Hong Kong, January 6 (RHC)-- Hong Kong has been sealing off residential housing complexes and enforcing compulsory testing to stamp out coronavirus transmission after a resident was discovered to have the Omicron strain of the virus.... More
Kabul, January 5 (RHC)-- The bitter cold of Afghanistan’s winter has small children huddled beneath blankets in makeshift camps, while sick babies in hospitals lie wrapped in their mothers’ all-enveloping burqas. Meanwhile, long lines at food distribution centers have become overwhelming as the country sinks deeper into desperate times.... More
Sydney, January 5 (RHC)-- Australia has reported a record number of daily COVID-19 cases for a third consecutive day.... More
Baghdad, January 5 (RHC)-- Iraqi media reports say four rockets have hit a U.S. military camp close to the international airport in the capital Baghdad, following two consecutive days of strikes against U.S. bases in the country.... More
Geneva, January 5 (RHC)-- Global coronavirus cases have skyrocketed to a new record high, with more than 2.2 million confirmed cases reported on Monday.... More
Washington, January 5 (RHC)-- U.S. Republican lawmakers who voted last year to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election received over $8 million in campaign donations from corporations and trade groups — even after the deadly January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. ... More
Washington, January 5 (RHC)-- The snow storm is over but the travel misery lingered as drivers on a major highway outside Washington reported Tuesday they were stuck in their cars in freezing weather for 24 hours or more.... More
Islamabad, January 5 (RHC)-- Pakistan says it registered 898 new cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday, the biggest jump in daily cases since mid-October, according to official data. There were five deaths recorded on Tuesday, according to the data, taking the official death toll since the pandemic began to 28,950.... More
La Paz, January 5 (RHC)-- The Puebla Group expressed its support for the initiative reiterated by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to offer asylum to the Australian journalist and founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, who is a victim of political persecution by U.S. authorities.... More
Occupied East Jerusalem, January 5 (RHC)-- Israeli authorities have demolished a medical center and several structures in occupied al-Quds, sources say. The Palestinian Information Center cited local sources as saying that Israeli vehicles, accompanied by police forces, stormed the village of Jabel al-Mukaber, southeast of al-Quds City, and destroyed Abdullah al-Sheikh medical center on Tuesday morning.... More
Tunis, January 5 (RHC)-- Up to 70 migrants seeking to cross the Mediterranean have taken refuge on an oil platform before being handed over to Tunisian authorities, energy giant Shell and a rescue charity have said.... More
Tokyo, January 4 (RHC)-- The top government officials in Japan’s Okinawa prefecture have blasted the U.S. military for failing to contain the COVID-19 outbreak at its bases in the country and allowing the Omicron variant to spill over to the local population.... More
Bucharest, January 4 (RHC)-- The number of daily COVID-19 infections has more than doubled in Romania following an easing of restrictions during the winter holidays. ... More
Ramallah, January 4 (RHC)-- A Palestinian prisoner who has been on hunger strike for 141 days to protest being imprisoned without charge has agreed to end his fast after reaching a deal with Israel to be released next month, his lawyer said.... More
Tokyo, January 4 (RHC)-- The number of new COVID infections in Japan has risen above 1,000 for the first time in three months, the Jiji news agency reported.... More
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