United Nations, November 25 (RHC)-- A new report by the United Nations has said that Latin America and the Caribbean could face a “prolonged social crisis” in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.... More
Kampala, November 25 (RHC) Central Uganda’s Mubende district was where the outbreak was originally declared on September 20. It and another district, Kassanda, are considered to be the epicentres for the disease’s spread. Movement in and out of them has been restricted.... More
Tegucigalpa, November 24 (RHC)-- Honduran President Xiomara Castro declared a national security emergency on Thursday to launch what she called a "war against extortion" in the country amid an escalating number of extortion crimes by criminal gang groups. ... More
New York, November 25 (RHC)-- Four U.S. rail unions have set a clear timeline for a nationwide freight strike in a move that could cost the country’s economy $1 billion in the first week of the strike, according to an economic analysis.... More
Geneva, November 25 (RHC)-- Measles is at “imminent threat” of spreading in various parts of the world after the COVID-19 pandemic led to many children missing their routine vaccinations, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have warned.... More
Santo Domingo, November 25 (RHC)-- The Ministry of Health of the Dominican Republic has reported on that 200 new COVID-19 positive patients were confirmed. Through a statement, the portfolio pointed to the fact that in the last 24 hours 2,424 samples were processed, and the results show an increase compared to the 151 diagnosed the day before.... More
Washington, November 24 (RHC)-- A coalition of over 400 immigrant justice and human rights groups are urging the Biden administration to grant temporary protected status, or TPS, to more people from Haiti as the island nation faces a political and economic crisis with violence increasing in the streets. ... More
Palm Beach, November 24 (RHC)-- Former U.S. President Donald Trump has lashed out at the Supreme Court for unanimously rejecting his last-ditch effort to block a congressional committee from obtaining his federal income tax returns.... More
Caracas, November 24 (RHC)-- The Government of Venezuela and the United Nations will strengthen their cooperation to ensure food security according to Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and the regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the World Food Program (WFP), María Dolores Castro.... More
Mexico City, November 24 (RHC)-- The president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, held a meeting with his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, on Wednesday, during which they agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the economic, educational and environmental fields.... More
Buenos Aires, November 24 (RHC)-- On Thursday afternoon, the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Association paid tribute to the memory of its president Hebe de Bonafini, who died on Sunday at the age of 93 in the city of La Plata, Argentina.... More
Brasilia, November 24 (RHC)-- The recent increase in cases of COVID-19 in the country has led to the mandatory use of face masks in airplanes and airports coming back into force beginning Friday, November 25th. The decision came from the Collegiate Board of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), which examined current epidemiological data showing an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Brazil.... More
London, November 24 (RHC) --Thousands of postal workers, university lecturers and schoolteachers in the UK have gone on strike to demand better pay and working conditions amid the country’s cost-of-living crisis. Picket lines were set up outside postal offices, universities and schools on Thursday in one of the biggest coordinated walkouts this year.... More
Ramallah, November 24 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have demolished a recently-built Palestinian primary school in the Masafer Yatta region of the southern occupied West Bank, where residents are facing the ongoing threat of forced displacement.... More
Washington, November 24 (RHC)-- Muslim U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has hit back at House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) after he vowed to remove Omar from her committee posts over her condemnation of Israel’s war crimes if he becomes speaker of the House.... More
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