Atlanta, November 8 (RHC)-- In the U.S., officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the United States is now in a flu epidemic, as recorded cases, hospitalizations and deaths nearly doubled over the past week. ... More
Iowa City, November 8 (RHC)-- Authorities in the U.S. state of Iowa are looking for 18-year-old Pieper Lewis, a sex trafficking survivor who escaped from the correctional center where she was serving her probation sentence. ... More
New Delhi, November 8 (RHC)-- Primary schools will reopen in the Indian capital this week and curbs will be lifted on certain construction activities, authorities said, after pollution levels improved to the “very poor” category from “severe.”... More
United Nations, November 8 (RHC)-- The past eight years are on track to be the hottest ever recorded, a United Nations report has found, as UN chief Antonio Guterres warned that the planet was sending “a distress signal.”... More
Mexico City, November 8 (RHC)-- The president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, announced Monday that a meeting in Mexico City with several Latin American leaders would take place between November 23rd and 25th to address the issue of the integration of America.... More
London, November 8 (RHC)-- British intelligence operatives are reportedly working to create and train a covert "terrorist force" in Ukraine assigned to attack Russian targets in Crimea on behalf of the Kiev government. Citing leaked documents, the Grayzone reported that UK intelligence operatives signed an agreement with Ukraine to build the so-called “partisan” terror army.... More
Brasilia, November 7 (RHC)-- Groups of Bolsonaristas blocking highways in some parts of Brazil in protest against the victory of President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reacted on Monday with violence against the Highway Police in at least two locations: Novo Progresso (in the state of Pará, in the north of the country) and Rio do Sul (Santa Catarina, in the south of the country).... More
Cairo, November 7 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro held a brief meeting with France's President Emmanuel Macron at the Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Center in Egypt, where the 27th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27) is taking place.... More
Quito, November 7 (RHC)-- The Ministry of Public Health of Ecuador has reported that the number of deaths due to intoxication after the consumption of methyl alcohol rose to 28. In a press release, the agency said that 14 deaths were reported in the province of Esmeraldas and the remaining 14 in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas.... More
Geneva, November 7 (RHC)-- The United Nations high commissioner for human rights has addressed an open letter to Elon Musk, urging Twitter’s new owner to “ensure human rights are central to the management of Twitter under your leadership.” The top U.N. official also condemned Musk’s firing of Twitter’s human rights staff and most of its ethical AI team. ... More
Cairo, November 7 (RHC)-- United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has warned world leaders gathered at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt that humanity faces a stark choice between working together or “collective suicide” in the battle against global warming.... More
Rome, November 7 (RHC)-- Humanitarian groups on Sunday said Italy had broken international law by refusing to let in migrants plucked from the sea as a German rescue charity said it would take legal action against Rome. As rescue ships in Catania waited for permission to disembark every last person, a migrant rescue hotline said some 500 others had run into difficulty on the perilous Mediterranean crossing.... More
Nairobi, November 7 (RHC)-- Hundreds of animals, including elephants and endangered Grevy’s zebras, have died in Kenyan wildlife preserves during East Africa’s worst drought in decades, according to a report released over the weekend. The Kenya Wildlife Service and other bodies counted the deaths of 512 wildebeests, 381 common zebras, 205 elephants, 51 buffalos, 49 Grevy’s zebras and 12 giraffes in the past nine months, the report states.... More
Ramallah, November 7 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have detained nearly 20 Palestinians in a wide-scale arrest campaign in several areas across the occupied West Bank and al-Quds. Israeli troops arrested eight people on Monday after storming the al-Aroub refugee camp in the West Bank province of al-Khalil (Hebron).... More
London, November 6 (RHC)-- Thousands of people joined a demonstration in London, calling for general elections amid the worsening cost-of-living crisis in the United Kingdom. A coalition of trade unions and community organisations took part in the “Britain is Broken” protest, organized by The People’s Assembly, in central London on Saturday.... More
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