Maputo, March 19 (RHC)-- The death toll in southeast Africa due to the exceptionally long-lasting Tropical Cyclone Freddy has risen to 522, according to authorities in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar. Disaster management authorities in Malawi, which has been hit the hardest by the cyclone, reported on Saturday that the death toll there had risen to 438. Malawi’s president, Lazarus Chakwera, declared a 14-day national mourning period on Thursday.... More
Quito, March 19 (RHC)-- The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, has reported the deaths of at least 14 people in that country as a result of the 6.5 magnitude earthquake that affected areas in the south of the country on Saturday.... More
London, March 19 (RHC)-- In the United Kingdom, unions representing medical workers, including nurses and paramedics, have agreed to a tentative deal on pay raises that would recover ground lost to inflation. Union leaders hailed the deal as a historic victory, capping months of rolling strikes by thousands of workers at the National Health Service. ... More
Tel Aviv, March 19 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Israeli military reservists have announced that they will not report for reserve duty as of Sunday in protest against a plan by the far-right and coalition cabinet led by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reform the regime’s judicial system.... More
Paris, March 18 (RHC)-- Refinery strikes have been held across France, and more demonstrations are taking place throughout the country due to widespread anger at the government for raising the state pension age without a parliamentary vote.... More
Brasilia, March 18 (RHC)-- The Government of the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Norte reports that 150 police officers carried out early Friday morning what was called "Operation Normandy" in the cities of Natal, Parnamirim and Nísia Floresta.... More
Quito, March 18 (RHC)-- A strong earthquake has shaken the region around Ecuador’s second-largest city, killing at least twelve people, damaging homes and buildings, and sending panicked residents into the streets.... More
Construction of new Indonesian capital in Borneo threatens Indigenous lives, rainforest and wildlife
Jakarta, March 18 (RHC)-- In Indonesia, Indigenous people say construction of the new national capital is pushing them off their land, making them fear for their homes and livelihoods, as the nation prepares to move its seat of government from Jakarta to the east coast of the island of Borneo. ... More
Brasilia, March 18 (RHC)-- From Foz do Iguaçu City, President Lula da Silva reiterated a call to revive the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), an integration block that comprises Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay, and Venezuela.... More
]Paris, March 18 (RHC)-- Riot police clashed with protesters for a second night in Paris as demonstrations continued against the government’s plans to raise the French pension age. The growing unrest since the start of the year, which has resulted in a wave of strikes and rubbish piling up on the streets of the French capital, has left President Emmanuel Macron with the gravest challenge to his authority since the so-called “Gilets Jaunes” or “Yellow Vest” protests of December 2018.... More
Caracas, March 17 (RHC)-- A total of seven million 500 thousand families in Venezuela receive food bags through the social program of the Local Supply and Production Committees -CLAP-, in all states of the country.... More
Quito, March 17 (RHC)-- Ecuador's former president Lenín Moreno, indicted for his alleged participation in the Sinohydro case, must appear before the country's National Court of Justice on Monday, March 20th.... More
Santo Domingo, March 17 (RHC)-- Preparations for the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit to be held in the Dominican Republic from the 22nd to the 25th of this month are advancing in different parts of Santo Domingo.... More
Brasilia, March 17 (RHC)-- Brazil's Federal Police (PF) have served 78 warrants in 9 states and the Federal District (DF) against suspects suspected of participating in the coup acts of January 8 in Brasilia.... More
Santiago de Chile, March 17 (RHC) -- Human rights organizations rallied Friday in front of Chile's Justice Ministry to demand the search for the remains of their relatives, fifty years after the coup d'état in the South American nation.... More
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