Santiago de Chile, December 22 (RHC)-- The president-elect of Chile, Gabriel Boric, paid a visit on Tuesday to the Constitutional Convention to meet with the board of directors chaired by Elisa Loncón and Jaime Bassa as part of the transition process towards the assumption of the new government next March.... More
Guatemala City, December 22 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Indigenous people defied a state of siege on Tuesday and blocked a major road in Guatemala’s west for the second successive day, demanding the government resolve a bloody century-old land dispute.... More
Tripoli, December 22 (RHC)-- More than 160 migrants drowned in two separate shipwrecks off Libya during past week, a United Nations migration official has said. Safa Msehli, a spokeswoman for the International Organization for Migration, said on Tuesday that at least 102 migrants were reported dead after their wooden boat capsized off Libya on Friday. At least eight others were rescued and returned to shore, she said.... More
Austin, December 21 (RHC)-- The U.S. state of Texas has reported its first death related to the Omicron COVID-19 variant. According to health authorities, a man who was unvaccinated has become the first victim of the new variant.... More
Albany, December 22 (RHC)-- The U.S. state of New York confirmed a record number of daily infections for the fourth straight day, with Omicron now accounting for 90% of cases. ... More
Tokyo, December 21 (RHC)-- Tokyo will pay 211 billion yen ($1.86 billion) per fiscal year to host more than 50,000 US troops in Japan starting next April, an increase of about 10 billion yen a year from the previously negotiated arrangement with Washington.... More
New York, December 21 (RHC)-- The New York Times has obtained a trove of internal documents detailing how the U.S. military’s air wars in the Middle East have been marked by flawed intelligence, rushed and imprecise targeting, and the deaths of thousands of civilians, many of them children. ... More
Jeddah, December 21 (RHC)-- The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has vowed to establish a humanitarian trust fund for Afghanistan in hopes of averting widespread hunger and economic crisis. ... More
Manila, December 21 (RHC)-- In the Philippines, the death toll from Super Typhoon Rai has reached 375. At least another 500 people were injured, and dozens are still missing, as search and rescue operations continue. Rai is the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year.... More
Caracas, December 21 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry has rejected the decision of a UK court that prevents the country from recovering its own international reserves, which would help mitigate the impacts generated by the illegal blockade.... More
Geneva, December 21 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization (WHO) has said the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading faster than the Delta variant and is causing infections in people already vaccinated or who have recovered from the COVID-19 disease.... More
Geneva, December 21 (RHC)-- The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading faster than the Delta variant and is causing infections in people already vaccinated or who have recovered from the COVID-19 disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Monday it would be “unwise” to conclude from early evidence that Omicron is a milder variant than previous ones.... More
Santiago de Chile, December 21 (RHC)-- Chilean President-elect Gabriel Boric has met with outgoing President Sebastian Pinera in Santiago, just hours after the left-wing candidate’s historic election victory.... More
La Paz, December 20 (RHC)-- A flight sent by the Government of Argentina with a donation of one million doses of the anti-COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in the city of La Paz, Bolivia on Monday.... More
New York, December 20 (RHC)-- Former Black Panther Russell “Maroon” Shoatz has died at the age of 78, less than two months after being let out of prison on compassionate rele... More
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