La Paz, January 1 (RHC)-- The Bolivian Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade, Benjamín Blanco, informed that this Saturday 1,965,600 doses of the Moderna vaccine arrived in the country to continue the campaign against COVID-19.... More


Guatemala City, January 1 (RHC)-- Family, friends and neighbors in a village in the Guatemalan department of Chimaltenango have buried Aurelio Cuy Tamat, who died when a cargo truck overturned in southern Mexico while trying to reach the United States at the beginning of last December.... More


Tel Aviv, January 1 (RHC)-- Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has made it clear that his country can use force to curb Iran’s nuclear development without informing US President Joe Biden.  “Israel will do whatever it needs to do to protect its security.  And we don’t need anybody’s permission for that. That’s been the case since the first day we established this state,” Lapid told Israel’s Channel 12 on the last day of 2021.... More


Cape Town, January 1 (RHC)-- South Africa has bid farewell to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the last great hero of the struggle against apartheid, in a funeral stripped of pomp but freighted with tears and drenched in rain.... More


Port-au-Prince, January 1 (RHC)-- The Haitian Institute of Statistics and Informatics has announced that during December, the cost of living in the Caribbean country exceeded by 24.6 percent compared to November; which may worsen given the rise in oil prices and the fuel crisis facing the country.... More


Caracas, January 1 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Nicolás Maduro shared his message to the nation on the occasion of the New Year.  The Bolivarian leader affirmed that the protection of the Venezuelan people will continue to be a priority for his government in the coming year.... More


Mexico City, January 1 (RHC)-- The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) issued this Friday an encouraging message to Mexicans for the New Year and ratifying his faith in the future.... More


Denver, January 1 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands of residents in two communities in the U.S. state of Colorado have been ordered to evacuate following wind-fueled wildfires that engulfed parts of the area in smoky, orangish skies and destroyed hundreds of homes.... More


Ramallah, January 1 (RHC)-- Israeli troops have shot dead a Palestinian who was allegedly running towards them with a knife at a bus station in the occupied West Bank, the army said.  Citing an initial investigation, it said in a statement on Friday that the man had arrived at a junction near the Jewish settlement of Ariel in a car, got out and “armed with a knife, ran toward the bus station where civilians and IDF soldiers were standing.”... More


Sydney, January 1 (RHC)-- In Australia, Sydney kicked off 2022 with six tonnes of colorful fireworks against the imposing backdrop of the Harbour Bridge and Opera House.  ... More


U.S. warns of Omicron blizzard

Washington, December 31 (RHC)-- U.S. health experts have urged Americans to prepare for severe disruptions in the coming weeks as the rising wave of COVID-19 cases led by the Omicron variant threatened hospitals, schools and other sectors impacting their daily lives.... More


NYC Times Square show must go on

New York, December 31 (RHC)-- New York City will ring in 2022 in Times Square as planned despite record numbers of COVID-19 infections in the city, the state and around the nation, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Thursday.... More


Ottawa, December 31 (RHC)-- Canada’s second-most populous province has announced a nighttime curfew will be implemented as coronavirus infections continue to surge.  Quebec Premier Francois Legault said the 10pm-5am EST curfew would begin on New Year’s Eve on Friday.... More


Tegucigalpa, December 31 (RHC)-- The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Honduras delivered this Thursday to Xiomara Castro the credential that accredits her as constitutional president of the country, democratically elected to govern for the next four years.... More


La Paz, December 31 (RHC)-- Faced with the increase of coronavirus infections, Bolivian authorities declared a health emergency throughout the country and announced a series of extraordinary measures to deal with the increase of COVID-19 cases.... More


up