Beirut, April 16 (RHC)-- Lebanese President Michel Aoun has demanded that the Israeli regime stop all exploration in an offshore gas field on its southern border with occupied Palestinian territories.... More
La Paz, April 16 (RHC)-- This April 9th commemorated 69 years since the triumph of the Bolivian National Revolution, an event marked by the taking of the presidency, days later, on April 16, 1952, by Víctor Paz Estenssoro, who was ousted from power after a coup d'état.... More
Caracas, April 16 (RHC)-- The Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) prepared this Friday to begin deactivating anti-personnel mines placed by illegal armed groups from Colombia in Apure State, bordering Colombia, according to military authorities.... More
Washington, April 16 (RHC)-- Black American slaves were promised “40 acres and a mule” by the U.S. government in the aftermath of the Civil War that freed them in 1865, a promise that was rescinded soon after it was made.... More
Caracas, April 16 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan Minister of People's Power for Health, Carlos Alvarado, reported on his official Twitter account that 50,000 doses of the vaccine against COVID-19 -- Sputnik V and the antiviral drug Favipiravir, both from Russia -- have arrived in Caracas at the Simon Bolivar International Airport.... More
New Delhi, April 16 (RHC)-- India reported more than 217,000 COVID cases Friday, a new record, with nearly 1,200 deaths. This comes as millions of people have been converging on the city of Haridwar for the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest pilgrimage. ... More
Indianapolis, April 16 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Indianapolis, at least eight people were killed after a gunman opened fire at a FedEx warehouse late Thursday. At least five survivors with gunshot wounds were taken to local hospitals, including one in critical condition. ... More
Geneva, April 16 (RHC)-- A top official from the World Health Organization (WHO) said Europe had surpassed one million deaths from COVID-19 and warned the situation remains “serious” in the region, with about 1.6 million new cases reported there each week.... More
Washington, April 16 (RHC)-- One hundred seventy-five former heads of state and Nobel laureates are calling on U.S. President Joe Biden to back a waiver on World Trade Organization intellectual property rules for COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic. ... More
Mexico City, April 16 (RHC)-- Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon, will make a working visit to Russia from April 24th to the 28th, according to the Mexican Foreign Ministry.... More
Madrid, April 16 (RHC)-- A fourth wave of coronavirus infections appears to be emerging in Spain, where case numbers have risen to their highest levels since late February. Spain’s Health Ministry reported 10,474 new infections in a 24-hour period, bringing the overall tally to 3.39 million in one of Europe’s hardest-hit countries.... More
Brasilia, April 16 (RHC)-- Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has affirmed that he would run for the 2022 elections if necessary to defeat the current president Jair Bolsonaro.... More
Brasilia, April 16 (RHC)-- Brazil’s Supreme Court has upheld a ruling annulling the corruption convictions of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, clearing the way for him to run for a new presidential term next year against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.... More
Gaza City, April 16 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime’s military conducts a number of aerial and ground attacks against two locations in the besieged Gaza Strip, calling the assaults a response to an alleged rocket fire.... More
Brasilia, April 15 (RHC)-- The Brazilian Senate has launched an inquiry into President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, widely condemned by medical experts as one of the world’s worst. The country’s death toll from the disease, the second-highest after the United States, surpassed 360,000 on Wednesday, as the seven-day average of daily deaths remains above 3,000. The National Council of Health Secretaries reported 3,808 deaths and 82,186 new cases on Tuesday.... More
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