Paris, January 14 (RHC)-- After a short respite due to the coronavirus, a new report shows that the situation of asylum-seekers on the Western edge of Europe has become worse than ever. It comes on the heels of a manslaughter lawsuit against the coast guards of the United Kingdom and France following the deadliest mass drowning on record in the English Channel late last year. ... More
Brasilia, January 14 (RHC)-- In the midst of a new wave of the pandemic, Brazil approached 100,000 coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours. Brazilian health authorities reported on Thursday 97,986 new cases of COVID-19 in the last day, bringing the total number of contagions to 22,814,917 since the beginning of the pandemic.... More
London, January 14 (RHC)-- In Britain, some senior members of Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party are calling on the prime minister to step down, after Johnson admitted he attended a cocktail party at his official residence in May 2020 at a time when he’d ordered the U.K. into a strict coronavirus lockdown. ... More
Washington, January 14 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden is announcing the deployment of 1,000 military medical personnel to six states where hospitals are overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients. ... More
Washington, January 13 (RHC)-- The Pan American Health Organization says it expects Omicron to become the predominant coronavirus variant in the Americas in the coming weeks.... More
Geneva, January 13 (RHC)-- Global COVID-19 cases reached a record high last week, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), with 15 million people testing positive for the coronavirus in the seven days to January 9th.... More
Paris, January 13 (RHC)-- French teachers walked off the job on Thursday over what they say is the government’s failure to adopt a coherent policy for schools to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, or properly protect pupils and staff against infection.... More
United Nations, January 13 (RHC)-- The UN Office for Human Rights in Colombia revealed on Wednesday that at least 78 human rights defenders were killed in the South American country during 2021.... More
Sanaa, January 13 (RHC)-- Fighter jets of the war coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, have carried out new aerial assaults on residential areas in the Yemeni provinces of Sana’a and Hudaydah, killing at least two civilians.... More
Honolulu, January 13 (RHC)-- The U.S. Navy has finally agreed to an order from state officials in Hawaii to drain a massive underground storage facility near the Pearl Harbor Navy base following a large leak. ... More
Seoul, January 13 (RHC)-- Reuters news agency is reporting on Wednesday that more than 30 officials from major South Korean companies who attended the giant CES tech trade show in Las Vegas last week tested positive for COVID-19 while in the United States.... More
Beijing, January 13 (RHC)-- At least 14 million residents of the city of Tianjin in China have started a new round of COVID-19 testing to block the spread of Omicron. Tianjin reported 33 domestically transmitted coronavirus infections with confirmed symptoms for Tuesday, up from 10 a day earlier, according to the country’s coronavirus monitor.... More
Berlin, January 13 (RHC)-- In Germany, the country’s trade association has warned of significant supply chain disruptions due to the rapid spread of the highly infectious Omicron variant of the coronavirus, but said a long-term collapse of the supply chains was unlikely.... More
La Paz, January 13 (RHC)-- The former president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, has pointed to new evidence that proves the participation of Washington in the coup of November 19, 2019.... More
Minneapolis, January 13 (RHC)-- Clyde Bellecourt, co-founder of the American Indian Movement, has died at the age of 85. ... More
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