London, June 3 (RHC)-- The United Kingdom’s Conservative government broke the law when it housed asylum seekers in overcrowded and “squalid” disused army barracks, the High Court has ruled. Six asylum seekers brought the case against British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s administration, arguing that conditions at Napier Barracks posed “real and immediate risks to life and of ill-treatment.”... More
New Delhi, June 3 (RHC)-- The Indian government has paid some $205 million in advance for 300 million doses of a new coronavirus vaccine by domestic firm Biological-E. The shot has not been approved yet and is still undergoing clinical trials. The advance agreement was announced by India’s health ministry on Thursday, and is the first deal inked by New Delhi to procure a vaccine in the early stage of development.... More
Tel Aviv, June 3 (RHC)-- Last week, Ofer Cassif, a member of Israel’s Knesset for the Joint List -- an alliance of Arab political parties -- decried as incitement the call by Amichai Langfeld, with the Lod city council, on Jewish gun owners to ‘protect their communities.’ The call was made in the presence of Lod Mayor Yair Revivo.... More
New York, June 3 (RHC)-- Nearly 200 Facebook employees have signed a letter urging the company’s executives to address concerns that pro-Palestine voices on the social media site are being suppressed by content moderation systems.... More
Gaza City, June 3 (RHC)-- As Gaza tries to recover from the deadly 11-day Israeli attack, mothers and mental health workers have raised concerns that the psychological effects of the violence will long linger among the children in the Strip.... More
Geneva, June 3 (RHC)-- Officials from the United Nations and Red Cross have visited the besieged Gaza Strip to review the destruction from Israel’s 11-day bombardment, including damage to homes, schools, hospitals and other critical infrastructure.... More
Tel Aviv, June 3 (RHC)-- Being already the largest recipient of assistance from Washington, with an annual $3.8 billion in U.S. military aid, does not stop Israel from asking for more. Now a U.S. senator has unveiled that the Tel Aviv regime is preparing a request for an additional $1 billion to the Pentagon to replenish its missile system following the latest war on the besieged Gaza Strip.... More
New Delhi, June 3 (RHC)-- Thousands of doctors across India are putting on black armbands and calling for the arrest of a hugely popular guru who has claimed yoga can prevent COVID-19 and that conventional medicine has killed thousands of coronavirus patients.... More
Bogota, June 3 (RHC)-- The Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Temblores revealed a report that registers 3,789 cases of violence perpetrated by the security forces against protesters, who have already spent 37 days deployed in the streets of Colombia.... More
Brasilia, June 3 (RHC)-- Pot-banging protests have erupted across several cities in Brazil as President Jair Bolsonaro addressed the nation, just days after protesters took to the streets over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which has so far killed almost half a million people in the country.... More
Bogota, June 3 (RHC)-- Thousands of Colombians have taken to the streets again amid a deadlock in talks between the government and leaders of anti-government protests that are stretching into their second month. Mass demonstrations were sparked at the end of April against a now-withdrawn tax reform proposed by President Ivan Duque‘s government, but they have continued with protesters now demanding a basic income, opportunities for young people, and an end to police violence.... More
Occupied East Jerusalem, June 3 (RHC)-- More than a dozen Palestinian journalists were recently arrested by Israeli authorities after attempting to report the news under often “extremely stressful and dangerous” conditions.... More
Lima, June 2 (RHC)-- Peruvian presidential candidate Pedro Castillo returned Wednesday to the capital city of Lima in his election campaign, after the completion of public events on Tuesday in Cusco and Puno, while in that city, his opponent Keiko Fujimori continues political activity in the run-up to the elections... More
Caracas, June 2 (RHC)-- Venezuelan and Bolivian authorities held a meeting in Caracas with the objective of reviewing the bilateral agenda of cooperation and solidarity in different political, social and commercial areas, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry informed on Tuesday.... More
Washington, June 2 (RHC)-- A prominent military institute in the United States has failed to address institutional racism and sexism, including sexual assault, according to a report which urges the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) to be held accountable to make long-term changes.... More
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