Bogota, January 21 (RHC)-- The Institute for Development and Peace Studies (Indepaz) registered this Thursday the tenth massacre in Colombia in which three people died in the municipality of Ocaña in the department of Norte de Santander.... More


Tegucigalpa, January 21 (RHC)-- The president-elect of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, announced Thursday night that next January 27th, she will be sworn in as constitutional head of state before a judge, denouncing the treason of a group of deputies of the ruling Libre bench.... More


Sanaa, January 21 (RHC)-- Saudi warplanes have bombed homes in Yemen's western city of Hudaydah and a detention center in northern Sa'ada, with initial reports putting casualties above 180 people.   In Sa'ada, Saudi warplanes attacked a temporary detention center, leaving at least 180 people - including African migrants - dead or injured, al-Masirah reported. It showed footage of the wounded at al-Jamhuri hospital in Sa'ada.... More


Madison, January 21 (RHC)-- Kyle Rittenhouse has begun the process of trying to get back his rifle from the Wisconsin prosecutors who tried unsuccessfully to convict him of homicide and other charges for shooting three people during the August 2020 riot in Kenosha.... More


Vienna, January 21 (RHC)-- An overwhelming majority of Austrian MPs voted on Thursday to force their citizens to get vaccinated against COVID-19, with those who refuse facing fines of up to 3,600 euros ($4,000).... More


Washington, January 21 (RHC)-- The United States is looking for ways to potentially accelerate delivery of Taiwan’s next generation of new-build F-16 fighter jets, officials in Washington said, bolstering the Taiwanese air force’s ability to wage war.... More


Atlanta, January 21 (RHC)-- A study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that as the Delta variant became the dominant coronavirus strain during the second half of 2021, and that people who were vaccinated were six times less likely to catch COVID-19 than those who hadn’t been jabbed.... More


New York, January 21 (RHC)-- Workers have started removing the statue of President Theodore Roosevelt from the steps of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. ... More


Little Rock, January 21 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Arkansas, four prisoners held at the County Jail have filed a lawsuit alleging they were unknowingly prescribed the drug Ivermectin as a form of medical experimentation. ... More


Detroit, January 21 (RHC)-- The University of Michigan has agreed to pay $460 million to over 1,000 survivors of sexual assault at the hands of former university doctor Robert Anderson. Another $30 million will be set aside for additional survivors who come forward over the next year and a half.... More


Tucson, January 21 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Arizona, a federal judge has ruled that Indigenous activist Amber Ortega was not guilty for her 2020 protest in which she blocked construction on the U.S.-Mexico border wall near Quitobaquito Springs.  Ortega’s supporters cheered as they greeted her outside the Tucson courthouse. ... More


London, January 21 (RHC)-- In London, UK High Court judges will rule on Monday, the 24th, on whether to grant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leave to appeal to the UK Supreme Court against a decision allowing his extradition to the United States.... More


Washington, January 21 (RHC)-- The metaphorical Doomsday Clock, which symbolises how close humans are to extinction, has remained alarmingly close to midnight – at 100 seconds – for the third year, with scientists warning against the threats of nuclear war, climate change and deadly diseases.... More


Rio de Janeiro, January 21 (RHC)-- Elza Soares, a celebrated Brazilian samba music singer who campaigned against racism, died at her home in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, her family said.  She was 91.... More


United Nations, January 21 (RHC)-- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has voiced alarm at continued Saudi Arabian airstrikes against various locations in Yemen, including hugely sensitive and lifeline targets.... More


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