Brasilia, June 23 (RHC)-- Organizations, movements and activists in Brazil issued a call on their social networks for new mobilizations on Thursday, July 24th against President Jair Bolsonaro, demanding the cessation of police violence and the acceleration of vaccinations against COVID-19.... More
Madrid, June 23 (RHC)-- A group of Indigenous leaders and members of Mexico’s Zapatista movement have arrived in Spain to mark 500 years of Indigenous resistance after Spanish colonizers settled in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán, which later became Mexico City.... More
Houston, June 23 (RHC)-- Climate youth activists and members of the Sunrise Movement ended their 400-mile march from New Orleans to Texas Monday outside the Houston home of Republican Senator Ted Cruz — a committed climate change denier. At least eight protesters were arrested. ... More
Dallas, June 23 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Texas, a new report on the impacts of the pandemic inside prisons reveals at least 18 people who had been cleared for parole last year died of COVID-19 — and some two dozen others died of chronic health issues — before their scheduled release. That follows at least 26 Texas prisoners who died in 2019 after they were approved for parole. ... More
New York, June 23 (RHC)-- Fears of a bloody summer have become a focal point of New York City’s mayoral race as residents go to the polls in primaries to choose Democratic and Republican candidates amid rising violent crime across the United States.... More
Beijing, June 23 (RHC)-- China and its allies called on Tuesday for an independent investigation into the discovery last month of the remains of more than 200 Indigenous children at a Canadian boarding school.... More
Madrid, June 23 (RHC)-- Spain’s government has issued formal pardons for nine Catalan separatist leaders imprisoned for their part in a failed 2017 independence bid.... More
Toronto, June 22 (RHC)-- Some 34% of Canadians believe they live in a "racist country," claims a new poll. However, those views are more pronounced in some demographics than others. In the Angus Reid Institute poll released on Monday, 54% of women under age 35 were ready to condemn Canada as racist, while only 21% of men over 55 agreed.... More
Geneva, June 22 (RHC)-- Even with more people getting inoculated against COVID-19, a WHO epidemiologist has warned that new vaccines and continued “measures” will be needed to tackle any future “constellation of mutations.”... More
Rome, June 22 (RHC)-- People in Italy will no longer have to wear masks outdoors from June 28, the government has said, as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations decline in one of Europe’s worst-hit countries by the pandemic.... More
Jerusalem, June 22 (RHC)-- Israeli police used stun grenades and sprayed skunk water on Palestinians overnight in the flashpoint occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. There were clashes between Jewish settlers and Palestinians earlier Monday evening with Israeli media reporting stones and chairs were thrown between the opposing sides.... More
Crude oil prices rose on Tuesday, with Brent hitting $75 a barrel for the first time since April 2019, as investors remained bullish about a quick recovery in global oil demand and as concerns eased over an early return of Iranian crude.... More
Geneva, June 22 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is setting up a hub in South Africa to give companies from poor and middle-income countries the know-how and licences to produce COVID-19 vaccines, in what President Cyril Ramaphosa called an historic step to spread lifesaving technology.... More
Kabul, June 22 (RHC)-- Afghanistan’s former president has said the United States has failed in its two-decade mission of bringing stability to “fight extremism” and bring stability to his war-tortured nation.... More
New York, June 22 (RHC)-- American Airlines is canceling hundreds of flights for at least the next few weeks due to a combination of factors that threaten regular business operation.... More
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