Sydney, May 21 (RHC)-- Australians head to the polls on Saturday to decide whether to give Scott Morrison’s Liberal-National coalition a fifth consecutive term in office or opt for change and back Anthony Albanese’s Labor party.... More
Quito, May 21 (RHC)-- A three-judge court in the Ecuadorean province of Santa Elena unanimously ruled Friday on the nullity of the habeas corpus process that freed the former vice president of Rafael Correa -- Jorge Glas -- and ordered his immediate transfer to prison according to the sentence published on the website of the Judiciary Council.... More
Ramallah, May 20 (RHC)-- A new video that begins moments before Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed has emerged showing relative calm and quiet, contrary to claims by Israeli officials that fighting was taking place in the area.... More
Paris, May 20 (RHC)--France, Belgium and Germany have reported their first cases of Monkeypox, joining Australia, and several European and North American nations in detecting the disease, endemic in parts of Africa.... More
Brasilia, May 20 (RHC)-- Brazilian climber Gabriel Tarso reached the top of Mount Everest for the second time and opened a banner with a message to the whole world: "Out Bolsonaro!"... More
San Salvador, May 20 (RHC)-- A report collected by local media in El Salvador shows that the current government of President Nayib Bukele had negotiated with the two main gangs in the country -- the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and Gang 18 -- to reduce the number of homicides in the country; however, that pact came to an end at the end of March this year after failing to reach agreements between the parties, the truce ended with 87 murders as pressure from the gang members to the government.... More
Atlanta, May 20 (RHC)-- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning U.S. residents to consider wearing masks in indoor settings amid a new surge of infections caused by mutant forms of the Omicron coronavirus variant. ... More
New York, May 20 (RHC)-- Spirit Airlines Inc. rebuffed a hostile $3.3 billion takeover offer from JetBlue Airways Corp., setting the stage for a potentially contentious vote by shareholders on whether to back a JetBlue bid or stand by a pending combination with rival deep discounter Frontier Group Holdings Inc.... More
Albany, May 20 (RHC)-- New York state is launching an investigation into social media platforms used by the suspect in last weekend’s attack by a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people in a Buffalo supermarket.... More
Tel Aviv, May 20 (RHC)-- The Israeli military is not planning to investigate the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, according to an Israeli media report, leading her family to reiterate their call for a transparent probe into her shooting.... More
Damascus, May 20 (RHC)-- Syria's foreign minister foresees the end of the illegal presence of the U.S. forces in northeastern Syria and assures that the army will soon recover the occupied areas. ... More
Hollywood, May 20 (RHC)-- More than 100 leading artists from across the world -- including the U.S. film industry in Hollywood -- have condemned Israel’s killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. They are demanding accountability for the regime’s crimes, days after Israeli forces shot dead veteran journalist in the occupied West Bank.... More
Dallas, May 20 (RHC)-- Former U.S. President George W Bush has decried the “wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq” in a gaffe during a speech in Dallas, Texas. ... More
Washington, May 19 (RHC)-- The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has warned of a 27.2 percent increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the Americas last week, with the United States being the country with the greatest increase.... More
Brasilia, May 19 (RHC)-- Brazil’s democracy and the independence of its judiciary are under threat from the government of President Jair Bolsonaro, a group of lawyers and legal experts have said in a petition to the United Nations, as the country prepares for elections in October.... More
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