Kampala, October 19 (RHC)-- Uganda is battling to contain the spread of Ebola. At least 19 people have died from the virus, including four health workers since September 20. The first case in the capital, Kampala, was recorded last week. Ugandan authorities have documented more than 1,100 contacts of known Ebola patients, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. The Sudan strain of Ebola, for which there is no proven vaccine, is circulating in the country of 45 million people.... More
New York, October 19 (RHC)-- Amazon workers in upstate New York have overwhelmingly rejected a union bid, handing a second defeat to the labour group that’s been trying to drag the company to the negotiating table. This time around, 406, or two-thirds of workers at a warehouse near Albany voted against being represented by the Amazon Labor Union (ALU).... More
Washington, October 19 (RHC)-- The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal in a case seeking to grant U.S. citizenship to people born in American Samoa, a territory occupied by the United States. The court also refused to reconsider overturning a series of racist U.S. Supreme Court rulings known as the Insular Cases, that have been used for over a century to legally justify discrimination against people in American Samoa, Puerto Rico and other U.S.-occupied territories. ... More
Caracas, October 19 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez has confirmed that over 300 soldiers are assisting the population of El Castaño, a town that was severely affected by an avalanche generated by torrential rains.... More
United Nations, October 18 (RHC)-- China supports sanctions against Haitian gang members and their supporters but is wary over the deployment of an international armed force in the country, said a Chinese envoy at the United Nations.... More
Rome, October 18 (RHC)-- Italians have marched in the capital Rome to protest against the country’s membership of the US-led NATO military alliance, as energy and cost-of-living crisis worsen across Europe amid the raging war in Ukraine.... More
Tel Aviv, October 17 (RHC)-- In flagrant defiance of international outcry against settlement expansion and land grab policies in occupied Palestinian territories, Israeli authorities have approved plans for the construction of hundreds of new settler units in the northern part of al-Quds.... More
Damascus, October 18 (RHC)-- Two separate convoys of U.S. military trucks and tankers have carried tons of grain and crude oil from the northeastern province of Hasakah to the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, as part of Washington’s systematic smuggling of basic commodities out of Syria.... More
Canberra, October 18 (RHC)-- In Australia, catastrophic flooding has forced the evacuation of thousands of homes in the nation’s southeast. Hardest hit has been the state of Victoria, home to Melbourne, where at least two people have been killed. ... More
Paris, October 18 (RHC)-- French trade unions have begun a nationwide strike to demand higher salaries amid the highest inflation in decades, one of the biggest challenges to President Emmanuel Macron since his reelection in May.... More
San Salvador, October 18 (RHC)-- The Ministry of Health (Minsal) of El Salvador reports that the total number of monkeypox cases in the country rose to 11 since the first positive patient to the disease was reported, which occurred last August 31st.... More
Canberra, October 18 (RHC)-- The Australian government has reportedly dropped its stance recognizing West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, reversing a policy by former Prime Minister Scott Morrison, UK-based news outlet The Guardian reported on Monday.... More
Abuja, October 18 (RHC)-- The death toll from floods in Nigeria this year has increased to 603 as local authorities race to provide relief to hundreds of thousands of people being evacuated from their submerged homes. More than 1.3 million people have been displaced by the disaster, which has affected people across 33 of Nigeria’s 36 states, the humanitarian affairs ministry said in Abuja.... More
Geneva, October 18 (RHC)-- The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says “it is deeply distressed by the shocking reports and images” of 92 people found at the Greek-Turkish land border stripped of their clothes. “We condemn such cruel and degrading treatment and call for a full investigation into this incident,” the UNHCR said on Twitter.... More
United Nations, October 18 (RHC)-- The head of the United Nations has reiterated a call for “armed action” in Haiti, warning that residents face a “nightmarish” situation, especially in the capital, Port-au-Prince.... More
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