Bogota, May 21 (RHC)-- After 24 days of peaceful mobilizations in Colombia against the neo-liberal model, which have been severely repressed by the security forces, members of the National Strike Committee (CNP) stated this Friday that they will continue the mobilizations because there is still no agreement with the government of Iván Duque.... More
Jerusalem, May 21 (RHC)-- Stun grenades, rocks and petrol bombs have reportedly been exchanged by Israeli authorities and Palestinians at Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, where thousands gathered to celebrate the latest truce between Israel and Hamas.... More
Ramallah, May 21 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime’s “security cabinet” unanimously approves, what the regime has identified as, “Egypt’s proposal” for a ceasefire amid continued avalanche of retaliatory attacks from the Gaza Strip in response to Tel Aviv’s escalation.... More
Tehran, May 21 (RHC)-- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says some Western states' routine way of backing the oppressor against the oppressed in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict amounts to their abetment of the Israeli regime’s atrocities.... More
Buenos Aires, May 21 (RHC)-- Argentinean President Alberto Fernandez, in a press conference, addressed the nation this Thursday to announce that the restrictive measures against the second wave of Covid-19 in the southern country are maintained.... More
Rome, May 21 (RHC)-- The head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) said Thursday that it is of paramount importance to diversify vaccine manufacturing and to have more production taking place in Africa and Latin America to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.... More
Paris, May 21 (RHC)-- The trial of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy over allegations of illicit financing for his failed 2012 re-election bid has resumed after it was adjourned in March because a lawyer contracted COVID-19.... More
Washington, May 21 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden has once again reaffirmed Washington's total support for Israel and pledged to help it replenish its so-called Iron Dome system.... More
Tel Aviv, May 21 (RHC)-- Germany will continue to make it possible for Israel to defend itself as long as there are forces seeking its destruction, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said during his visit to Israel aimed at promoting “ceasefire.”... More
New York, May 21 (RHC)-- A new scientific report shows the Arctic region of the Earth has warmed three times faster than the rest of the planet as a whole between 1971 and 2019, a higher rate than previously thought.... More
Dublin, May 20 (RHC)-- An on-line petition calling on the Irish government to expel Israeli ambassador to Ireland over the latest aggression against Palestinians in Gaza has garnered more than 50,000 signatures.... More
Guatemala City, May 20 (RHC)-- At least seven inmates have been killed, most of them beheaded, in clashes between rival gangs at a prison in western Guatemala, according to officials. Hundreds of police have been deployed to restore order at the Cantel Prison, which houses inmates from both the Mara Salvatrucha gang and their sworn enemies, the Barrio 18, following the violence on Wednesday.... More
New Delhi, May 20 (RHC)-- India’s Health Ministry has recorded 4,529 deaths, the highest single-day tally of any country in the world, as the infectious Indian strain surges through the nation and continues to overwhelm its medical system.... More
Brasilia, May 20 (RHC)-- The Secretary of Health of the state of Marañao, Carlos Eduardo Lula and president of the National Council of Health Secretaries (Conass) of Brazil, confirmed this Thursday from his official Twitter account, the presence in the country of the first cases of the Indian variant of COVID-19.... More
Brussels, May 20 (RHC)-- The European Parliament and Council have reached a provisional deal on a digital Covid-19 certificate to facilitate the free movement of tourists among the EU’s 27 member states this summer.... More
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