Dhaka, September 4 (RHC)-- Bangladesh has logged nearly 11,000 dengue cases and at least 48 related deaths this year, the government says, underscoring how other viral diseases continue to spread even as the focus remains on the coronavirus pandemic.... More
Geneva, September 3 (RHC)-- The former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, accuses the prosecutors who were part of the Operation Lava Jato task force of trying to interfere in the position of Jair Bolsonaro's government at the United Nations, when the analysis of Lula's case occurred.... More
Caracas, September 3 (RHC)-- The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, says that work continues to attend to the communities affected by heavy rains and floods in the South American country. ... More
Ramallah, September 3 (RHC)-- Israeli troops have killed a Palestinian in the besieged Gaza Strip, Gaza’s health ministry has said, as hundreds took part in a protest against Israel’s 14-year blockade of the territory.... More
New York, September 3 (RHC)-- The death toll from unprecedented flooding in the northeastern U.S. has risen to 46, after the remnants of Hurricane Ida left a trail of destruction from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts.... More
Kabul, September 3 (RHC)-- In Afghanistan, humanitarian flights by the United Nations have resumed in parts of the country. ... More
Tokyo, September 3 (RHC)-- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday he will not seek reelection and will resign on September 30, less than a year after he took office. ... More
New York, September 3 (RHC)-- In the United States, COVID-19 deaths are continuing to rise rapidly, with nearly 3,000 deaths reported on Thursday. In Florida, which recorded a pandemic-high death toll in August, hospitals report more than 90% of all ICU beds are occupied, with significant shortages of oxygen.... More
Washington, September 3 (RHC)-- The Environmental Protection Agency warns in a new report the climate crisis will impact U.S. communities of color the hardest.... More
Washington, September 3 (RHC)-- A federal judge has ruled against the U.S. government’s practice of blocking asylum seekers from applying for refuge at the U.S.-Mexico border.... More
La Paz, September 3 (RHC)-- Bolivia has demanded that Justice investigate the alleged rocket attack on the Mexican plane in which Evo Morales was flying after the coup d'état against him.... More
Damascus, September 3 (RHC)-- Syrian air defenses have shot down missiles fired by Israel in the skies over the capital, Damascus, SANA state news agency said early on Friday.... More
Bogotá, September 3 (RHC)-- The government of Colombian President Iván Duque is carrying out a dirty campaign against leftist leaders grouped in the Historic Pact, denounced Congressman Iván Cepeda.... More
Caracas, September 3 (RHC)-- Venezuela's attorney general, Tarek William Saab, requested the arrest of sports journalist Fernando Petrocelli for the crimes of symbolic violence and promotion of hatred due to gender discrimination, after publishing an offensive tweet against Antonella Roccuzzo, wife of Lionel Messi.... More
Geneva, September 2 (RHC)-- More than 55 million people worldwide are living with dementia, a neurological disorder that robs them of their memory and costs the world $1.3 trillion a year, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.... More
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