U.S. bars Honduran ex-president over corruption charges

Tegucigalpa, July 20 (RHC)-- The United States has blocked former Honduran President Porfirio Lobo Sosa and his immediate family from travel, alleging that he accepted bribes from drug traffickers.  ... More

Israel warns it will act aggressively over Ben & Jerry’s ice cream ban

Tel Aviv, July 20 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told the head of Unilever on Tuesday that Israel will “act aggressively” against Ben & Jerry’s over the subsidiary’s decision to stop selling its ice cream in the Israeli-occupied territories of the West Bank and East Jerusalem.... More

Pandemic resurgence feared in U.S. as coronavirus cases rising rapidly

Los Angeles, July 20 (RHC)-- A pandemic resurgence is now feared in the United States as the coronavirus cases is rising rapidly across the country and the highly contagious Delta variant appeared to be taking hold.... More

Amazon cuts business ties with Israeli spyware maker NSO Group 

New York, July 20 (RHC)-- Amazon has pulled the plug on infrastructure and other services that it offered to Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, following allegations that the company’s spyware was being used to snoop on journalists and activists.... More

Study reveals India’s excess deaths during COVID could be over 4 million

New Delhi, July 20 (RHC)-- India’s excess deaths during the pandemic could be a staggering 10 times the official COVID-19 toll, likely making it modern India’s worst human tragedy, according to the most comprehensive research yet on the ravages of the virus in the South Asian country.... More

Thousands of Palestinians hold Eid al-Adha prayers in Aqsa after Israeli raids

Jerusalem, July 20 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands of Palestinian worshipers have performed Eid al-Adha prayers in the al-Aqsa Mosque compound following violent incursions by Israeli settlers, backed by the regime’s military forces, into the holy site, with Gaza-based resistance factions warning Tel Aviv against more violations of sanctities.... More

UK government backs Guaido in Venezuela gold dispute

London, July 20 (RHC)-- The British government has sought to quash a bid by the Venezuelan Central Bank to repatriate nearly $1 billion of its gold stored in London by reasserting its backing of opposition leader Juan Guaido.... More

National Strike Committee calls for mobilizations in Colombia

Bogota, July 20 (RHC)-- Trade union organizations, social and popular sectors that make up the National Strike Committee (CNP) mobilized this Tuesday in the main cities of Colombia in a new day of protests against the government of Iván Duque.... More

CARICOM to send observers to elections in St. Lucia

Castries, July 20 (RHC)-- The Community of Caribbean States (CARICOM) responded positively this Sunday to the invitation of the Government of Saint Lucia to accompany the general elections to be held in the nation next July 26.... More

Delta variant spreads across Africa, Latin America where vaccines are lacking

Nairobi, July 20 (RHC)-- The highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant is continuing its rapid spread across the globe, with poor, mostly unvaccinated countries bearing the brunt of its impact. ... More

Canada to allow in vaccinated U.S. tourists after 16-month ban

Ottawa, July 20 (RHC)-- Canada will allow American tourists who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter the country as of August 9, the Canadian government has announced, ending a 16-month ban on most non-essential travel between the neighbouring countries.... More

U.S. homelessness crisis hits Los Angeles hard

Los Angeles, July 20 (RHC)-- In a parking lot in Los Angeles, a village of miniature prefab houses has sprung up, one of several sites in America's second-largest city where so-called "tiny homes" are being put up to help the homeless get back on their feet.... More

Israel shells Lebanon with tank and artillery fire

Beirut, July 20 (RHC)-- The Israeli military said its artillery shelled southern Lebanon after two rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory.  Israel’s army said in a statement on Tuesday that aerial defenses intercepted one of the rockets, and the second fell in an open area. No injuries or damage were reported.... More

Nicaraguan president says despite attacks, country's economy is stable

Managua, July 19 (RHC)-- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, in commemoration of the 42nd anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, recalled on Monday the struggle of General Augusto Sandino for the sovereignty and self-determination of the Central American nation... More

Pedro Castillo declared president-elect of Peru

Lima, July 19 (RHC)-- Rural school teacher-turned-presidential candidate Pedro Castillo on Monday became the winner of Peru’s presidential election after the country’s longest electoral count in 40 years.... More

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