United Nations, June 25 (RHC)-- A leaked draft report from the United Nations has painted a distressing picture of how climate change will fundamentally reshape life on Earth in the coming decades, even if humans can tame planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.... More
United Nations, June 25 (RHC)-- Around 275 million people used drugs worldwide in the last year of unprecedented upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, up by 22 percent from 2010. That’s among the key findings of the latest annual report released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which also provides an overview of global drug markets, as well as their impact on people’s health and livelihoods.... More
Moscow, June 25 (RHC)-- Edward Snowden said he fears that Julian Assange "could be next" if he faces extradition. ... More
Washington, June 24 (RHC)-- A new report reveals ICE -- the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement -- has force-fed immigrant prisoners who go on hunger strike. As well as force-feeding, ICE also performed forced urinary catheterization at least once, which is illegal under international law. ... More
Washington, June 24 (RHC)-- In what is being seen as a major defeat for organized labor, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that a California labor law violated the constitutional rights of property owners by giving union organizers access to workers on privately owned farms during their work breaks. ... More
Mexico City, June 25 (RHC)-- The Government of Mexico has sent a donation of 400,800 doses of anti-COVID-19 vaccine -- Astrazeneca -- to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard made the announcement on Thursday through his official Twitter account.... More
Kabul, June 25 (RHC)-- The Joe Biden administration is preparing to evacuate potentially thousands of Afghans who worked for the United States as it nears completion of its military withdrawal from Afghanistan in coming months, U.S. officials said on Thursday.... More
Caracas, June 24 (RHC)-- Representatives of the member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America - Peoples' Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) arrived Thursday in Venezuela to participate in the XIX Summit of Heads of State and Government.... More
Tehran, June 24 (RHC)-- Just like its abandonment of Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal, another unilateral move by the United States once more promises to affect life in Iran for the worse, this time in terms of internet freedom, analysts say.... More
Caracas, June 24 (RHC)-- As part of an agreement between the governments of Cuba and Venezuela, the first batch of Abdala vaccines arrived on Thursday to the South American nation -- of the total of 12 million agreed, to contribute to the immunization campaign. ... More
Lima, June 24 (RHC)-- Pedro Castillo has announced that as president of Peru, he will declare a health emergency, while the claims of his rival, Keiko Fujimori, suffered a setback in her bids to reverse his defeat.... More
Ottawa, June 24 (RHC)-- Hundreds of unmarked graves have been found near a former Catholic residential school for Indigenous children in western Canada, local media reported late on Wednesday, weeks after the discovery of the remains of hundreds of Indigenous schoolchildren sent shock waves through the country.... More
Sydney, June 24 (RHC)-- People in Sydney, Australia’s biggest city, have been ordered not to leave the metropolitan area, as authorities scramble to contain a number of new coronavirus cases of the Delta variant – a development that has prompted neighbouring New Zealand to raise its alert level following possible exposure from a tourist from Australia.... More
Brasilia, June 24 (RHC)-- Brazil’s controversial Environment Minister Ricardo Salles, who quit on Wednesday, is facing a criminal investigation into whether or not he obstructed a police probe of illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest.... More
Brasilia, June 24 (RHC)-- Brazil reported on Wednesday that it registered 115,228 new cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours -- the highest number since the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic began in February last year.... More
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