Stockholm, April 20 (RHC)-- Globally, COVID-19 cases have surpassed January’s peak to set a new record high, amid a growing disparity in vaccination rates between rich countries and the Global South. In response, youth climate activist Greta Thunberg said her foundation would donate $120,000 to the United Nations' COVAX initiative to purchase vaccines for poorer nations.... More
New York, April 20 (RHC)-- Over 400 climate experts have warned that governments are criminalizing and silencing peaceful environmental protesters, including Extinction Rebellion, the Sunrise Movement and School Strike for Climate. ... More
Minneapolis, April 20 (RHC)-- The jury in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has found him guilty in the killing of George Floyd last May. The 45-year-old Chauvin was found guilty of charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.... More
Kingston, April 20 (RHC)-- In the Caribbean, a thick layer of volcanic ash has settled over the island of Saint Vincent, after a long-dormant volcano erupted earlier this month. More than 20,000 people have been evacuated and are in urgent need of food, water, clothing and shelter.... More
Minneapolis, April 20 (RHC)-- U.S. anti-racism protesters have rallied in Minneapolis as the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin was taking place. The protesters chanted "guilty" as they marched through the Minnesota city, carrying banners reading: “Justice for George Floyd. The World is watching."... More
Bogota, April 20 (RHC)-- Colombia is being examined by the United Nations Committee against Enforced Disappearances (CED) in an online hearing from Geneva, Switzerland, in which the body will review a report from the Colombian State and hear complaints from different social organizations.... More
United Nations, April 20 (RHC)-- Time is fast running out to tackle the climate crisis, a United Nations report has warned, with the COVID-19 pandemic having failed to put the brakes on “relentless” climate change.... More
Geneva, April 20 (RHC)-- A body of experts that advises the United Nations on human rights concerns has criticised a government-backed report that concluded there was no systemic racism in the United Kingdom.... More
Jakarta, April 20 (RHC)-- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Indonesian President Joko Widodo have discussed the expansion of mutual relations and leading international developments.... More
Ramallah, April 20 (RHC)-- Israeli authorities have begun the construction of new settler units in the Jordan Valley, despite strong international condemnation of the Tel Aviv regime’s land grab policies in the occupied Palestinian territories.... More
Bogota, April 20 (RHC)-- The Institute for Development and Peace Studies (Indepaz) reported the murder of Dionisio Pai Pascal, which brings to 49 the number of leaders killed by violence and armed clashes in Colombian regions during 2021. ... More
Caracas, April 20 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro held a meeting on Monday with the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program, David Beasley, where an agreement for food support to children in early education in the South American country was signed.... More
La Paz, April 20 (RHC)-- Bolivia's Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade, Benjamín Blanco, reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with his Bolivian counterpart, Luis Arce, and announced that Moscow will supply until next June the 5,200,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine contracted by the South American nation to immunize its population against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.... More
New York, April 19 (RHC)-- The pediatrician told Melissa Zajacz of Medina, Ohio, that her 13-year-old son, Spencer, would be back to school in two weeks after he was diagnosed with COVID-19. Then came more trips to the doctor, fevers over 104 degrees and two visits to the Cleveland Clinic emergency room.... More
London, April 19 (RHC)-- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has cancelled his delayed trip to India next week, his first major foreign visit since taking power in 2019, as coronavirus cases continue to surge in the South Asian nation.... More
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