Pretoria, February 15 (RHC)-- A coalition of more than 60 African civil society groups has written an open letter to Moderna, calling on billionaire CEO Stéphane Bancel to immediately withdraw vaccine patents his company has filed in South Africa. ... More
Gaza City, February 15 (RHC)-- People from all walks of life held a rally Monday in front of the Red Cross Office in Gaza to support Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. They protested Tel Aviv’s inhumane treatment of thousands of Palestinian political prisoners especially those held under administrative detention.... More
Brasilia, February 15 (RHC)-- The leader of the Brazilian Workers' Party (PT), Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, announced Tuesday that he will fight to recover Brazil's international credibility, after the dire conditions of poverty and food insecurity generated by the current mandate of Jair Bolsonaro.... More
Saipan, February 15 (RHC)-- The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands says there is a viable alternative to Japan’s plan to dump more than 1 million tonnes of treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power station into the Pacific Ocean, and it requires urgent consideration.... More
Ramallah, February 15 (RHC)-- Another bloody day has been witnessed in the occupied West Bank, this time in Jenin where 17-year-old Palestinian teen Mohammed Abu Salah was killed in the village of Silat al-Harithiya, as Israeli troops raided the town on Sunday night, to demolish the home of Palestinian prisoner Muhammad Jaradat.... More
Nairobi, February 15 (RHC)-- The African Union (AU) should not be legitimizing an apartheid regime like Israel, says an analyst, adding that apartheid Israel should be treated the same way as apartheid South Africa.... More
Caracas, February 15 (RHC)-- The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has called on Argentinean authorities to investigate a plan to attack his country that was prepared during the administration of former President Mauricio Macri.... More
Rome, February 15 (RHC)-- The Italian Supreme Court (SC) has confirmed the life sentence of former Peruvian dictator Francisco Morales Bermudez, accused of the disappearance of Italians in the Operation Condor plan, the repressive system devised by several Latin American dictatorships in the 70s and 80s of the 20th century.... More
Tegucigalpa, February 15 (RHC)-- Scores of Honduran police officers on Monday surrounded the house of former president Juan Orlando Hernandez after the United States asked the government to arrest and extradite Washington's key erstwhile ally in the region. Speculation has been swirling for months that the United States was planning to extradite Hernandez when he left office amid accusations that he colluded with drug traffickers.... More
Lima, February 15 (RHC)-- Peruvian Prime Minister Anibal Torres affirmed on Monday of preparations for an opposition parliamentary coup d'état against President Pedro Castillo. "Peruvians, and also the international community: You are warned of this plan, which has been exposed," Torres said.... More
La Paz, February 15 (RHC)-- President Luis Arce assured that the maritime claim is inalienable, by paying tribute to those who resisted the Chilean invasion to the coasts of Antofagasta (then Bolivian territory) 143 years ago.... More
Brasilia, February 14 (RHC)-- In Brazil, deforestation in the Amazon rainforest last month rose to the highest level ever recorded for the month of January. New government data show Brazil’s Amazon lost 166 square miles of rainforest — an area seven times the size of Manhattan. ... More
New York, February 14 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration has postponed Pfizer’s request for emergency use authorization of its COVID vaccine for children aged 6 months through 4 years old.... More
Tegucigalpa, February 14 (RHC)-- In Honduras, a group of environmental defenders from the community of Guapinol have been freed after the Supreme Court threw out a case against them. ... More
San Juan, February 14 (RHC)-- In Puerto Rico, teachers are getting a temporary $1,000 monthly salary increase, and the Puerto Rican government has committed to negotiating better retirement options for educators. ... More
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