Paris, October 5 (RHC)-- About 216,0000 children are estimated to have been sexually abused by French Catholic priests, deacons and other clergy since 1950, an independent inquiry has found, alleging the phenomenon was covered up for decades by a “veil of silence.”... More
Brasilia, October 5 (RHC)-- More than 80 human rights organizations have announced that they will denounce the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, for using a child to promote his policy in favor of the use of weapons.... More
Melbourne, October 5 (RHC)-- In Australia, recent anti-lockdown protests in Melbourne have exposed the rise of the far-right movement over fears stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, unemployment, and continuing lockdown measures.... More
Lima, October 5 (RHC)-- Peru's former dictator Alberto Fujimori was transferred this Monday from Barbadillo prison to a clinic in the district of San Isidro to undergo heart surgery.... More
La Paz, October 5 (RHC)-- The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Bolivia, Major General Augusto García Lara, pledged to defend the country's democracy and stability, as well as to collaborate with the country's courts in the clarification of the violent events that occurred after the 2019 coup d'état.... More
New York, October 5 (RHC)-- Global airline losses from the coronavirus pandemic are set to surpass $200 billion as travel curbs weigh on corporate and long-haul demand well into 2022, according to the industry’s main lobby.... More
Montevideo, October 5 (RHC)-- The National Coordinator of Settlements led this Monday a demonstration of hundreds of people who gathered in front of the Ministry of Economy of Uruguay demanding budget for the housing policy of the State.... More
Madrid, October 5 (RHC)-- In the Canary Islands, Spanish scientists have warned a volcanic eruption on the island of La Palma is becoming more aggressive and shows no signs of ending anytime soon. ... More
Quito, October 5 (RHC)-- The president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), Leonidas Iza, said Monday that he will ask the government of President Guillermo Lasso to freeze fuel prices and advanced the six points of his agenda for the working meeting he will hold with the president. ... More
Washington, October 5 (RHC)-- The U.S. has surpassed 700,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths -- by far the highest in the world, even though the country has had widespread access to life-saving vaccines for months. Meanwhile, health experts say that the summer’s devastating surge fueled by the Delta variant is slowing down, though some Northern states are still reporting rising cases.... More
New York, October 4 (RHC)-- Service appears to be restored for some Facebook and Instagram users after a global outage that disabled the social media platforms, owned by Facebook Inc, for nearly six hours. Facebook-owned WhatsApp messaging app was still experiencing issues late on Monday.... More
Los Angeles, October 4 (RHC)-- Officials in the United States are investigating whether a 41-year-old pipeline caused an oil spill on the southern coast of California that has killed wildlife and tarnished much of the shoreline.... More
New York, October 4 (RHC)-- A statue honoring George Floyd in New York City was vandalized Sunday -- just two days after its unveiling ceremony. Police footage shows an unidentified white man on a skateboard throwing gray paint on the bronze statue.... More
New York, October 4 (RHC)-- The whistleblower who leaked tens of thousands of pages of internal Facebook documents has come forward. Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen spoke publicly for the first time on CBS’s “60 Minutes.”... More
La Paz, October 4 (RHC)-- Bolivian Defense Minister Edmundo Novillo has denounced a destabilization plan against President Luis Arce by the country's civic committees, who together with the Santa Cruz governor's office, led by Luis Fernando Camacho, are preparing several actions, including a mobilization.... More
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