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
Paris, May 10 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands in Paris and more than one hundred thousand all over France took the street in a massive protest against the climate law, voted last week in the French parliament.... More
Gaza City, May 10 (RHC)-- An Israeli F-16 fighter jet has bombed the central Gaza Strip and the regime’s military has fired artillery shells at the besieged coastal enclave amid rising tensions in Jerusalem al-Quds.... More
Rome, May 10 (RHC)-- Five boats carrying hundreds of migrants landed in Lampedusa after being intercepted by Italian authorities off the coast of the Mediterranean island, ANSA news agency reported on Sunday.... More
Vatican City, May 10 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has called for an end to the violence in Jerusalem, Anadolu Agency reports. Stating that he is monitoring the developments in Jerusalem anxiously, he urged the stakeholders to seek solutions while respecting the Holy City.... More
Bogota, May 10 (RHC)-- Several cities in Colombia continue in demonstrations against the policies of President Ivan Duque, despite the constant repression by members of the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD) and the National Army.... More
Washington, May 10 (RHC)-- Most of the nearly $10 billion that the administration of previous US president Donald Trump diverted from the military budget to build barriers on the country’s border with Mexico will never be recoverable, Pentagon and congressional authorities have confirmed.... More
Bogota, May 9 (RHC)-- The Institute for Peace Studies (Indepaz) and the non-governmental organization Temblores reported this Saturday that after 11 days of massive mobilizations, Colombia registers 47 fatalities as a result of the repression perpetrated by agents of the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD) and the National Army.... More
Washington, May 9 (RHC)-- The United States has failed to condemn Israel over its a violent assault on Palestinian worshipers in the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem al-Quds. However, in a general statement early Saturday, the State Department said it is “extremely concerned” over increasing violence in Jerusalem al-Quds but did not denounce Israeli actions.... More
New Delhi, May 9 (RHC)-- COVID-19 deaths in India could potentially reach a “staggering” one million by August 1 this year, an editorial published in medical journal the Lancet said citing an estimate by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation – an independent global health research centre of the University of Washington.... More
Moscow, May 9 (RHC)-- President Vladimir Putin has vowed that Russia will firmly defend national interests, at a time of soaring tensions between Moscow and the West. ... More
Jerusalem, May 9 (RHC)-- As many as 90 more Palestinians are wounded on the al-Aqsa Mosque compound and elsewhere in the occupied Holy City of Jerusalem al-Quds as the Israeli regime sustains its brutal attacks against the Palestinians there.... More
Brasilia, May 9 (RHC)-- Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has restored ties with Brazilian political forces, under the premise that unity is strength. Lula said that talks with other political groups "was very important for me personally." And he added that for the PT (Workers' Party), "it is very significant to reestablish conversations with the political forces of the country." ... More
Tegucigalpa, May 9 (RHC)-- Six people lost their lives violently in a massacre registered on Friday in the municipality of Olanchito, Yoro (northern Honduras) in the midst of the wave of violence that shakes the Central American country.... More
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