Los Angeles, August 2 (RHC)-- Concerns are growing in the United States after a nationwide moratorium on rental evictions during the coronavirus pandemic expired this weekend, threatening to make millions of Americans homeless as early as Monday morning.... More


Los Angeles, August 2 (RHC)-- The mayor of the U.S. city of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, has signed a sweeping new rule making it illegal for homeless people to be in almost all places across the city, according to a media report.... More


United Nations, August 2 (RHC)-- The United Nations says lack of raw materials in the besieged Gaza Strip due to Israel’s closure of crossings with the impoverished enclave has hampered reconstruction process, which is in need of funds.... More


Washington, August 2 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci has warned that "things are going to get worse" as the Delta variant of the coronavirus continues to spread across the United States.... More


Tokyo, August 2 (RHC)-- Newly reported COVID-19 cases in Olympic host city Tokyo surged to a record high of 4,058 on Saturday, exceeding the 4,000-mark for the first time and overshadowing the Summer Games.... More


Sydney, August 1 (RHC)-- Australia’s third-largest city of Brisbane and other parts of Queensland state will enter a snap COVID lockdown from Saturday, as authorities race to contain an emerging outbreak of the Delta strain.... More


Washington, August 1 (RHC)-- A U.S. lawmaker has described the Biden administration’s plan to evacuate Afghans, who worked with US forces in Afghanistan, a "complete disaster."  The Joe Biden administration decided to grant special visas to Afghan interpreters, drivers, guides, and other locals after Biden vowed to withdraw American troops from the country.... More


Washington, August 1 (RHC)-- The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of 18 Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters to the Israeli regime in a Foreign Military Sales deal worth about $3.4 billion amid reported demands from Tel Aviv for more American weaponry in case of a renewed U.S. deal with Iran as pledged by the Biden administration.... More


Port-au-Prince, August 1 (RHC)-- Haitian authorities continue with the investigations to clarify the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, while Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry continues his task to promote a national dialogue to restore democratic normality in the Caribbean country.... More


Sydney, August 1 (RHC)-- In an historic win for trade unions, Australia’s federal court ruled in favor of the Transport Workers Union’s case against airline giant Qantas.  The outsourcing scandal saw over 2,000 employees laid off amid the COVID pandemic.... More


Bogota, August 1 (RHC)-- Colombia's Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa, announced Saturday that former Army General Mario Montoya will be held accountable for allegedly participating in 104 extrajudicial executions, including those of five minors.... More


Addis Ababa, August 1 (RHC)-- Algeria along with several others nations has officially begun the process of forming a group of African countries to reject Tel Aviv's observer status in the African Union (AU) in order to preserve the principles of the bloc and to support Palestine.... More


Oakland, August 1 (RHC)-- The board president of Ben & Jerry's has received death threats and was forced to abandon her home, after the ice cream company announced last month that it would no longer be selling its products in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.... More


Kabul, August 1 (RHC)-- The Taliban have fired rockets at a key airport in southern Afghanistan causing flight cancelations, and declaring that the attack was meant to thwart airstrikes by Afghan government forces on the militants' positions.... More


Santo Domingo, August 1 (RHC)-- Social organizations of the Dominican Republic carried out this Saturday solidarity caravans that arrived at the border points of Jimaní and Dajabón to demand that Haiti be able to resolve its own internal problems.... More


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