Geneva, February 7 (RHC)-- The death toll from a strong earthquake in south-eastern Turkey, near Syria's border, could rise eight-fold, the World Health Organization has warned. The toll, which currently stands at more than 3,400 people, has increased rapidly since the first earthquake struck early on Monday morning. About 12 hours later, a second powerful tremor hit further north.... More
La Paz, February 7 (RHC)-- Bolivia’s Rural Development and Land Minister Remmy Gonzales reports that at least 2,800 communities in his country are being affected by drought. "They are mainly on the western side of the country," Gonzales stated, stressing that President Luis Arce's administration enabled 234 water wells to counter the effects of the drought.... More
Lima, February 7 (RHC)--A landslide in southern Peru has left at least 40 people dead and five more missing, as torrential rain washed through the region on Monday. Twenty more people were treated for minor injuries, according to a bureau for Peru’s Ministry of Health in the mountainous town of Secocha, where the landslide took place.... More
New York, February 6 (RHC)-- A U.S. physician took to the op-ed pages of The New York Times on Sunday to offer a scathing condemnation of the country's for-profit healthcare system and his profession's historical complicity in campaigns against universal coverage.... More
United Nations, February 6 (RHC)-- The United Nations says the Israeli regime has killed dozens of Palestinians and either destroyed or confiscated scores of Palestinian-owned structures across the occupied West Bank within an interval of about three weeks in January.... More
Brasilia, February 6 (RHC)-- New proceedings have been opened against another group of 152 people suspected of participating in the coup acts of January 8 in Brasilia, according to the Brazilian Attorney General's Office.... More
Ankara, February 6 (RHC)-- A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake has hit Turkey and Syria, killing over 2,600 people and trapping many others. The quake struck at 04:17 am local time (0117 GMT) at a depth of about 17.9 kilometers (11 miles) and was followed by a 6.7-magnitude aftershock 15 minutes later, according to the US Geological Survey.... More
Lima, February 6 (rHC)-- Peru has expanded a nationwide state of emergency across several regions as the country remains entangled in a deadly political crisis. The government on Sunday said seven southern Peruvian regions -- Madre de Dios, Cusco, Puno, Apurimac, Arequipa, Moquegua and Tacna -- will fall under the measure, which will remain in place for 60 days.... More
Santiago de Chile, February 6 (RHC)-- The Chilean government reported Sunday that ten people had been arrested for their alleged involvement in the devastating fires destroying thousands of hectares in the country's center and south and that the death toll has risen to 24.... More
Damascus, February 6 (RHC)-- A powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit southeast Turkey and Syria, toppling buildings and sending panicked residents pouring outside on a cold winter night. More than 500 people were killed and hundreds injured in Turkey and Syria, and the death toll is expected to rise.... More
Tel Aviv, February 6 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime has approved the construction of a new illegal settlement near the border with the besieged Gaza Strip, pressing ahead with its illegal settlement expansion activities across the Palestinian territories despite international outcry.... More
Paris, February 6 (RHC)-- France is bracing for a new round of nationwide strikes so far this year against President Emmanuel Macron's plan to raise the retirement age, which has been dubbed by major trade unions as unfair. The protest action, which is slated to affect countrywide train and air services this time around -- including the Eurostar line -- is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, French authorities said on Sunday... More
Juba, February 5 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has ended a trip to South Sudan with an impassioned plea for peace and forgiveness in the war-torn country. The Pope made the appeal on Sunday as he presided over an open-air Mass attended by 100,000 people on the grounds of a mausoleum for South Sudan’s liberation hero John Garang in the capital Juba.... More
Washington, February 5 (RHC)-- Years after a widely criticised United States policy known as “family separation” forcibly took refugee and migrant children away from their families at the US southern border, nearly 1,000 have yet to be returned.... More
Tehran, February 5 (RHC)-- The Iranian government has delivered 10,000 homes to owners under its massive affordable housing project as President Ebrahim Raeisi vows to accelerate the completion of unfinished projects to provide more housing to low income-earners in the country.... More
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