Tel Aviv, May 28 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has strongly condemned the United Nations Human Rights Council for investigating Israel's aggression against Gaza. He said that the UN agency’s decision to launch an open-ended probe of Israeli abuses in the Palestinian territories -- in his words -- "mocks international law and encourages terrorists worldwide."... More
Sydney, May 28 (RHC)-- In Australia, a court ruled the government has a duty to protect children and the environment from the effects of the climate catastrophe. In a case brought by eight high school students, a federal judge acknowledged: “Many thousands will suffer premature death from heat stress or bushfire smoke.” The judge stopped short, however, of granting an injunction on the expansion of a coal mine.... More
Goma, May 28 (RHC)-- Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have ordered as many as 1 million people to evacuate the city of Goma, as one of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes is threatening to erupt for a second time in a week. ... More
Washington, May 28 (RHC)-- Top executives of the largest U.S. banks appeared on Capitol Hill for two days this part week, where some lawmakers accused them of pandemic profiteering. ... More
New York, May 28 (RHC)-- Amazon has announced it is buying MGM Studios for $8.45 billion, its second-largest acquisition after Whole Foods. With the purchase, Amazon will add the James Bond franchise and thousands of older films to its Prime Video streaming catalog. ... More
Berlin, May 28 (RHC)-- Germany has recognized for the first time that it committed genocide in Namibia during its colonial rule more than a century ago and promised financial support worth more than one billion euros ($1.2 billion) to fund infrastructure projects in the African nation.... More
Bogota, May 28 (RHC)-- The Arauca Campesino Association (ACA) denounced Thursday that there have been massive and illegal detentions against social leaders, in the framework of the 30th day of the National Strike against the neoliberal policies of the government of Ivan Duque.... More
Geneva, May 28 (RHC)-- Africa needs at least 20 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine within six weeks if those who have had their first shot are to get the second in time, the WHO said Thursday. “Africa needs vaccines now,” Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization’s regional director for Africa, said in a statement.... More
Bogota, May 28 (RHC)-- The National Committee of the Strike denounced Thursday night that the Government of Colombian President Iván Duque is refusing to sign a pre-agreement established days ago, in a tactic it called "dilatory" to initiate a dialogue.... More
La Paz, May 28 (RHC)-- Bolivia's Attorney General, Juan Carlos Lanchipa, has announced that the extradition process of former de facto government minister Arturo Murillo has begun. Murillo is currently detained in the United States on charges of money laundering, among other charges.... More
United Nations, May 28 (RHC)-- The COVID-19 pandemic has brought “a tsunami of suffering”, taken over 3.4 million lives and 500 million jobs, while wiping trillions of dollars from global balance sheets, Secretary-General António Guterres told business leaders, appealing for equitable vaccine distribution worldwide. ... More
Geneva, May 28 (RHC)-- The UN Human Rights Council has agreed to launch an open-ended international investigation into violations during the 11-day conflict between Israel and Palestinian groups in Gaza, and into “systematic” abuses in the occupied Palestinian territories and inside Israel.... More
Beijing, May 28 (RHC)-- Beijing has called on the U.S. to provide an explanation for a respiratory disease in northern Virginia and a large-scale outbreak of e-cigarette disease in Wisconsin after Washington launched a new probe into COVID-19’s origins.... More
United Nations, May 27 (RHC)-- The COVID-19 situation in several Latin American countries is “alarming,” the head of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has said, after the region reported more than 1.2 million new cases and 31,000 deaths last week.... More
Washington, May 27 (RHC)-- The NAACP, state and local officials have denounced what they called continued racism at an Amazon warehouse construction site in Connecticut where eight nooses have been found within a month, despite additional security measures added last weekend.... More
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