Port-au-Prince, July 14 (RHC)-- Several of the people suspected of involvement in the assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise worked as U.S. government informants, according to a new report.... More


Buenos Aires, July 14 (RHC)-- Argentinean President Alberto Fernandez addressed the economic and social situation in Cuba and Venezuela, and demanded an end to the blockades imposed by the United States unilaterally against those two nations.... More


Geneva, July 14 (RHC)-- World Health Organization Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan has warned people away from combining different Covid-19 vaccines, despite studies suggesting that the “cocktail” approach could yield positive results.... More


Bogota, July 13 (RHC)-- The Institute for Higher Studies for Development and Peace (Indepaz) denounced a massacre in the municipality of Alcala, located in the Colombian department of Valle del Cauca (Southwest).... More


Washington, July 13 (RHC)-- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has added a new warning to Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine.  ... More


Chicago, July 13 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Illinois, some 2,500 Chicago-area public employees have won a tentative contract after 10 months of negotiations and end an 18-day strike.... More


Washington, July 13 (RHC)-- The United States has seen a nearly 50-percent spike in Covid-19 infections this week compared to last week.  The U.S. averaged 19,455 new Covid-19 cases per day over the last seven days, a 47.5-percent increase from the previous week.... More


London, July 13 (RHC)-- Oxfam warns there has been a sixfold increase in people around the world facing famine-like conditions since the start of the pandemic. ... More


Geneva, July 13 (RHC)-- Countries should not be ordering booster shots for their vaccinated populations while other countries have yet to receive COVID-19 vaccines, the World Health Organization said on Monday.... More


Caracas, July 13 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) reported the arrest of former opposition deputy Freddy Guevara, who will be charged with the crimes of terrorism, attempt against the constitutional order, conspiracy to commit a crime and treason.... More


Ramallah, July 13 (RHC)-- Israel has blocked the delivery of humanitarian aid sent by the Red Crescent to the homeless Palestinian villagers in Jordan Valley.   The Palestinian Information Center reported on Monday that a day before, Israeli forces denied the Red Crescent truck passage into the Khirbet Humsa al-Fuqa hamlet, where the home of the Palestinians had been demolished recently.... More


Venice, July 13 (RHC)-- In Venice, Italy, officials at the G-20 summit have backed a proposal calling for a global minimum tax of at least 15% in an effort to curb tax havens and loopholes for major corporations. ... More


Berlin, July 12 (RHC)-- More than one hundred people from German politics, media, and art have called on their chancellor to confront Joe Biden during an upcoming visit over the attempt to extradite WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the United States.... More


La Paz, July 13 (RHC)-- The presidents of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, and Bolivia, Luis Arce, condemned the sending of military supplies to this nation by former president Mauricio Macri after the coup d'état in 2019, and ratified the ties of friendship between both nations and the will to continue working together to defend democracy in Latin America.... More


Gaza City, July 12 (RHC)-- A new report jointly compiled by the UN, the EU and the World Bank says the socioeconomic situation in the Gaza Strip has been weakened further since May.  In recent years, the enclave has been receiving its bare essentials through the Kerem Shalom crossing as well as two others, including one with Egypt, which is being strictly controlled by the government in Cairo.... More


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