Tegucigalpa, January 27 (RHC)-- Xiomara Castro was sworn in on Thursday as the new president of Honduras. The ceremony was held at the National Stadium in Tegucigalpa. Together with the President, Vice President Salvador Nasralla and presidential appointee Doris Guitiérres were sworn in.... More
Atlanta, January 27 (RHC)-- The Omicron variant appears to result in less severe COVID-19 than seen during previous periods of high coronavirus transmission including the Delta wave, with shorter hospital stays, less need for intensive care and fewer deaths, according to a new U.S. study.... More
Mexico City, January 27 (RHC)-- The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), says that a thorough investigation is being conducted into the murder of journalist Lourdes Maldonado, last Sunday in Tijuana, Baja California.... More
Brasilia, January 27 (RHC)-- In Brazil, Indigenous Pataxó protesters blocked a railroad Tuesday to mark three years since a dam collapsed in the state of Minas Gerais, killing some 270 community members. The dam was owned by the mining company Vale. ... More
Tegucigalpa, January 27 (RHC)-- The president-elect of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, who took office Thursday in a ceremony at the National Stadium in Tegucigalpa, presented the names of ministers who will be part of her Cabinet.... More
United Nations, January 27 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that Afghanistan “is hanging by a thread," calling for the release of frozen aid funds.... More
Rome, January 27 (RHC)-- At least seven Bangladeshi refugees died of hypothermia after attempting to cross the Mediterranean on a boat from Libya to the Italian island of Lampedusa. Others were taken to the hospital to be treated for hypothermia and severe disorientation. ... More
Sydney, January 27 (RHC)-- At least 23 people on an Australian ship carrying aid to Tonga have tested positive for COVID-19. Planes have been used to unload supplies for the volcano-stricken island nation amid fears of spreading the coronavirus. So far, only one confirmed case has been reported in Tonga since the start of the pandemic.... More
Caracas, January 27 (RHC)-- Venezuela has established a “commission to clarify the historical truth, justice and reparation regarding colonial rule and its consequences” in the country. President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday that the commission would “investigate the truth of European colonialism.”... More
Corpus Christi, January 27 (RHC)-- A Texas man has admitted to attempting to smuggle people inside a coffin draped with a U.S. flag. Zachary Taylor Blood, 33, of Galveston, admitted to one count of alien smuggling, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.... More
La Paz, January 27 (RHC)-- The Chief of Staff of the Coast Guard Operations Command of the Peruvian Navy, Jesús Menacho, confirmed this Wednesday the second oil spill by the La Pampilla refinery in the Ventanilla area.... More
Orlando, January 26 (RHC)-- Jailed Native American activist Leonard Peltier has described prison as a “torture chamber” amid constant coronavirus lockdowns. Peltier, who suffers from multiple health conditions, says he and others held at the Florida federal prison have yet to receive their COVID booster shots and describes worsening neglect and uncertainty. ... More
Paris, January 26 (RHC)-- At a time of record inflation and soaring energy costs the jobless are fighting to be heard in France’s presidential election campaign. Top charities have compiled a report which prioritizes the ideas and experiences of the unemployed.... More
Vancouver, January 26 (RHC)-- An Indigenous community in Canada’s western province of British Columbia has found dozens of potential unmarked graves on the grounds of a former residential school, the latest such discovery over the past year.... More
Tegucigalpa, January 26 (RHC)-- The Observatory of Violence of the National Autonomous University of Honduras warned Tuesday that during 2021 in the Central American country, 318 women were murdered -- equivalent to a violent death or femicide every 27 hours and 33 minutes in Honduras.... More
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