Port-au-Prince, December 7 (RHC)-- The Ministry of Public Health and Population of Haiti reported Tuesday that 13,000 cholera infections and 276 fatalities since last October of this year, when the disease began to be registered in vulnerable areas of Port-au-Prince.... More
Washington, December 7 (RHC)-- Over half of U.S. households say inflation is causing them hardship, a figure that has barely changed throughout the past several months, a Gallup poll shows. According to the poll, which was conducted among more than 1,800 American adults during November, 55% of Americans said the rising prices have created financial problems for their household.... More
Washington, December 7 (RHC)-- The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a case brought by a website designer from Colorado who’s seeking to deny services to LGBTQ people. During two-and-a-half hours of debate, the court’s conservative majority appeared to side with the plaintiff, who said her religious beliefs ought to outweigh Colorado’s public accommodations law, which bans businesses from discriminating against people based on their gender and sexual orientation. ... More
Stockholm, December 7 (RHC)-- Sweden, a Scandinavian nation famous for its generous welfare system and abundant green energy resources, is grappling with a poverty problem as food and energy prices surge across Europe, according to a new report. “Sweden also has a poverty problem,” a report in the Guardian cited Johan Rindevall, director of Matmissionen, a chain of social supermarkets in the country that sells food to its registered members with a monthly income of less than 11,200 kronor (roughly £880) in pay or benefits at rock-bottom prices.... More
Almaty, December 7 (RHC)-- More than 2,500 seals have been found dead on the Caspian Sea coast in southern Russia. Authorities in the Russian province of Dagestan said it was unclear why the mass die-off happened but it was likely because of natural causes.... More
Havana, December 7 (RHC)-- The Peruvian Congress on Wednesday approved the vacancy motion against President Pedro Castillo for "moral incapacity", after he earlier declared the dissolution of Parliament, in the midst of the political crisis that the country is going through.... More
Geneva, December 7 (RHC)-- Colombian Vice President Francia Márquez participated in the inauguration of a week of meetings of the Permanent Forum of Afro-descendants at the UN European headquarters in Geneva, where she called for historical reparation actions for African and Afro-descendant populations.... More
London, December 7 (RHC)-- Ambulance workers in the United Kingdom say they will strike two times later this month over pay and conditions, as the British government struggles to deal with a string of strikes in recent months. In a statement issued Tuesday, the GMB, a general trade union in the UK that says has more than 500,000 members, announced that more than 10,000 ambulance workers across England and Wales would strike later this month over pay and conditions.... More
Buenos Aires, December 6 (RHC)-- A federal court in Argentina sentenced on Tuesday Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to six years in prison for the crime of "fraudulent administration" in a case on the direction of road works in the province of Santa Cruz during her administration as president, from 2007 to 2015, and that of former President Néstor Kirchner, from 2003 until 2007.... More
The Hague, December 6 (RHC)-- The Al Jazeera Media Network has submitted a formal request to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and prosecute those responsible for killing veteran Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.... More
Washington, December 6 (RHC)-- The Biden administration has expanded temporary deportation relief to tens of thousands of Haitians after mounting pressure from immigrant rights advocates. Haitian migrants who arrived in the United States as of November 6th will now qualify for Temporary Protected Status, TPS, and the program’s expiration date has been extended from next February to August 2024. ... More
Athens, December 6 (RHC)-- Greek police have launched violent crackdown against protesters in the country's second-largest city after a teenager from the minority Roma community was shot in the head by police. The incident was reported on Monday morning near the port city of Thessaloniki when the 16-year-old was shot by police for allegedly driving off without paying the bill of €20 (£17) at a fuel station. The teenage boy, who has not been identified, was admitted to a hospital in critical condition, reports said.... More
London, December 6 (RHC)-- Hundreds of workers at Shelter, a British housing and homeless charity, have launched industrial actions, joining thousands of striking employees in various economic sectors across the country.... More
Atlanta, December 6 (RHC)-- The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is encouraging all U.S. residents to resume wearing high-quality, well-fitting masks in public, as 44 states report “very high” rates of influenza. This week, hospitalizations from influenza hit a 10-year high for this point in the flu season. ... More
United Nations, December 6 (RHC)-- The Executive Secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America - Peoples' Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP), Sacha Llorenti, held on Monday a meeting with the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) António Guterres, to discuss issues of regional and global interest.... More
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