Brussels, December 23 (RHC)-- Countries across Europe considered new curbs on movement while U.S. President Joe Biden has appealed to all Americans to get vaccinated to fight the Omicron variant sweeping the world days before the second Christmas of the pandemic.... More
United Nations, December 23 (RHC)-- The World Food Program has said it has been “forced” to cut aid to Yemen due to a lack of funds and warned there will be a surge in hunger in the war-torn country in the coming months.... More
Tel Aviv, December 23 (RHC)--The Israeli military has amended its open-fire rules in the occupied West Bank, allowing troops to shoot Palestinian protesters who toss rocks at cars and civilians, even if they no longer pose an imminent threat.... More
United Nations, December 23 (RHC)-- The UN Office for Human Rights in Colombia reports that at least 73 human rights defenders were killed in the country between January and November 2021.... More
Lima, December 23 (RHC)-- Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, denied on Tuesday having participated in any irregularity and ratified the decision to collaborate with the investigation of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office that involves him.... More
Brasilia, December 23 (RHC)-- The Pastoral Land Commission in Brazil found that in the country, between January and November 2021, 26 murders were recorded in conflicts in the countryside, 30 percent higher than what was recorded in 2020.... More
Guatemala City, December 22 (RHC)-- In Guatemala, hundreds of Maya K’iche’ protesters blocked a major highway, denouncing the recent massacre of over a dozen people in the Western Highlands of Sololá. ... More
Washington, December 22 (RHC)-- The U.S. military has reportedly developed a vaccine that is highly effective against COVID, including all its variants.... More
Detroit, December 22 (RHC)-- Workers at Kellogg Co’s U.S. breakfast cereal plants voted in favor of a new contract that offers better terms for transitional employees and across-the-board wage increases, ending a weeks-long strike, the company reported.... More
Wellington, December 22 (RHC)-- New Zealand's authorities said on Tuesday that they would delay its re-opening plans until the end of February, fearing a rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.... More
Canberra, December 22 (RHC)-- Australia must move past “the heavy hand of government” and authorities must stop shutting down people’s lives with COVID-19 lockdowns, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday, as daily infections in the country shot up to a new pandemic high.... More
El Paso, December 22 (RHC)-- A group of 11 Haitian asylum seekers has filed a lawsuit against the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden, accusing the U.S. government of physical abuse, racial discrimination and other severe rights violations while they were forced to take shelter under a bridge in the borderlands of Del Rio, Texas, in September. ... More
Paris, December 22 (RHC)-- The French humanitarian group "Utopia 56" has filed a lawsuit accusing British and French officials of “involuntary manslaughter” and “failure to help people in need” over the drowning death of 27 refugees in the English Channel in November. ... More
New Delhi, December 22 (RHC)-- A new study finds glaciers in the Himalayan mountains shed ice 10 times faster over the past four decades than they did over the previous seven centuries. ... More
Washington, December 22 (RHC)-- The Pentagon has announced new rules aimed at slowing the spread of extremism in the U.S. military’s ranks. Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said that, among other rule changes, soldiers may now be disciplined for “liking” white nationalist and other extremist content on social media.... More
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