United Nations, August 25 (RHC)-- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Colombia revealed on Monday that in the first semester of 2021 the number of displaced people in that country grew by 191 percent compared to the same period in 2020; while the number of those confined rose to 100 percent.... More
Port-au-Prince, August 24 (RHC)-- In Haiti, people left homeless by the recent earthquake have been living in squalid camps in the mountains, north of the hard-hit city of Les Cayes, where they say children are suffering from hunger, fevers and infections.... More
Miami, August 24 (RHC)-- In Florida, thousands of students returned to classrooms Monday even as the state recorded one of the highest coronavirus infection rates in the world. ... More
Ramallah, August 24 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have fatally shot a Palestinian teenage boy during a violent raid on a refugee camp in the northern West Bank. The incident took place at the Balata refugee camp, situated near the city of Nablus, early on Tuesday, as the Palestinians clashed with the Israeli soldiers who had stormed the camp to make arrests.... More
Kabul, August 24 (RHC)-- The crowds outside Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport continue to grow with each passing day of Taliban rule.... More
Mexico City, August 24 (RHC)-- Hurricane Grace, which hit Mexican territory twice, left 11 dead and thousands of victims, as well as severe material damage caused by floods and landslides, local authorities reported on Monday.... More
Washington, August 24 (RHC)-- The leader of the far-right Proud Boys group was sentenced to more than five months in jail on Monday for burning a Black Lives Matter banner that was torn down from a historic Black church in downtown Washington, DC and bringing two high-capacity firearm magazines into the nation’s capital days shortly before the January 6 riot.... More
Caracas, August 24 (RHC)-- On Monday, Venezuela sent a second shipment of humanitarian aid to Haiti, affected by the devastating earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale registered last August 14th.... More
La Paz, August 23 (RHC)--Bolivian President Luis Arce said Monday in an official act at the General Staff of the Army, that justice is the only method for national reconciliation, as well as for the reparation of victims. ... More
Gaza City, August 24 (RHC)-- Israeli warplanes bombed Hamas sites in Gaza in recent hours, allegedly in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave that caused brush fires in southern Israel, its military said.... More
Kabul, August 23 (RHC)-- Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban movement has issued a warning to the United States against prolonging the withdrawal of its military beyond the declared deadline, meanwhile extending an amnesty to runaway president Ashraf Ghani and vice president Amrullah Saleh, saying they may return if they so wish.... More
London, August 23 (RHC)-- Climate change activists held a demonstration in the City of London on Sunday as they started two weeks of protests focused on the capital's financial district. About 200 demonstrators from the group Extinction Rebellion took part in the demonstration, aimed at highlighting the role of high finance in the climate crisis.... More
Brasilia, August 23 (RHC)-- Brazil is approaching the figure of 575,000 deaths while accounting for 20.5 million cases of coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic.... More
Portland, August 23 (RHC)-- Dozens of right-wing Proud Boys and leftist Antifa members have clashed in a chaotic street showdown in Portland, armed with a variety of improvised weapons ranging from bats and shields to paintball guns, mace and fireworks.... More
Geneva, August 23 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization says that 500 tonnes of medical supplies including surgical equipment and childhood pneumonia treatments due to be delivered to Afghanistan this week are stuck because of Kabul airport restrictions.... More
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