Geneva, July 30 (RHC)-- The World Trade Organization has failed again to agree on a proposal to temporarily waive intellectual property rights for coronavirus vaccines. ... More


Tokyo, July 30 (RHC)-- Japanese officials are sounding the alarm as Tokyo reports record-breaking coronavirus cases for the third straight day with the Olympics well under way.  Tokyo reported 3,865 new cases in the past 24 hours, up from 3,177 on Wednesday and double the numbers a week ago.... More


Tel Aviv, July 30 (RHC)-- Israel has launched what has been described as a maximum pressure campaign against Ben & Jerry’s and its parent company Unilever, after the iconic ice cream brand announced it would halt sales in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.  ... More


Mexico City, July 30 (RHC)-- More than half of Mexicans trust the management of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador for his fight against corruption.... More


United Nations, July 29 (RHC)-- A sustainable and prosperous planet can only be achieved through working together and in solidarity, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said on Wednesday at the end of a major global food security meeting.... More


Ramallah, July 29 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have injured 106 Palestinians during clashes that erupted after the murder of a Palestinian man at the hands of the regime's troops in the occupied West Bank.... More


El Paso, July 29 (RHC)-- Two whistleblowers have warned Congress about the dire conditions at the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso, Texas, where the government has set up large tents to hold thousands of unaccompanied migrant children. ... More


Washington, July 29 (RHC)-- Longtime journalist Glen Ford has died at the age of 71.  He was co-founder of Black Agenda Report and an anti-imperialist propagandist.  ... More


Miami, July 29 (RHC)-- In the U.S., a new investigation by the Associated Press revealed a number of Ku Klux Klan members are working inside the Florida Department of Corrections.... More


Damascus, July 29 (RHC)-- The United States has announced fresh sanctions targeting the Syrian government and other groups operating in the Arab country just hours after a senior Iranian official met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to declare Tehran’s economic support for the war-ravaged country.... More


Guatemala City, July 29 (RHC)-- Social, indigenous, peasant and student organizations of Guatemala mobilized on Thursday to demand the resignation of President Alejandro Giammattei.... More


Caracas, July 29 (RHC)-- The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, said that after communicating with the prime minister of Haiti, he warned him to be careful with the personnel sent by the Colombian government to investigate the assassination of Jovenel Moïse.... More


La Paz, July 29 (RHC)-- The Executive Secretary of the Central Obrera Bolivia (COB), Juan Carlos Huarachi, ratified the "emergency" position of his union in the face of the destabilization attempts of the right wing, refused to recognize the opinion of the Attorney General's Office (FGE) that clarifies there was no electoral fraud in the 2019 elections.... More


Pretoria, July 28 (RHC)-- South Africa’s government says it was “appalled” by the African Union Commission’s decision last week to grant Israel observer status at the African bloc.  In a statement published on Wednesday, the South African government said the “unjust and unwarranted” move was taken “unilaterally without consultations with its members.”... More


Mexico City, July 28 (RHC)-- For 69-year-old Maria Eugenia Aguilera, her weekly shop has come with nasty sticker shocks over the last year.  Prices have risen “suddenly”, she says, for basic staples like tortillas – the corn-based flatbread that is ubiquitous on dining tables across Mexico.... More


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