Washington, September 14 (RHC)-- Climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes by 2050 unless urgent action is taken, the World Bank has warned.... More
Nairobi, September 14 (RHC)-- Efforts to develop an African base for COVID-19 vaccine production will focus on trying to replicate Moderna’s shot, but a lack of progress in talks with the US company mean the project will take time, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official has said.... More
Berlin, September 14 (RHC)-- More than 140 Nobel laureates and former heads of state have signed an open letter calling on Germany to support a waiver of intellectual property rights for COVID vaccines. Their call comes as a World Trade Organization panel is set to convene this week to discuss a patent waiver — nearly a year after India and South Africa proposed the move, which would require the unanimous consent of all 164 WTO member nations.... More
New York, September 14 (RHC)-- Coronavirus cases are back on the rise across the United States. More than 1,800 COVID-19 deaths were reported Monday, and the U.S. is confirming an average of more than 170,000 infections a day. That’s up from last week, when the Labor Day holiday led to a gap in data about the U.S. outbreak.... More
Washington, September 14 (RHC)-- The U.S- Capitol is beefing up defenses around its premises ahead of a Trump rally set to be held on Saturday, the 18th. The measures reportedly involve returning the fence surrounding the U.S. Capitol months after former President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Congress to overturn election results in his favor.... More
Oslo, September 14 (RHC)-- Norway’s left-wing opposition headed by Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Store has had a landslide win in a general election after a campaign dominated by the future of the country’s oil industry.... More
United Nations, September 14 (RHC)-- Environmental threats are worsening conflicts worldwide and will soon constitute the biggest challenge to human rights, the United Nations has warned.... More
Tel Aviv, September 14 (RHC)-- Israeli state-owned defense contractor Israel Aerospace Industries has unveiled a remote-controlled armed robot it says can patrol battle zones, track infiltrators and open fire. The unmanned vehicle revealed on Monday is the latest addition to the world of drone technology, which is rapidly reshaping the modern battlefield.... More
New Delhi, September 14 (RHC)-- An outbreak of dengue fever is suspected of killing dozens of people in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh since the start of September, as authorities launch a campaign to destroy mosquito breeding grounds.... More
Geneva, September 13 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called on the international community to provide humanitarian aid and a “lifeline” for Afghan people following years of conflict and the Taliban’s shock takeover of the war-ravaged country.... More
Ramallah, September 13 (RHC)-- Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has urged the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the United Nations to follow up on the conditions of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, after the Tel Aviv regime ramped up repressive measures against them in the wake of a daring escape by six inmates from a high-security Israeli prison.... More
Tallahassee, September 13 (RHC)-- A Florida appeals court has sided with right-wing Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, upholding his ban on school mask mandates while challenges are played out in lower courts. The ruling reverses a previous decision that had halted the ban. ... More
Kabul, September 13 (RHC)-- A New York Times investigation finds the U.S. drone strike that killed 10 people, seven of them children, in the final days of the military withdrawal likely killed a worker for a U.S. aid group and that there was no evidence of an ISIS bomb in the targeted vehicle. ... More
New York, September 12 (RHC)-- A record number of environmentalists, land and water defenders were assassinated in 2020 — with advocates in the Global South disproportionately targeted with violence. That’s according to an annual report by Global Witness, which documented that at least 227 environmental activists were murdered last year. ... More
Madrid, September 13 (RHC)-- Authorities in southern Spain have evacuated 2,000 people from their homes in six Andalusian villages as a massive wildfire fanned by strong winds grew to some 15,000 acres. The fire is so large it spawned its own weather systems, with thick smoke creating pyrocumulus clouds that threatened to spark new fires with dry lightning strikes. ... More
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