Caracas, December 19 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia has urged governments of the region to respect the rights of migrants in order to stop a xenophobic campaigns, especially against the Venezuelan migrant population.... More
New York, December 19 (RHC)-- A wave of school-shooting threats circulating on TikTok and other social media prompted some U.S. schools to close and others to bolster their police presence.... More
Port-au-Prince, December 19 (RHC)-- Haitian officials have announced that the remaining 12 North American missionaries who were kidnapped in October have been released. Five others had previously been freed. ... More
Detroit, December 19 (RHC)-- In the U.S, a union representing 1,400 Kellogg’s workers has reached a tentative agreement with the cereal giant on a new five-year contract. ... More
Washington, December 19 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden has warned of an imminent surge of COVID-19 cases as the Omicron coronavirus variant continued to spread around the world and across the U.S. at an unprecedented pace.... More
Amsterdam, December 19 (RHC)-- The Netherlands will go into a tough lockdown from Sunday morning to limit a feared COVID-19 surge due to the Omicron variant, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said. Rutte told a news conference on Saturday that all non-essential shops, restaurants, bars, cinemas, museums and theatres must stay shut until January 14, while schools must close until at least January 9.... More
London, December 18 (RHC)-- A “major incident” has been declared in London amid “huge concern” over the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant across the capital. It comes after London Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Saturday he was “incredibly worried” about staff absences in vital public services including the NHS, fire service and police due to rapidly rising cases.... More
Lima, December 18 (RHC)-- In a new destabilization maneuver against Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, the Attorney General's Office presented before the Prosecutor of the Nation, a document in which it denounces the president for the alleged commission of the crimes of illegal sponsorship and influence peddling.... More
London, December 18 (RHC)-- Alarm bells have rung across Britain after a Conservative MP informed pro Israel activists about government plans to outlaw the pro-Palestine Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. The comments were reportedly said by British lawmaker Robert Jenrick during an online conference about anti-semitism titled: 'Why do so many people hate Jews?'... More
Montevideo, December 18 (RHC)-- Interdepartmental transport workers in Uruguay held a third 24-hour strike this Friday to demand wage increases and improvements in working conditions.... More
Ramallah, December 18 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have detained 10 Palestinians in multiple raids across the occupied West Bank and injured dozens of others in anti-settlement protests in the occupied Palestinian territory.... More
Manila, December 18 (RHC)-- More than 18,000 soldiers and emergency personnel are joining search and rescue efforts in the Philippines, after the strongest typhoon to hit the country this year caused “severe damage” in central and southern regions.... More
New York, December 18 (RHC)-- An appeals court in the United States has reinstated President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large businesses. The ruling by the Sixth US Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati reversed a decision by a federal judge in a separate court that had paused the mandate.... More
Ramallah, December 17 (RHC)-- Jewish settlers have burst into several villages in the occupied West Bank, smashing homes and cars and beating up at least two people, Palestinian officials have said.... More
Santiago de Chile, December 17 (RHC)-- In Chile, the widow of former U.S.-backed dictator Augusto Pinochet has died at the age of 99. ... More
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