Mexico City, January 12 (RHC)-- In Mexico, journalists in the southern state of Guerrero rallied to demand the release of three of their colleagues who were kidnapped in late December. ... More
New York, January 12 (RHC)-- In New York City, over 7,000 nurses at Montefiore Bronx and Mount Sinai Hospital have returned to work, ending a three-day strike after reaching tentative deals with the hospitals on improving staffing ratios. ... More
London, January 12 (RHC)-- The Church of England knew it was investing in the transatlantic slave trade during the 18th century, the head of its investment arm admitted, after it committed 100 million British pounds ($121m) to address the wrongs of links to the slave trade.... More
Los Angeles, January 12 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of California, community advocates are demanding justice for Keenan Anderson, a 31-year-old Black father and high school English teacher, who was killed by Los Angeles police on January 3rd. ... More
London, January 12 (RHC)-- A British politician from the ruling Conservative Party has been suspended for comparing COVID-19 vaccines to the Holocaust. Andrew Bridgen, MP for North West Leicestershire, said the vaccine rollout marked “the biggest crime against humanity” since millions of Jews were killed by Nazi Germany during World War II.... More
Washington, January 12 (RHC)-- In Washington, D.C., protesters gathered outside the White House Wednesday to call on U.S. President Joe Biden to close the prison at the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Demonstrators wore orange jumpsuits and black hoods over their heads, marking the 21st anniversary of the reopening of the notorious prison to house hundreds of Muslim men and boys who were captured overseas and handed over to the U.S. Thirty-five men remain imprisoned at Guantánamo today. ... More
Brasilia, January 12 (RHC)-- Brazil’s new government is preparing for more protests by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, just days after rioters stormed key government offices in the capital in what has been denounced as an “anti-democratic” attack.... More
Washington, January 12 (RHC)-- Hundreds of arms control, environmental and other activist groups have called on the U.S. to formally apologize to the Marshall Islands for the impact of extensive nuclear testing there in the 1940s and 50s and to pay fair compensation to its residents.... More
New York, January 11 (RHC)-- The U.S. Food Drug Administration, the FDA, has fast-tracked the approval of a new drug that appears to slow down Alzheimer’s disease in its early stages. ... More
Brasilia, January 11 (RHC)-- Brazilian authorities have ordered the arrest of two government security officials in connection to Sunday’s assault on Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace by supporters of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. ... More
Berlin, January 11 (RHC)-- In Germany, police have started violently evicting climate activists in the western village of Lützerath. Hundreds of activists have been occupying the deserted town for months to prevent the area from being mined for lignite, a highly polluting type of coal.... More
Lima, January 11 (RHC)-- The office of Peru’s top prosecutor has launched an inquiry into new President Dina Boluarte and members of her cabinet over violent clashes in which at least 40 people have been killed and hundreds injured since early December.... More
Washington, January 11 (RHC)-- U.S. federal prosecutors have issued former President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani a grand jury subpoena as part of an investigation into Trump’s fundraising efforts after the 2020 election. ... More
Tel Aviv, January 11 (RHC)-- Israel’s new far-right government has revoked entry permits for Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki and three Fatah officials in retaliation for their effort to bring the illegal occupation of Palestinian territories to the International Court of Justice. ... More
Brasilia, January 11 (RHC)-- The Deputy Prosecutor of the Public Ministry of Brazil, Lucas Rocha, asked the Brazilian Court of Accounts to block the assets of former President Jair Bolsonaro due to the assault on public buildings that far-right militants carried out on Sunday.... More
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