United Nations, October 6 (RHC)-- The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has censured unilateral designations of states as supporters of terror, saying terrorism should not be linked to any religion and ethnicity or equated with legitimate national struggles to get rid of foreign occupation and achieve self-determination.... More
Vatican City, October 6 (RHC)-- The Catholic Church's leader Pope Francis has expressed sadness and shame over the Church's inability to deal with the sexual abuse of children by the clergy in France.... More
Washington, October 6 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the family of Henrietta Lacks, the African American patient whose cells were taken by Johns Hopkins University Hospital without her consent in 1951, is suing the pharmaceutical company Thermo Fisher Scientific and demanding reparations and the intellectual property of those cells. ... More
Battle Creek, October 6 (RHC)-- In the United States, more than 1,400 workers across all of Kellogg’s cereal plants went on strike — as union negotiations have stalled for more than a year. ... More
Paris, October 6 (RHC)-- In France, union leaders led a nationwide strike to protest low wages and planned reforms to pensions and unemployment benefits. Workers are hoping to put pressure on the government of Emmanuel Macron ahead of next year’s presidential election. ... More
Washington, October 6 (RHC)-- Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen gave explosive testimony before a Senate panel Tuesday, denouncing the social media giant for prioritizing “astronomical profits” over the safety of billions of users. ... More
Quito, October 6 (RHC)-- Former presidential candidate and Ecuadorian economist, Andres Arauz, said Tuesday that President Guillermo Lasso must resign immediately or be removed from office in view of the need for democratic restoration in Ecuador and after his involvement in the scandal associated with tax havens -- the "Pandora Papers" -- was revealed.... More
Paris, October 6 (RHC)-- Mali has summoned France’s ambassador to the country to register its “indignation” at French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent criticism of the country’s government, which is dominated by army figures.... More
Jefferson City, October 6 (RHC)-- The U.S. state of Missouri has executed Ernest Johnson, a 61-year-old Black man convicted of a 1994 triple murder case, despite his lawyers’ arguments that overwhelming evidence showed he was intellectually disabled.... More
La Paz, October 6 (RHC)-- Former Bolivian officials of the de facto government, Branko Marinkovic (former de facto Minister of Economy), Pedro Jaime Valdivia (former de facto consul), and the late Minister Fernando Illanes, are implicated in the scandal called Pandora Papers, for having accounts or business investments in tax havens.... More
United Nations, October 6 (RHC)-- Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations says sanctions against countries are tantamount to a “terrorist act” as they target the daily lives of ordinary people.... More
United Nations, October 6 (RHC)-- The United Nations has sounded the alarm over hunger, food insecurity and recurring epidemics in the violence-hit Democratic Republic of the Congo.... More
Addis Ababa, October 6 (RHC)-- At least three international advocacy organizations have called on the African Union (AU) to withdraw the Israeli regime’s observer status over its human rights violations and crimes against humanity.... More
London, October 6 (RHC)-- A University of Bristol professor who was sacked last week for his pro-Palestine comments says there is a campaign led by the Israeli regime to silence the voices in support of the Palestinian cause.... More
New York, October 6 (RHC)-- Surging demand for COVID-19 tests from US employers has exacerbated a nationwide shortage of rapid tests in recent weeks and is driving up costs for state and local testing programs, according to industry executives and state officials.... More
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