Rotterdam, November 20 (RHC)-- Dutch police fired warning shots, injuring several people, after protests in Rotterdam against a partial COVID-19 lockdown turned violent with some demonstrators torching a police car and throwing stones.... More


Gaza City, November 19 (RHC)-- Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has called on Canadian singer Justin Bieber to cancel his upcoming concert in what it calls the “Zionist occupation state” of Israel.... More


Kenosha, November 19 (RHC)-- Kyle Rittenhouse‘s acquittal for the fatal shootings of racial justice protesters last year has spurred powerful reactions from activists and lawmakers across the United States, highlighting the political symbolism of the trial and deep-seated divisions in the country.... More


Managua, November 19 (RHC)-- The Foreign Minister of Nicaragua, Denis Moncada, announced this Friday the decision of his country to withdraw from the Organization of American States (OAS) and, in this sense, denounced the OAS Charter.... More


Lima, November 19 (RHC)-- Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has called for an end to political confrontation and called for unity, after a new attempt of a motion to destroy him in Parliament, driven by the Peruvian right wing.... More


Vienna, November 19 (RHC)-- Just three days after unvaccinated Austrians were told to be quarantined, a provincial governor is pressing for a nationwide lockdown of all residents as COVID-19 infections continue setting record highs.... More


Atlanta, November 19 (RHC)-- The Centers for Disease Control reports the United States saw more than 100,000 drug overdose deaths over a 12-month period ending in April, a nearly 30-percent increase over the previous year. ... More


Washington, November 19 (RHC)-- Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is calling on lawmakers to reject a proposed $778 billion Pentagon budget. The 2022 National Defense Authorization Act calls for a $37 billion increase in military spending compared to President Trump’s record Pentagon budget. ... More


Washington, November 19 (RHC)-- U.S. climate activists have condemned the Biden administration for proceeding with an auction of over 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas extraction. ... More


Washington, November 19 (RHC)-- A man whose horned fur hat, face paint and six-foot spear made him one of the more recognizable rioters at the deadly January 6th Capitol insurrection was sentenced to 41 months in prison.... More


Berlin, November 19 (RHC)-- An official inquiry has found that Germany’s justice system was staffed with former Nazis for decades after the Second World War, At one point, three out of four top officials at the prosecutor’s office were former party members.... More


Athens, November 19 (RHC)-- Greece has become the latest country in the European Union to impose more restrictions on those unvaccinated against COVID-19 following a surge in infections in recent weeks.... More


Brasilia, November 19 (RHC)-- Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest soared 22 percent in one year to the highest level since 2006, according to the government’s annual report, undercutting President Jair Bolsonaro’s assurances that the country is curbing illegal logging.... More


Caracas, November 19 (RHC)-- Venezuela's political organizations mobilized this Thursday to carry out the respective electoral campaign closings of their candidates, in view of the regional and municipal elections of Sunday, November 21st.... More


Washington, November 18 (RHC)-- The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa Etienne reports that in Latin America and the Caribbean more than half of the population has received the complete vaccination schedule against COVID-19.... More


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