Santo Domingo, November 16 (RHC)-- The Dominican Human Rights Committee (CDDH) and other social organizations condemned President Luis Abinader's decree that expels foreigners who illegally occupy public or private property. This decision mainly affects Haitian rural workers.... More
Madrid, November 16 (RHC)-- Food prices in Spain hit record highs last month in the wake of a month-long strike by truckers earlier this year, which brought the country's supply chains to a halt, official data shows. In October, overall food prices climbed 15.4 percent from a year earlier, according to the National Statistics Institute.... More
Tel Aviv, November 16 (RHC)-- The Biden administration has opened an FBI investigation into the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, the Palestinian American journalist who was shot in the head and killed last May while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank — even as she wore a helmet clearly labeled ”PRESS.” ... More
United Nations, November 16 (RHC)-- The United Nations and authorities in Haiti have called for international assistance to respond to a deadly outbreak of cholera that the World Health Organization has warned puts hundreds of thousands of people across the Caribbean nation at risk.... More
Cairo, November 16 (RHC)-- Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has met with envoys from the U.S. and China in the framework of the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference. At the event, which is being held in Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt) from November 6th to the 18th, Lula met with John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua, the leading representatives of the U.S. and China, respectively, in global meetings on climate challenges.... More
Palm Beach, November 16 (RHC)-- Donald Trump has announced he will run for United States president again in 2024 despite facing multiple criminal investigations and the poor performance of the candidates he backed in last week’s midterm elections.... More
Ramallah, November 16 (RHC)-- The family of Shireen Abu Akleh say they are “encouraged” by the United States announcing an investigation into the Palestinian American Al Jazeera correspondent’s killing in May. In a statement released on Tuesday, the family said the US decision, first reported on Monday, was necessary considering Abu Akleh’s citizenship and the fact that she was killed “by a foreign military”.... More
Sydney, November 16 (RHC)-- Emergency workers in Australia have rescued hundreds of people – some from rooftops and trees – as rapidly rising floodwaters in the state of New South Wales (NSW) cut off towns and inundate homes, farms, highways and bridges.... More
Sao Paulo, November 15 (RHC)-- Brazil's vice-president-elect, Geraldo Alckmin, has announced who will make up the group in charge of the government transition in the areas of education, cities, infrastructure, sports, youth and culture, as well as who will head the subgroup in charge of children's issues and human rights.... More
Port-au-Prince, November 15 (RHC)-- Journalists, communicators and social groups marched through the streets of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, to demand an end to murders and police violence against journalists in the exercise of their duties, local media reported.... More
London, November 15 (RHC)-- More than one-third of British pubs and restaurants have slashed their trading hours over the last three months in order to be able to cope with soaring energy costs, the country's statistics office says in a report.... More
Washington, November 15 (RHC)-- The United States has informed Israeli authorities that it decided to open its own investigation into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, several Israeli and US media outlets reported, citing unidentified sources. According to a report by Axios on Monday, the U.S. Justice Department informed its counterpart in Israel that the FBI is opening a probe into the incident.... More
Brasilia, November 15 (RHC)-- Brazil's vice-president-elect and coordinator of the transition team of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's government, Geraldo Alckmin, has asked Jair Bolsonaro's government for access to complete data on deforestation in the Amazon the last year because, in his opinion, these numbers already exist and should be known.... More
Los Angeles, November 15 (RHC)-- More than 48,000 academic workers in the University of California system have gone on strike over what they say are unfair labour practices and low wages. Researchers, postdoctoral scholars, teaching assistants and other employees headed to the picket line on Monday, launching what they describe as the largest academic worker strike in U.S. history. The move is expected to halt activities within the University of California system, a network of 10 public universities and more than 280,000 students.... More
Amman, November 15 (RHC)-- The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said on Monday that the agency’s “assets have become obsolete”, and that it needs $50-80 million to keep services running until the end of the year.... More
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