Santiago de Chile, May 1 (RHC)-- Wearing obligatory facemasks and holding permits that allow them to circulate under lockdown, more than 20 representatives from Chile’s most important trade unions tried to convince Special Forces police to allow them to deliver a letter to President Sebastian Piñera.... More
Houston, May 1 (RHC)-- U.S. authorities have opened an investigation into a possible human smuggling operation after police responding to reports of a kidnapping in Houston said they had found more than 90 people jammed into a two-story house in the Texas city.... More
Gaza City, May 1 (RHC)-- Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in the Gaza Strip after the Friday prayers in solidarity with Jerusalem al-Quds and its people. The Hamas movement organized the mass rally.... More
Havana, May 1 (RHC)-- International Workers' Day, May 1st, is being commemorated around the world with rallies, marches and, in some countries, protests against neo-liberal economic and anti-labor policies.... More
Washington, May 1 (RHC)-- The United States will restrict travel from India beginning May 4th, the White House said on Friday, citing a devastating rise in COVID-19 cases in the country and the emergence of potentially dangerous variants of the coronavirus.... More
United Nations, May 1 (RHC)-- Online violence against female journalists has increased “significantly” as a large majority experienced harassment, threats and abuse while doing their jobs, according to UNESCO’s latest findings.... More
Bogota, April 30 (RHC)-- A report by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) of Colombia revealed that in 2020 monetary poverty in the country increased 6.8 percent compared to 2019; so 42.5 percent of the Colombian population is affected by this problem. ... More
Tel Aviv, April 30 (RHC)-- An Israeli minister has warned that the regime’s warplanes can reach Iran, reiterating Israel’s position that it does not consider itself bound by the diplomacy pursued through the Vienna talks to restore the Iran nuclear agreement by bringing all signatories, the U.S. in particular, into full compliance with the deal.... More
Bogota, April 30 (RHC)-- Protesters and police standing on opposite sides in the Colombian capital traded rocks and insults, amid public outrage over a planned tax reform in the country. With reports of protest violence and damage to property, President Ivan Duque has deployed authorities to move against demonstrators found to be breaking the law. ... More
Ramallah, April 30 (RHC)-- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has postponed next month’s parliamentary elections — the first in 15 years in the Occupied Territories. Abbas blamed Israel for refusing to promise that thousands of Palestinians living in Israeli-occupied areas of Jerusalem could vote in the election.... More
New York, April 30 (RHC)-- In the U.S., medical researchers have found a link between police tear gas and abnormal menstrual cycles.... More
Washington, April 30 (RHC)-- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving to ban the sale and manufacturing of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The FDA claims the move could potentially save 633,000 lives by 2050, with the benefits being most felt in the African American community. ... More
Sao Paulo, April 30 (RHC)-- Brazil has surpassed 400,000 coronavirus-related deaths, the second-highest total in the world after the United States. More than half of those were recorded in 2021, while April has been the deadliest month since the start of the pandemic.... More
Beirut, April 30 (RHC)-- Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen television network has cited Israeli media reports as saying that a drone fell on the roof of a home in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, and was delivered by locals to the headquarters of the resistance movement Hamas.... More
New York, April 30 (RHC)-- Amazon.com Inc. reported a big increase in sales and gave a bullish forecast, continuing a streak of rapid growth even as vaccine rollouts raised the prospect of a return to pre-pandemic shopping habits in the United States.... More
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