Santiago de Chile, February 8 (RHC)-- A heatwave is threatening further wildfires in Chile’s south-central region, authorities have warned, as more than two dozen people have been killed due to the devastating blazes. High temperatures are expected until Friday and could rise above 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) in the central Maule and Nuble regions, “creating a very complex situation in terms of weather”, the deputy interior minister, Manuel Monsalve, said on Tuesday. “A very complex climate situation can arise,” said Monsalve, urging teams to be “prepared for any eventuality."... More
New York, February 8 (RHC)-- Zoom Video Communications Inc has said it would cut about 1,300 jobs and take a related charge of up to $68m as demand for its video conferencing services slows with the waning of the pandemic. The company’s shares, which fell 63 percent last year amid a rout in technology shares, closed up 9.9 percent on the news but were down marginally in extended trading.... More
Lima, February 8 (RHC)-- Peru’s El Salto newspaper has published an interview with former President Pedro Castillo, who has remained in the Barbadillo maximum security prison since Congress removed him from the presidency on December 7th last year.... More
Brasilia, February 8 (RHC)-- Brazil's Federal Police have arrested four Military Police officers for dereliction of duty during the January 8 assault on the headquarters of the three branches of government in Brasília.... More
London, February 8 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands of nurses from the Royal College of Nursing Union and ambulance crews have gone on an unprecedented strike, calling on the NHS for increased pay as well as better work conditions.... More
Ankara, February 8 (RHC)-- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared a three-month state of emergency after the death toll from Monday’s catastrophic earthquakes topped 7,800 and continued to rise. The World Health Organization warns the number of dead could ultimately increase eightfold, with some 23 million people affected by two major earthquakes that struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria. Hundreds of aftershocks followed. ... More
Santa Fe, February 8 (RHC)-- Supporters of Leonard Peltier rallied in cities and towns across the U.S. and around the world Monday, calling for the release of the 78-year-old Indigenous rights activist. The protests came as Peltier entered into his 48th year behind bars for a crime he says he did not commit. ... More
Atlanta, February 7 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Georgia, the family members of environmental activist Manuel Esteban Páez Terán said multiple Atlanta police officers shot the 26-year-old at least 13 times, killing Terán during a raid last month on a peaceful encampment of protesters opposed to the proposed construction of “Cop City,” a $90 million police training complex in the Weelaunee Forest. ... More
New York, February 7 (RHC)-- Embattled New York Republican Congressmember George Santos is facing fresh scrutiny after a prospective staffer in his Capitol Hill office accused Santos of sexual harassment. ... More
United Nations, February 7 (RHC)-- The lack of employment is what is driving people to join fast-growing armed groups in sub-Saharan Africa, more than religious belief, according to a report by the UN Development Program (UNDP) based on interviews with hundreds of former fighters.... More
Santo Domingo, February 7 (RHC)-- The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (Mispas) of the Dominican Republic, through the Vice-Ministry of Collective Health and its General Directorate of Epidemiology (Digepi) confirmed the appearance of five new cases of cholera in that Caribbean country.... More
La Paz, February 7 (RHC)-- The Bolivian Minister of Health, Jeyson Auza, reports that COVID-19 cases continue to decrease for the sixth consecutive week. The minister highlighted that this week 2,191 new infections were detected, which represents a decrease of 34 percent, some 1,137 patients less than in the previous period. ... More
United Nations, February 7 (RHC)-- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have called for a renewed commitment to end female genital mutilation in Ethiopia.... More
Cairo, February 7 (RHC)-- The Arab League has condemned the Tel Aviv regime over waging “an open war” and perpetrating “organized crimes” against the Palestinian nation, especially after Israeli forces shot dead several Palestinian men during a raid on a refugee camp near the occupied West Bank city of Ariha.... More
Santiago de Chile, February 7 (RHC)-- Deadly wildfires continue to burn in Chile as President Gabriel Boric has called for unity and resolve in response to the destruction of more than 1,000 homes and hundreds of thousands of hectares of land across south-central regions of the country.... More
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