xpress project as soon as this month.... More
New York, March 8 (RHC)-- An analysis published by the watchdog Accountable.US revealed that the biggest oil companies operating in the United States raked in a collective $290 billion in profits last year while they "consistently prioritized shareholder returns over alleviating the pressure of high energy prices."... More
Bogota, March 8 (RHC)-- Colombia and Ecuador have launched a joint alert system meant to protect Indigenous Awa communities from attacks by armed groups in the border region between the two countries. At a news conference on Tuesday in the Colombian capital Bogota, human rights ombudsmen from the two countries announced the new system, which is designed to alert government and military officials in each country about potential attacks.... More
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