Brasilia, December 9 (RHC)-- A group of jurists have filed a new impeachment request in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies against President Jair Bolsonaro, based on the report of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) on the management of the COVID-19 pandemic.... More
Tehran, December 9 (RHC)-- An Iranian envoy to the United Nations has issued a stern warning against acts of piracy targeting tankers carrying Iran’s oil cargos at sea, urging the international community to condemn such illegal measures that endanger freedom of navigation.... More
Dhaka, December 9 (RHC)-- Twenty young men received death sentences in Bangladesh for murdering a fellow student on campus grounds after he criticized the government on social media. Five other defendants were jailed for life.... More
Sanaa, December 8 (RHC)-- Saudi Arabia has accelerated it deadly airstrikes on the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, and elsewhere in the country, as Yemeni army troops and fighters from allied Popular Committees continue to advance in the strategic province of Ma’rib.... More
Santiago de Chile, December 8 (RHC)-- Chile has legalized same-sex marriage after years of organizing and political pressure. The legislation also recognizes adoption and other parental rights of same-sex couples and full spousal benefits. ... More
Washington, December 8 (RHC)-- The U.S. Senate has blocked a resolution that would have banned a $650 million sale of missiles and missile launchers to Saudi Arabia. The sale was approved by the administration of President Joe Biden in November. It is the first major arms deal between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia since Biden took office in January this year.... More
Ramallah, December 8 (RHC)-- Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has called on the international community to launch an investigation into the issue of Israel’s burial of nuclear, chemical and solid waste in the West Bank, citing increasing cancer rates in the occupied territory.... More
Tel Aviv, Decmeber 8 (RHC)-- Israel has announced the completion of a sensor-equipped underground wall on its side of Gaza, a countermeasure developed after Hamas used tunnels to repel its troops during a 2014 invasion of the besieged Palestinian territory.... More
Detroit, December 8 (RHC)-- Kellogg Co announced that a majority of its United States cereal plant workers have voted against a new five-year contract, forcing it to hire permanent replacements as employees extend a strike that started more than two months ago.... More
Washington, December 8 (RHC)-- The U.S. Department of Justice has ended its latest investigation into the murder of Emmett Till without filing any charges. Till was the 14-year-old Black teenager who was brutally abducted, tortured and killed in Mississippi in 1955 after he allegedly whistled at Carolyn Bryant Donham, a white woman and store clerk. ... More
Washington, December 8 (RHC)-- The Joe Biden administration has accelerated the expansion of new oil and gas wells in the United States, issuing drilling permits on public lands at a faster pace than under President Trump. ... More
Madrid, December 8 (RHC)-- Dozens of hospital workers have tested positive for COVID-19 in Spain after hanging out at a Christmas party, officials have said. Extra shifts and additional staff have been arranged to ensure the ICU continues to operate.... More
Baghdad, December 8 (RHC)-- A small clay tablet dating back 3,500 years and bearing a portion of the Epic of Gilgamesh, that was looted from an Iraqi museum 30 years ago and recently recovered from the United States, has been formally returned to Iraq.... More
Lima, December 7 (RHC)-- The Plenary of the Peruvian Congress rejected this Tuesday the admission of the motion of vacancy against President Pedro Castillo, presented by the right-wing parties on November 25.... More
Port-au-Prince, December 7 (RHC)-- In Haiti, another three of the 17 North American missionary hostages taken in October have been released. ... More
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