Geneva, November 11 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization's Europe director, Hans Kluge, has warned that the COVID pandemic won't end until nations “learn to live with the virus,” ensuring health systems are not overwhelmed by infections and deaths. ... More
Glasgow, November 10 (RHC)-- The foreign minister of Tuvalu recorded a speech to delegates at the COP26 conference in Glasgow, delivered while standing knee-deep in seawater to highlight how the low-lying Pacific island nation is facing imminent danger from rising sea levels.... More
Washington, November 10 (RHC)-- A new investigation by a federal watchdog found at least 13 Trump officials engaged in illegal campaigning for his reelection while in office, in violation of the Hatch Act. Some of those named in the report include son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, counselor Kellyanne Conway, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany and senior adviser Stephen Miller.... More
Glasgow, November 10 (RHC)-- A climate research group has said 2.4 degrees Celsius (4.3 degrees Fahrenheit) of global warming was likely this century, despite pledges from numerous countries to tackle climate change.... More
Bucharest, November 10 (RHC)-- The morgue in Romania’s main hospital has no space for the dead any more. In a stark illustration of the human cost of the coronavirus surge sweeping the nation, bodies of COVID-19 victims, wrapped in black plastic bags, line a hallway of the hospital in the capital, Bucharest.... More
Geneva, November 10 (RHC)-- The United Nations food agency has said that the number of people on the edge of famine across 43 countries had risen to 45 million, as acute hunger spikes around the world.... More
Gaza City, November 10 (RHC)-- The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has called on U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration to reconsider its “outrageous pro-Israel stances” and to stop Washington’s blind support for the Tel Aviv regime, after Washington voted against a recent UN resolution in favor of Palestinians’ right to self-determination.... More
New York, November 10 (RHC)-- A new report claims that 25,000 tons of masks, gloves, and other pandemic-related plastic waste has ended up in our oceans since COVID-19 first emerged. Hospitals, rather than individuals, are the chief culprit.... More
Brasilia, November 10 (RHC)-- Former Brazilian President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva has announced that he will begin a visit to Europe on Thursday, during which he plans to meet with political and progressive leaders of the region in countries such as Germany, Belgium, France and Spain.... More
Glasgow, November 10 (RHC)-- In Glasgow, police reportedly used a battering ram to break into a disused former homeless shelter that had been converted into a temporary squat for climate activists. ... More
Warsaw, November 9 (RHC)-- In Europe, the Polish government has deployed thousands more soldiers and riot police to its eastern border with Belarus as it intensifies its violent crackdown on migrants and refugees — mostly from the Middle East and Africa — who are fleeing violence, poverty and the impacts of the climate catastrophe. ... More
Glasgow, November 9 (RHC)-- Negotiators at a crucial United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, have released a first draft of the COP26 “final decision text” — and it’s being blasted by environmentalists as “exceptionally weak.” ... More
Vienna, November 9 (RHC)--Dozens of guns, Nazi memorabilia, and around 1,200 kg of ammunition were discovered by Austria’s domestic security agency and counter-terrorism unit during a house raid on Tuesday.... More
New York, November 9 (RHC)-- Prices continue to climb in the United States with October marking another record for wholesale inflation in the world’s largest economy.... More
Ramallah, November 9 (RHC)-- Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has called on the U.S. Congress to recognize an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, urging Washington to amend laws and regulations that target the Palestinian Authority (PA) as well as the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).... More
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