New York, May 22 (RHC)-- Google says it has “no plans” to update low-resolution satellite imagery of the occupied territories and the besieged Gaza Strip, hindering the work of conflict researchers.... More
New York, May 22 (RHC)-- The Associated Press has fired a news associate, Emily Wilder, over her criticism of Israel and support for the people of Palestine, drawing backlash from journalists.... More
La Paz, May 22 (RHC)-- The president of Bolivia's Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), Evo Morales, has denounced a permanent defamatory campaign by the United States against him and the party he leads.... More
Toronto, May 22 (RHC)-- The steps outside Israel’s Toronto consulate were spattered in red paint by a Jewish anti-war group and other peace activists to symbolize “blood on the hands of Israel.” The Israeli mission denounced the protest action as 'vandalism.'... More
Geneva, May 21 (RHC)-- Official tolls showing the number of deaths directly or indirectly attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to be a “significant undercount”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which said between six and eight million people might have died so far.... More
Gaza City, May 21 (RHC)-- Thousands of people in the Gaza Strip and across the occupied Palestinian territory poured into the streets to celebrate a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian armed groups.... More
Brasilia, May 21 (RHC)-- The rapporteur of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry of the Brazilian Senate (CPI), Renan Calheiros, said that the former health minister of Jair Bolsonaro, Eduardo Pazuello lied in his testimony about the government's performance in the fight against the pandemic.... More
New Delhi, May 21 (RHC)-- Police in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh have arrested a Muslim man who had appealed on social media to hoist the Palestinian flag on homes and vehicles in a show of solidarity against the Israeli offensive on Gaza.... More
United Nations, May 21 (RHC)-- Israel’s 11-day bombardment has devastated Gaza’s civilian infrastructure, with strikes hitting electricity, water, sewage and telecommunications lines.... More
Durban, May 21 (RHC)-- Dockworkers in the South African port city of Durban have refused to offload cargo from an Israeli ship in a show of solidarity with Palestinians, and in protest at Tel Aviv’s military aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip.... More
New York, May 21 (RHC)-- A massive sheet of ice four times the size of New York City has broken free from Antarctica’s Ronne Ice Shelf, becoming the world’s largest iceberg.... More
London, May 21 (RHC)-- In Britain, scientists with the group Extinction Rebellion locked themselves to an exhibit at the London Science Museum to protest its sponsorship by oil company Shell. ... More
London, May 21 (RHC)-- Amnesty International is calling on the Biden administration to stop selling U.S.-made weapons and other equipment to Colombia, where police have been violently cracking down on popular protests. ... More
San Antonio, May 21 (RHC)-- In a bid to whitewash the dark history of slavery and anti-Mexican discrimination, the U.S. state of Texas has moved to reframe history lessons in schools. New measures proposed by lawmakers in the state, which could take the shape of law, are seen as an attempt to manipulate the Republican-held state's history and control the teaching of history textbooks in American schools.... More
Washington, May 21 (RHC)-- Three survivors of one of the worst racial terror attacks in U.S. history testified to Congress this week in favor of reparations, ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa massacre. ... More
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