London, January 3 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for the removal of a title of a knight companion from former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The ex-prime minister “should be held accountable for war crimes” instead, it argues.... More
Buenos Aires, January 3 (RHC)-- Nobel Peace Prize winner Argentinean Adolfo Perez Esquivel, who suffered a decompensation this Sunday and was hospitalized in the city of Mar del Plata, is stable, according to the medical report.... More
Amsterdam, January 3 (RHC)-- A huge crowd of people opposing the Dutch government’s COVID-19 restrictions gathered on Sunday near the National Museum in Amsterdam. The protest, which had been banned by the authorities, quickly descended into violence.... More
Washington, January 2 (RHC)-- The United States is experiencing “almost a vertical increase” in COVID cases as the Omicron variant sweeps the country, but the peak may be only weeks away, top U.S. pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci said.... More
London, January 2 (RHC)-- Secondary school students in England will be required to wear face masks when they return to classes after the Christmas holidays. Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said Sunday the move was an attempt to “minimise disruption” in schools as the highly transmissible omicron variant drives coronavirus infections in the UK to record levels. Secondary school students in England will be required to wear face masks when they return to classes after the Christmas holidays. Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said Sunday the move was an attempt to “minimise disruption” in schools as the highly transmissible omicron variant drives coronavirus infections in the UK to record levels.... More
New York, January 2 (RHC)-- More than 3,300 flights have been cancelled around the world – more than 1,900 of them in the United States – as countries report record cases of the coronavirus caused by the Omicron variant.... More
Gonaïves, January 2 (RHC)-- The Prime Minister of Haiti, Ariel Henry, escaped unharmed Saturday from an attack that occurred while he was participating in a ceremony to commemorate 218 years of national independence.... More
La Paz, January 2 (RHC)-- Bolivian Civil Defense authorities carried out an operation Saturday to rescue 10 people who were trapped by floods in the eastern department of Santa Cruz. Those affected, including several minors, by the overflowing of rivers in the community of Nuevo Amanecer, in Santa Cruz, due to heavy rains, had already been cut off for three days, sources reported.... More
Denver, January 2 (RHC)-- Three people are missing and feared dead after a wind-stoked wildfire roared through two towns in the U.S. state of Colorado, prompting thousands of evacuations and destroying nearly 1,000 homes.... More
Gaza City, January 2 (RHC)-- Israel’s military said it launched air attacks on Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip, a day after rockets fired from Gaza landed in the Mediterranean Sea. The Israeli military claimed that the attacks late on Saturday hit a rocket manufacturing facility and a military post for Hamas.... More
Ramallah, January 2 (RHC)-- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has expressed serious concern about the fate of Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash, who has been on hunger strike for 139 consecutive days in protest against Israel’s so-called policy of administrative detention.... More
Caracas, January 2 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says that the United States government sabotaged the dialogue process with the country's opposition held in Mexico.... More
Baghdad, January 2 (RHC)-- Thousands of people have rallied in the Iraqi capital to mark the second anniversary of the killing of a revered Iranian commander and his Iraqi lieutenant in a drone attack by the United States.... More
Paris, January 1 (RHC)-- Hundreds of empty, parked cars go up in flames in France each New Year’s Eve, set afire by young revellers, a much-lamented tradition that appeared in decline this year, which saw only 874 vehicles burned.... More
New Orleans, January 1 (RHC)-- A U.S. judge who was caught using the N-word to describe a Black burglar who tried breaking into her car has resigned and apologized for her comments.... More
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