Tokyo, July 3 (RHC)-- At least two people have been killed and many others have been reported missing on Saturday, after heavy rains hit Japan’s central city of Atami in Shizuoka, triggering landslides, according to the public broadcaster NHK.... More


San Salvador, July 3 (RHC)-- The attorney general’s office in El Salvador has seized some assets of the conservative opposition party in what it said was an attempt to recover funds embezzled from a donation from Taiwan between 2003 and 2004... More


Caracas, July 3 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan Government reports that, despite the criminal blockade against the country, it is making profound progress in the Mass Vaccination Plan against COVID-19.... More


Tehran, July 3 (RHC)-- Iran is bracing for another wave of COVID-19 infections as the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is spreading through the country’s southern and southeastern provinces.... More


Bali, July 3 (RHC)-- Hundreds of roadblocks and checkpoints have been erected across Indonesia as authorities attempt to enforce a harsh lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, which has surged in the country in recent weeks.... More


Sydney, July 3 (RHC)-- Australia announced a dramatic cut in the number of people who will be allowed to enter the country over the weekend, as it struggles to contain coronavirus clusters that plunged major cities into lockdown.... More


Caracas, July 3 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reiterated on Friday that the visit of the head of the Southern Command, Craig Faller, and the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns, to Colombia and Brazil was aimed at preparing a plan against the South American nation.... More


Santiago de Chile, July 3 (RHC)-- The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, during a virtual meeting organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (Ecosoc), warned about the existing inequity in access to anti-COVID-19 vaccines in Latin America.... More


Geneva, July 3 (RHC)--The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged world leaders to push back against daunting new COVID surges through increased vaccination efforts and public health measures, warning that with Delta quickly becoming the dominant strain in many countries "we are in a very dangerous period of the pandemic."... More


Mexico City, July 3 (RHC)-- A long-term drought that has hit two-thirds of Mexico is likely to worsen in coming weeks with forecasts of high temperatures and warnings of crop damage and water supply shortages on the horizon, including in the populous capital of Mexico City.... More


Athens, July 3 (RHC)-- In Greece, authorities have closed the Acropolis to tourists as a scorching heat wave brought temperatures of up to 110 degrees.... More


Washington, July 3 (RHC)-- The National Football League, the NFL, has issued a $10 million fine to the Washington Football Team following a probe into widespread sexual harassment, which was perpetuated by the team’s managers and executives. ... More


Occupied East Jerusalem, July 2 (RHC)-- Violent confrontations broke out following Friday midday prayers between Israeli police and residents, with a number of Palestinians wounded and arrested.... More


Lusaka, July 2 (RHC)-- Mourners in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, have gathered at a stadium for a state memorial service for Kenneth Kaunda, the nation’s founding president and supporter of African nationalism.  A number of leaders from across the continent also attended Friday’s service for Zambia’s former president, who died last month aged 97.... More


Washington, July 2 (RHC)-- U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has ordered a moratorium on federal executions while the Justice Department continues its review of the death penalty, the department said in a statement.... More


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