Nearly 700 European firms fund and support Israeli settlements

Ramallah, October 2 (RHC)-- Nearly 700 European institutions have financial ties with the companies that are involved in expanding Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, a new civil society report says.... More

Greta Thunberg leads climate protests in Italy ahead of COP26

Milan, October 2 (RHC)--Hundreds of young people led by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg marched through the streets of the Italian city of Milan to demand swift climate action, weeks before the crucial United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) slated to be held in Glasgow.... More

Coroner says racism contributed to Indigenous woman’s death in Canada

Ottawa, October 2 (RHC)-- Racism and prejudice contributed to the death of Joyce Echaquan, an Indigenous mother of seven who died at a hospital in the Canadian province of Quebec after filming staff hurling insults at her, a coroner’s report has found.... More

UN agency says it needs $800 million a year to assist Palestinians

United Nations, October 2 (RHC)-- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said it will seek a new injection of funds at an upcoming donor conference, after it withstood years of financial instability during the administration of former United States President Donald Trump.... More

Canada to pay billions in compensation to First Nations children for welfare discrimination

Ottawa, October 2 (RHC)-- In Canada, a judge dismissed a challenge by the Trudeau administration to a ruling that found the government underfunded First Nations children’s services. ... More

Over 50% of police killings go unreported, police kill Blacks at more than three times higher than whites

New York, October 2 (RHC)-- A new study in The Lancet finds that over half of all police killings in the U.S. go unreported in government data.  That represents over 17,000 deaths at the hands of the police since 1980.  ... More

Bolivian vice president denounces silence around coup d'état

Madrid, October 2 (RHC)-- The Vice President of Bolivia, David Choquehuanca, who is on an official visit to Spain, denounced this Friday in Madrid that the international community was silent about the coup d'état that occurred in the South American nation in 2019, and that some media misrepresent statements of Bolivian leaders to create confusion about what is happening in his country.... More

Salvadorans protest new cryptocurrency and power grab by President Bukele

San Salvador, October 2 (RHC)-- In El Salvador, thousands of people took to the streets of the capital San Salvador for another round of protests against President Nayib Bukele and El Salvador’s adoption of bitcoin as an official currency. ... More

Drug company Merck applies for emergency use of antiviral pill

New York, October 1 (RHC)-- The United States reported more than 2,700 COVID-19 deaths on Thursday as the official U.S. pandemic death toll rapidly approached 700,000. ... More

Judge sentences Steven Donziger, lawyer who sued Chevron for Amazon oil spills

New York, October 1 (RHC)-- In New York, environmental and human rights lawyer Steven Donziger was sentenced to six months in prison after over two years under house arrest on pretrial misdemeanor charges. ... More

U.S. court allows Biden to continue mass expulsions without due process

Washington, October 1 (RHC)-- Immigrant justice advocates are condemning a federal appeals court’s ruling that will allow the Biden administration to continue mass expelling asylum seekers without due process under Title 42, citing the pandemic as justification. ... More

Police repress farmers and Indigenous in Paraguay

Asunción, October 1 (RHC)-- Farmers and Indigenous people in Paraguay were repressed this Thursday for the second consecutive day by police agents, in the framework of protests in rejection of the approval by Congress of a law that criminalizes the occupation of land.... More

U.S. troops committing suicides at an alarming pace

Washington, October 1 (RHC)--Endless war has taken a toll on the mental health of US troops. An alarming surge in suicide deaths among U.S. troops has happened in recent years, according to new figures from the Pentagon.... More

U.S. jobless claims rise for third straight week 

New York, October 1 (RHC)-- The economic recovery in the United States is still on track, but the labour market is signalling that growth is decelerating in the face of challenges ranging from the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19 to stingier jobless benefits.... More

Canadian judge ends injunction that led to violent crackdown on Indigenous Fairy Creek activists

Ottawa, October 1 (RHC)-- In Canada, a judge has ended an injunction granted to logging company Teal-Jones, which the court says was used to crack down on activists at the Fairy Creek watershed blockade in a way that violated their civil liberties and infringed on press freedom. ... More

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