Geneva, May 13 (RHC)-- COVID-19 infections are surging in the Americas with some nations’ intensive care unit (ICU) beds near 100 percent occupancy and the region facing new variants and an insufficient supply of vaccines.... More
Luxembourg, May 13 (RHC)-- A European Union court on Wednesday annulled a ruling by the European Commission that a tax deal between the Luxembourg government and Amazon amounted to illegal state support.... More
London, May 13 (RHC)-- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized “unreservedly” on behalf of the government for the deaths of 10 innocent people killed in a 1971 incident in Belfast during a British Army operation. The killings occurred as the British Army confronted protesters during the early days of the sectarian conflict that became known as The Troubles.... More
United Nations, May 13 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for the need to double the capacity of COVID-19 vaccine production and for fairer redistribution of the shots in the developing world, which faces new waves of the coronavirus.... More
Tev Aviv, May 13 (RHC)-- The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have drawn up plans to invade Gaza from the ground in response to the rocket barrage by Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly approved the invasion plan as he dismissed an offer by Hamas to end hostilities “on a mutual basis.”... More
Gaza City, May 13 (RHC)-- Israeli fighter jets have attacked high-rise buildings and other targets in the Gaza Strip as Palestinians in the besieged enclave woke up on Thursday to mark the Eid al-Fitr religious holiday under relentless aerial bombardment.... More
Bogota, May 13 (RHC)-- Anti-government protests have entered their third week in Colombia, as union members, students, pensioners and more took to the streets to protest against recent violence and demand economic assistance in the pandemic-hit country.... More
Caracas, May 13 (RHC)-- Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) reported via Twitter that its Criminal Cassation Chamber declared it appropriate to request that Spain extradite right-wing politician Leopoldo López Mendoza, currently a fugitive from the law.... More
Ramallah, May 12 (RHC)-- A Palestinian teenager has been shot dead by the Israeli army in the northern occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian authorities, the second such fatality within hours during a major escalation in violence.... More
La Paz, May 12 (RHC)-- Bolivia has received oa batch of 334,400 doses of the Chinese vaccine Sinopharm, as part of several shipments that will arrive this week to the South American country to complete the 1.5 million vaccines announced by the Bolivian government.... More
Bogota, May 12 (RHC)-- The Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Temblores reports that since the beginning of the demonstrations in Colombia last April 28th until Monday, May 10th, 1,956 cases of police violence have been registered.... More
Bogota, May 12 (RHC)-- Protests for the national strike in Colombia are taking place across the country. Within the framework of the National Strike that has been going on for 15 days in the country, the union leadership called for mobilizations in Bogotá and other cities of the country for this Wednesday, May 12, "For Peace and Life" and against violence.... More
Gaza City, May 12 (RHC)-- The head of the political bureau of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has warned Israel against escalating tensions in the besieged Gaza strip, saying the resistance front is ready for any scenario and remains steadfast in fighting crimes by the occupying regime.... More
San Salvador, May 12 (RHC)-- The demand for justice for poet Roque Dalton continues today in El Salvador, where his heirs are confident that the constitutional court will order the reopening of their investigation into his death.... More
New Delhi, May 12 (RHC)-- India has topped 23 million COVID-19 cases as the nation reported a record 4,200 fatalities today, bringing its total official death toll to over a quarter of a million. ... More
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