Havana, April 14 (RHC)-- Radio Havana Cuba has learned that Mumia Abu-Jamal, the world renowned veteran Black Panther, political prisoner and radio journalist, had heart pain over the weekend. He was rushed to the hospital, and is expected to undergo heart surgery tomorrow, Thursday, April 15th.... More
Washington, April 14 (RHC)-- The Joe Biden administration has unveiled plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The move would end the longest war in U.S. history. ... More
New York, April 14 (RHC)-- The Guardian reports Facebook knew right-wing Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was using thousands of fake Facebook accounts to make his political campaign appear more popular — and let him get away with it for nearly one year after the company was alerted to the activity. ... More
New York, April 14 (RHC)-- The European rollout of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine has been delayed after regulators in the United States moved to temporarily halt its use as reports of extremely rare blood clots were being investigated. South Africa also suspended its use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. ... More
Brasilia, April 14 (RHC)-- The plenary of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) will decide whether a criminal court in the southern city of Curitiba had jurisdiction to try and convict former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva some three years ago.... More
Sao Paulo, April 14 (RHC)-- As Brazil’s COVID-19 crisis gets worse by the week with record-high death tolls, packed hospitals and climbing caseloads, another crisis is unfolding: hunger and food insecurity.... More
Geneva, April 14 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for a halt to the sale of live wild mammals in food markets to prevent the emergence of new diseases. The WHO said on Tuesday that while traditional markets play a central role in providing food and livelihoods for large populations, banning the sale of live wild mammals could protect the health of market workers and shoppers alike.... More
Tel Aviv, April 14 (RHC)-- A veteran Israeli soldier diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder has committed self-immolation outside the offices of the regime’s ministry of military affairs, which apparently handles the rehabilitation of injured troops.... More
Atlanta, April 14 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the Southern Center for Human Rights is demanding better treatment and conditions for people incarcerated at the Lee Arrendale State Prison in Georgia, where advocates say women who have just given birth are being shackled or placed in solitary confinement in violation of state and federal law. ... More
Tokyo, April 14 (RHC)-- In Japan, government officials have announced plans to release more than one million tons of radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power station into the ocean. ... More
Minneapolis, April 14 (RHC)-- Angry protesters marched and mourned for the third consecutive night Tuesday over the police killing of a Black man in a Minneapolis suburb. Daunte Wright, 20 years old, was shot and killed by Kim Potter, a white police officer, during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center on Sunday. ... More
Caracas, April 14 (RHC)--The president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Jorge Rodríguez, appeared this Tuesday at a press conference to provide new evidence of the theft of resources from the country by the most extremist sector of the Venezuelan opposition.... More
Kingston, April 14 (RHC)-- Officials on the Caribbean island of St Vincent have warned that residents are facing water shortages, as ash from La Soufriere volcano has contaminated local supplies.... More
Ouagadougou, April 14 (RHC)-- A military court in Burkina Faso’s capital has indicted former President Blaise Compaore in connection to the 1987 murder of his charismatic predecessor, Thomas Sankara. A statement issued by the court on Tuesday cited “complicity in assassination” and an “attack on state security” by Compaore, who ruled the country until 2014, when he was forced to resign in the face of mass demonstrations against an attempt to extend his 27-year rule.... More
Brasilia, April 13 (RHC)-- The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) expressed their concern about a possible agreement between presidents Jair Bolsonaro and Joe Biden for the reforestation of the Amazon, due to an erratic management of the Brazilian president on this issue and others such as the COVID-19 pandemic.... More
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