Geneva, February 17 (RHC)-- The number of new COVID-19 cases worldwide has dropped by 19 percent in the past week, while recorded deaths remain stable, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest report on the coronavirus pandemic.... More
Ramallah, February 17 (RHC)-- Palestinian rights advocates have condemned a U.S. congressional delegation currently visiting Israel and led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for enabling Israel’s continued human rights and international law violations.... More
Washington, February 17 (RHC)-- U.S. government scientists say coastal sea levels in the United States will rise by 10 to 12 inches by 2050 — that’s about the same level of sea rise as the past century in just 30 years. ... More
Tegucigalpa, February 17 (RHC)-- Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez arrived at his first extradition hearing in Tegucigalpa on Wednesday in handcuffs and shackles, as the United States is seeking to bring him into the country to face drug-trafficking charges.... More
Berlin, February 17 (RHC)-- Germany will ease COVID-19 restrictions as a wave of infections from the Omicron coronavirus variant seems to have passed its peak, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said. After a meeting with the heads of the federal states earlier on Wednesday, Scholz said Germany was ready to look forward with more confidence regarding COVID-19. He, however, warned that the pandemic was not over yet.... More
United Nations, February 16 (RHC)-- A new U.N. report finds more people are being killed by pollution globally than by the COVID-19 pandemic. The report says pollution from pesticides, plastics and electronic waste is causing at least 9 million premature deaths a year. ... More
New York, February 16 (RHC)-- A New York district judge said he’s prepared to throw out a lawsuit by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who sued The New York Times and its former editorial page editor for libel. ... More
New York, February 16 (RHC)-- In the U.S., Donald Trump’s longtime accounting firm has broken ties with the Trump Organization, saying a decade of financial statements should “no longer be relied upon.” ... More
Washington, February 16 (RHC)-- In the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrats are asking the Biden administration to justify its use of Title 42, a Trump-era policy which allows the U.S. to expel recently arrived migrants without due process. Since 2020, it’s been used to expel more than 1.2 million asylum seekers. ... More
Mexico City, February 16 (RHC)-- In Mexico, members of the media took to the streets across the country for a second round of massive protests in response to ongoing murders of Mexican journalists.... More
Ottawa, February 16 (RHC)-- In Canada, authorities in Alberta arrested 11 people who they say were prepared to use violence to maintain a blockade of anti-vaccine protesters at a major border crossing into Montana. Police said they recovered guns, body armor and a machete from the group.... More
Sacramento, February 16 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of California, health officials will preserve a statewide mask mandate for Kindergarten thru 12th grade schools through at least the end of the month, even as they’re allowing a universal indoor mask mandate to expire.... More
Port-au-Prince, February 16 (RHC)-- Delegations from a dozen countries and international organizations, headed by UN Assistant Secretary General Amina Mohammed, arrived Wednesday in Haiti to participate in the international conference aimed at raising funds for the reconstruction of the south of the country.... More
The Hague, February 16 (RHC)-- The International Criminal Court of Justice at The Hague has rejected a request by the coup government in Bolivia, which took power in 2019, to investigate former President Evo Morales and organizers of the protests that included roadblocks. The coup leaders -- now out of power -- accused the leader of the Bolivian left and the protesters, organized by the Central Obrera Boliviana (CUT), of crimes against humanity.... More
Tegucigalpa, February 16 (RHC)-- Police in Honduras have detained former President Juan Orlando Hernandez, after a judge ordered his arrest amid an extradition request from the United States on accusations of drug trafficking.... More
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