Lima, February 17 (RHC)-- Peru’s designated-president Dina Boluarte met with far-right Popular Force (FP) party leader Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori, to discuss the ongoing political and social crisis.... More
Brasilia, February 16 (RHC)-- Brazil’s federal police have seized assets related to illegal mining operations in the Amazon rainforest, as the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva cracks down on unsanctioned commercial activity that threatens the forest and the people who inhabit it.... More
Buffalo, February 16 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of New York, the white teenager who murdered ten people in a racially-motivated attack in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo last May has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. ... More
Tel Aviv, February 16 (RHC)-- The Israeli parliament has passed a law that allows the Tel Aviv regime to revoke the residency status or citizenship of those who have been engaged in activism against the occupation of Palestinian lands, and deport them either to the occupied West Bank or the besieged Gaza Strip.... More
Geneva, February 16 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization will continue pushing until it finds an answer to how the COVID-19 pandemic started, the agency’s chief has said following a report suggesting it had abandoned the search. Understanding the origins of the SARS CoV-2 virus and how it began spreading among humans had been considered vital for averting future pandemics.... More
Brasilia, February 16 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has announced the resumption of some 14 000 infrastructure works that have been halted throughout the country.... More
Ramallah, February 16 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime's cabinet has reportedly lent its blessing to the construction of more than 7,000 illegal settler units in the Tel Aviv-occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Information Center carried the report on Wednesday, citing Hebrew-language media outlets.... More
New York, February 16 (RHC)-- Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro told The Wall Street Journal he plans to return to Brazil in March to lead the opposition and face accusations he incited last month’s attack by rabid supporters on government buildings in Brasília. ... More
Washington, February 16 (RHC)-- The Joe Biden administration has withdrawn its nomination of prominent human rights attorney James Cavallaro to serve on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights over the attorney’s past comments describing Israel as an “apartheid state.” He has also criticized House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s close ties to AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.... More
London, February 16 (RHC)-- In the UK, activists with the group Just Stop Oil delivered an ultimatum to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, warning the British government must stop any new fossil fuel licenses after April 10 or deal with “escalating disruption” from the youth activists. ... More
Wellington, February 16 (RHC)-- A cyclone that left a devastating wake of extensive flooding and landslides in New Zealand has claimed at least five lives and police have "grave concerns" for other residents who remain unaccounted for, the prime minister said on Wednesday.... More
Nassau, February 15 (RHC)-- From Wednesday to Friday, the Bahamas is hosting the 44th Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government meeting, in which regional leaders will discuss issues of common interest like peace and climate change.... More
Tripoli, February 15 (RHC)-- At least 73 Europe-bound migrants and refugees are missing and presumed dead following a shipwreck off the coast of Libya, the United Nations migration agency has said.... More
Brasilia, February 15 (RHC)-- Brazil's Attorney General's Office has denounced 139 other people for their participation in the January 8 assault on the three branches of government in Brasilia.... More
Geneva, February 15 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization is warning a highly pathogenic variant of avian influenza is increasingly spreading among mammals — raising the prospect it could trigger a pandemic in humans. The H5N1 flu outbreak has killed countless wild birds and millions of farmed poultry, driving up the cost of eggs worldwide. ... More
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