Ottawa, April 30 (RHC)-- Canada’s coronavirus infection rate surpassed that of the United States for the first time since the pandemic began, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said, amid a spike in cases and stalled vaccination efforts across the Americas.... More
Tel Aviv, April 30 (RHC)-- Israeli investigators are examining what caused a stampede that killed at least 44 worshipers and injured 100 more at a mass religious gathering in Mount Meron overnight.... More
New York, April 30 (RHC)-- Native American activists are calling on CNN to fire commentator and former Republican Senator Rick Santorum over remarks he made to an ultra-conservative student conference.... More
Ramallah, April 30 (RHC)-- Press freedom groups are calling on Israel to release Palestinian journalist Alaa al-Rimawi, who was detained a week ago when Israeli authorities raided his home. ... More
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New York, April 30 (RHC)-- In the U.S., FBI agents have raided the New York home and office of Rudy Giuliani and seized his electronic devices as part of a probe into the attorney’s dealings with Ukraine.... More
Bogota, April 30 (RHC)-- The president of Colombia, Iván Duque, ratified this Thursday the tax reform despite massive mobilizations demanding the withdrawal of the project presented by the National Executive.... More
London, April 30 (RHC)-- With the onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic last year came an increase in hostility and racial abuse against Asians. And the Chinese community in Britain was no exception. Some of the abuse has been leveled against the very people putting their own lives on the line to save others. ... More
Quito, April 29 (RHC)-- Ecuador’s Constitutional Court has decriminalised abortion in cases of rape, the country’s human rights ombudsman announced -- a significant step in Catholic-majority Latin America where the termination of a pregnancy is largely taboo.... More
San Salvador, April 29 (RHC)-- In El Salvador, pretrial hearings on the 1981 El Mozote massacre are being held this week. Nearly 1,000 civilians from across seven villages were killed in the massacre carried out by U.S.-trained Salvadoran military officers. ... More
London, April 29 (RHC)-- Oxford University researchers say their new anti-malaria vaccine proved highly effective at preventing disease among children in a small clinical trial in West Africa. ... More
Madrid, April 29 (RHC)-- In Burkina Faso, two Spanish journalists were killed Monday in an ambush while on an anti-poaching patrol in the eastern region of the country. Journalists David Beriáin and Roberto Fraile were working on a documentary about poaching and were traveling with about 40 people when an armed group attacked them on a road leading to the massive forested reserve of Pama. ... More
Bogota, April 29 (RHC)-- Demonstrators of the national strike in Colombia against the tax reform promoted by the government of President Ivan Duque denounced on Wednesday the repression of the Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (Esmad) occurred in several cities such as Cali, Medellin and Bogota. ... More
Baghdad, April 29 (RHC)-- Another support convoy for U.S. troops in Iraq has been targeted, this time in the capital of the Arab country.... More
Caracas, April 29 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro expressed this Wednesday during the posthumous tribute ceremony to Education Minister Aristóbulo Istúriz, held at the Federal Legislative Palace, that his passing "is a great blow for the people of Venezuela." ... More
Washington, April 29 (RHC)-- The president of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Bolivia, Salvador Romero, announced Wednesday that he is resigning from his position as head of the electoral body.... More
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