London, January 25 (RHC)-- Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure after his office admitted to another Downing Street gathering, this time to mark his birthday in 2020.  The birthday celebration took place on the afternoon of June 19 and was organised by Johnson’s wife who brought in a cake, ITV News reported.... More


Sanna, January 25 (RHC)-- The Saudi-led coalition’s fighter jets have launched new airstrikes on the Yemeni capital of Sana’a and nearby cities, as Riyadh escalates its aggression against the war-ravaged country.... More


Guatemala City, January 25 (RHC)-- Truck drivers in Guatemala began this Monday an indefinite strike in the country to demand the government of Alejandro Giammattei repeal Agreement 17-2020 that establishes the mandatory contracting of insurance for damages to third parties.... More


Warsaw, January 25 (RHC)-- Regional police said a woman has been detained after performing a Nazi salute outside the iconic prison death camp.  According to the PAP news agency, the tourist was posing for a photo taken by her husband.  The woman pleaded guilty and was fined.... More


Ramallah, January 25 (RHC)-- The Palestinian Authority is calling for an international commission to investigate a massacre committed by Israeli forces in the Palestinian village of Tantura in 1948.  ... More


Washington, January 25 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the Joe Biden administration has ordered federal agencies to enact the new $15-an-hour minimum wage for federal employees by the end of the month.  The change will affect nearly 70,000 workers.  Biden signed an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal workers and contractors last April.... More


Brasilia, January 25 (RHC)-- Brazil has surpassed a record 24 million coronavirus infections since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The Ministry of Health of the South American country indicated that in the last 24 hours 135,080 new infections of the coronavirus were reported, as well as 296 new deaths in one day.... More


San Juan, January 25 (RHC)-- The National Hostosian Independence Movement (MINH) of Puerto Rico has repudiated the King of Spain, Felipe VI, for validating colonial anachronism, annexationism and paying obeisance to the government of the United States.... More


Port-au-Prince, January 24 (RHC)-- A 5.3-magnitude earthquake and a series of smaller tremors have struck southwest Haiti, killing at least two people, sending panicked residents into the streets and forcing authorities to close schools.... More


Lima, January 24 (RHC)-- A group of experts from the United Nations arrived on Monday to Peru to help address and mitigate the damage caused by the oil spill that occurred on January 15 in the area of Ventanilla, located in Lima.... More


San Francisco, January 24 (RHC)-- In Northern California, firefighters have contained about one-third of a 1,000-acre wildfire near the coastal communities of Monterey and Big Sur. ... More


Sanaa, January 24 (RHC)-- In Yemen, scores of people are dead after the U.S.-supported, Saudi-led coalition launched a heavy aerial assault on territory controlled by Houthi rebels. ... More


Mexico City, January 24 (RHC)-- Authorities in Mexico say a journalist has been murdered in Tijuana, the second killing of a media worker in the border city in less than a week and the latest in a string of killings in one of the world’s most dangerous countries for reporters.... More


Ramallah, January 24 (RHC)-- A Kuwaiti tennis player has withdrawn from a tournament in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to avoid facing an Israeli counterpart, in what has been seen as a new snub for the regime following similar measures taken by a host of Muslim players from across the Islamic world.... More


Washington, January 24 (RHC)-- An additional 45 U.S. Marines have reportedly been kicked out of the service in the past week for refusing to comply with the Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, bringing total firings over the jabs to more than 300.... More


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