Window Rock, May 20 (RHC)-- The Navajo Nation continues to lead the United States in vaccination efforts, having fully vaccinated 102,372 individuals as of May 15 -- 60 percent of the tribal lands’ population of roughly 170,000 -- according to data released on Thursday. ... More
Gaza City, May 20 (RHC)-- Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire as of 2 a.m. on Friday (2300 GMT Thursday), an official with the Palestinian group said, bringing a potentially tenuous halt to 11 days of fighting.... More
Brasilia, May 20 (RHC)-- The 2022 presidential elections in Brazil are taking on new importance, after former president Luis Inácio Lula da Silva announced on Thursday, for the first time, that he would aspire to be a candidate in the elections. The vote will take place in 18 months and will face off with the current president, Jair Bolsonaro.... More
Gaza City, May 20 (RHC)-- The head of Gaza's Government Media Office says Israeli warplanes have targeted a total of 33 media offices in the blockaded Palestinian enclave as the occupying entity tries to eliminate eyewitness to its atrocities.... More
United Nations, May 20 (RHC)--The CEOs of Moderna and BioNTech top the list of nine individuals who became billionaires on the back of the rollout of vaccines against Covid-19, a group advocating turning vaccine receipts into a global public good has said.... More
United Nations, May 20 (RHC)-- Conflicts and natural disasters forced someone to flee within their own country every second of last year, pushing the number of people living in internal displacement to a record high, according to a new report.... More
New Delhi, May 20 (RHC)-- Three days after their father died of coronavirus, six-year-old twins Tripti and Pari were found sleeping next to their mother, unaware that she had also become a victim.... 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
United Nations, May 20 (RHC)-- At least 60 youngsters have been killed in Gaza and another 444 have been injured in less than 10 days of conflict with Israel, the head of UN Children’s Fund has said, in a call for an immediate ceasefire and aid access to “stave off disaster”. On Wednesday, the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) launched a flash appeal for $38 million, to deal with the spiralling humanitarian crisis. ... More
London, May 20 (RHC)-- In London, outside the Colombian embassy, activists and people from all walks of life have been demonstrating for several days now, making their voices heard. The Colombian citizens, living in the UK, expressed deep concern for the Colombian community, their families back home and the grave situation they face amid claims of corruption, police brutality and human rights violations.... More
Guatemala City, May 20 (RHC)-- The National Civil Police (PNC) of Guatemala registered on Wednesday the death of at least 14 prisoners after a riot in the Cantel prison, located in the city of Quetzaltenango.... More
Bogota, May 19 (RHC)-- From different cities around Colombia, thousands of people took to the streets this Wednesday to protest against the government of Iván Duque, after negotiations with the National Strike Committee (CNP) continue to stall.... More
Caracas, May 19 (RHC)-- Venezuela's ambassador to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, denounced the selective use of the Responsibility to Protect as an instrument of colonial intervention, used by some members of the organization.... More
Mexico City, May 19 (RHC)-- The Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard, confirmed on Wednesday the arrival to the country of a flight with a batch of Pfizer vaccines to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.... More
Gaza City, May 19 (RHC)-- Gaza continues to come under attack as Israel pounds the besieged enclave. The Israeli military says its warplanes carried out 122 strikes on Gaza overnight, as the regime continues its bombardment of the besieged enclave, targeting residential buildings in total disregard for civilian lives.... More
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