New York, May 11 (RHC)-- A disbarred American lawyer who spent more than two decades battling Chevron Corp over pollution in the Ecuadorian rainforest attempted on Monday to fend off criminal contempt charges stemming from a lawsuit against him by the energy company.... More
Oslo, May 11 (RHC)-- The Institute of Public Health in Norway has recommended against the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, adding to a recommendation of permanently avoiding the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab over side effect fears.... More
Brussels, May 11 (RHC)-- The European Commission will take further legal action against AstraZeneca over delayed shipments of its Covid-19 jabs earlier this year, a spokesperson for the EU’s executive branch has said.... More
Pretoria, May 11 (RHC)-- South Africa’s president has warned that millions of people in poorer countries may die waiting to be inoculated against COVID-19 as rich countries hoard jabs, and reaffirmed his support for a global patent waiver on vaccines.... More
Tehran, May 11 (RHC)--Iran’s foreign minister says the apartheid regime of Israel not only steals people’s land and homes, but also shoots innocent worshippers in one of the holiest mosques for Muslims.... More
Paris, May 11 (RHC)-- A French court has thrown out a lawsuit brought by a French-Vietnamese woman against more than a dozen multinational companies that produced and sold the toxic herbicide Agent Orange, used by US troops during the war in Vietnam.... More
Paris, May 11 (RHC)-- The coronavirus variant first detected in India appears to be on the rise in France, which has now recorded at least 20 cases, according to the country’s health minister. On Monday, Olivier Veran told French news channel LCI that people affected had been identified in five small clusters, local media reported.... More
Johannesburg, May 11 (RHC)-- Africa is watching aghast as India struggles with coronavirus, fearing a long-running shortfall in the Indian-made vaccines that it needs to help protect its people. Often dubbed the “pharmacy of the world,” India is one of the biggest suppliers of the AstraZeneca vaccine under the COVAX programme to help immunisation in poorer countries.... More
Damascus, May 11 (RHC)-- A senior aide to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has accused the United Kingdom of funding anti-Damascus groups to stoke further unrest in the Arab country and said Western states were exerting pressure on Syrian officials to dissent from the government.... More
Brasilia, May 11 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro congratulated the police of Rio de Janeiro for the operation carried out by this repressive police force on May 6th in the Jacarezinho slum, leaving 29 people dead.... More
Caracas, May 11 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza highlighted on Monday, in the framework of the first meeting of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas (ALBA-TCP) with Think Tanks of the Global South, the need to revitalize the battle of ideas based on investigative thinking.... More
Bogota, May 10 (RHC)-- Colombian Foreign Minister Claudia Blum has resigned, becoming the second resignation in Iván Duque's cabinet in the last two weeks, amid strong protests against the policies of the current Colombian administration.... More
Bogota, May 10 (RHC)-- Colombia's President Ivan Duque said on Monday that issues raised by young demonstrators would be included in national discussions meant to curb nearly two weeks of anti-government protests, as he made a brief visit to Cali, the scene of violence over the weekend.... More
Geneva, May 10 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization approved China’s Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom told reporters in Geneva: “This expands the list of vaccines that COVAX can buy, and gives countries confidence to expedite their own regulatory approval and to import and administer a vaccine.”... More
Bogota, May 10 (RHC)-- This Sunday marked 12 days of the National Strike in Colombia with another new day of protests, which included cultural events in several cities of the South American country, against the neoliberal model of the government of President Ivan Duque.... More
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