London, May 27 (RHC)-- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dismissed allegations from Dominic Cummings, his former chief aide, that government failures had caused tens of thousands of unnecessary coronavirus deaths.... More
United Nations, May 27 (RHC)-- The United Nations has appealed for $95 million to help Palestinians over the next three months in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, after 11 days of the worst fighting between Israel and Palestinians in years.... More
Tel Aviv, May 27 (RHC)-- Israeli authorities have approved plans for the construction of hundreds of new settler units in the occupied West Bank, irrespective of the international outcry against the Tel Aviv regime’s illegal settlement expansion activities and land grab policies in Palestinian territories.... More
Geneva, May 27 (RHC)-- The United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Thursday that Israel’s bombardment of besieged Gaza that left at least 253 Palestinian dead may constitute “war crimes” if they are shown to be disproportionate.... More
Bogota, May 27 (RHC)-- The Colombian Senate rejected this Thursday to remove Diego Molano as Minister of Defense, after last Monday the high official attended a debate on a motion of censure against him for "the war treatment he has given to the social mobilization," a statement that also includes the police violence that organizations and civilians have denounced since the beginning of the National Strike, last April 28.... More
Vienna, May 27 (RHC)-- In Austria, talks continue this week on relaunching the Iran nuclear deal, from which the U.S. unilaterally withdrew in 2018 under Donald Trump’s presidency. ... More
Amsterdam, May 27 (RHC)-- In an historic ruling, a court in the Netherlands has ordered the Royal Dutch Shell oil company to cut its greenhouse gas emissions nearly in half by the end of the decade, in order to align its policies with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. ... More
Bogota, May 27 (RHC)-- At least 236 people, including young people, women and children, were injured on Wednesday in a new day of repression by the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD), of the National Police, against the National Strike taking place in Colombia.... More
Abuja, May 27 (RHC)-- More than 100 people were missing and feared dead after a boat with more than 165 passengers, including women and children, broke up and sank as it was travelling in Nigeria’s northern Kebbi state.... More
Paris, May 27 (RHC)-- The French government has announced that, due to the outbreak of cases of the Indian variant of Covid-19 in the UK, all visitors from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will face a mandatory two-week quarantine.... More
Brussels, May 27 (RHC)--- A lawyer for the EU has asked a court to impose major fines on AstraZeneca over its failure to deliver COVID-19 vaccines. However, the company maintains that its contract with the bloc did not envision a strict number of doses.... More
United Nations, May 27 (RHC)-- Hundreds dying at sea is not a “tragic anomaly” but rather is a result of the policies of the EU, its members and other actors trying to push responsibilities for migrants onto one another, a report by the UN rights office says.... More
Miami, May 27 (RHC)-- U.S. authorities have arrested a former cabinet minister in the interim government of Bolivia’s ex-president Jeanine Añez on bribery and money laundering charges.... More
Kinshasa, May 26 (RHC)-- More than 20,000 people are homeless and 40 are still missing in the aftermath of a volcanic eruption in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo that killed dozens and continues to cause strong earthquakes in the nearby city of Goma, the United Nations has said.... More
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