Budapest, December 14 (RHC)-- Seven people were killed and four others wounded after a car carrying illegal migrants slammed into a building and overturned in a failed attempt to flee the police in southern Hungary. The deadly incident occurred late on Monday in the spa town of Morahalom not far from Hungary’s border with Serbia, police said in a statement.... More
London, December 14 (RHC)-- At least one person in the United Kingdom has died after contracting the Omicron variant as officials warn the new coronavirus strain is spreading at a “phenomenal” rate. As fears of another punishing wave grip the country, Britons in their hundreds have formed queues at vaccine centres to get booster shots, heeding government advice.... More
Occupied East Jerusalem, December 14 (RHC)-- Palestinian political leader Sheikh Raed Salah has been released from a prison in Israel after serving 17 months on charges of “incitement.” Salah, a Palestinian citizen of Israel and former head of the northern Islamic Movement, was released from Megiddo prison on Monday morning just north of his hometown of Umm al-Fahm, southwest of Nazareth city.... More
Beijing, December 14 (RHC)-- China has warned the United States that it would “strike back” in response to any “reckless” actions, urging Washington to withdraw its recent passing of sanctions targeting people and entities tied to human rights abuses committed by Beijing.... More
Managua, December 14 (RHC)-- Nicaragua has received 200,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines to face the COVID-19 pandemic, which were donated by the Government of China. The Minister of Health, Martha Reyes, and the Secretary General of the Ministry of Health, Carlos Saenz, were on hand for the arrival of the cargo at the Augusto Cesar Sandino International Airport in the Nicaraguan capital, Managua.... More
Buenos Aires, December 14 (RHC)-- In Argentina, thousands of protesters filled the streets of Buenos Aires over the weekend, rejecting a possible pact between their government and the International Monetary Fund. ... More
Washington, December 14 (RHC)-- A World Bank-administered trust fund says it will transfer $280 million to the World Food Program and UNICEF in Afghanistan in an effort to ease a looming humanitarian catastrophe. ... More
Washington, December 13 (RHC)-- A top-secret U.S. military unit sidestepped safeguards and repeatedly ordered airstrikes that killed civilians as it worked to identify targets in the U.S. bombing campaign against the Islamic State in Syria. ... More
Atlanta, December 13 (RHC)-- As U.S. COVID-19 deaths approach 800,000, health officials are urging fully vaccinated people to get their booster shots while the Delta winter surge continues and more Omicron cases are identified. ... More
Havana, December 13 (RHC)-- Sacha Llorenti, Executive Secretary of ALBA-TCP, Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Agreement, said that this organization seeks complementarity with other integration mechanisms.... More
Vienna, December 13 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands gathered in Austria’s capital Vienna to protest mandatory COVID vaccines and home confinement orders for those who have not yet received the jab. Police said an estimated 44,000 people attended the demonstration on Saturday, the latest in a string of huge weekend protests since Austria last month became the first EU country to say it would make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory.... More
Tel Aviv, December 13 (RHC)-- Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended his decision to congratulate Joe Biden on his electoral win before most other world leaders. The message infuriated Donald Trump, once a close ally of Netanyahu.... More
Tegucigalpa, December 13 (RHC)-- The president-elect of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, announced this Sunday that she will be sworn in and take office on January 27, 2022.... More
Caracas, December 13 (RHC)-- Bolivian Vice President David Choquehuanca met this Sunday with his Venezuelan counterpart, Delcy Rodríguez, to strengthen the ties of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.... More
La Paz, December 13 (RHC)-- The Puebla Group and the Latin American Council for Justice and Democracy, described this Sunday as a grave miscarriage of justice the ruling of the Westminster Court in the UK last Friday that enables the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States.... More
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