Washington, April 8 (RHC)-- The presidents of Mexico and Argentina have called for the implementation of new mechanisms for debt relief for middle-income countries, arguing that it could avert a financing crisis stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.... More
Caracas, April 7 (RHC)-- Leaders of groups related to women's and gender issues of ALBA-TCP -- the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America/People's Trade Treaty -- met on-line Wednesday. The virtual meeting was held to evaluate the progress and challenges in the construction of a more just, egalitarian society without exclusion for the member countries of the regional alliance.... More
Berlin, April 7 (RHC)-- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is in good health and is set to return to the occupied West Bank on Thursday following a medical check abroad less than two months before anticipated Palestinian elections.... More
United Nations, April 7 (RHC)-- The United Nations is warning over 27 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — one-third of the population — are facing acute hunger driven by ongoing conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic. ... More
Washington, April 7 (RHC)-- In Washington, D.C., six Yemeni American activists have been on hunger strike for ten days, protesting the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led war and blockade that have crippled Yemen’s economy and created the world’s worst humanitarian disaster. ... More
Oklahoma City, April 7 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Oklahoma, an investigation is underway after a soldier at the Fort Sill Army training base said she was sexually assaulted by 22 servicemembers — sometimes in groups. ... More
New York, April 7 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers struck a deal to create a $2.1 billion assistance fund for workers excluded from federal benefits during the pandemic, many of them undocumented. ... More
Brasilia, April 7 (RHC)-- The pollster Ipespe reports that the former Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, surpasses in popularity the current president Jair Bolsonaro.... More
Geneva, April 7 (RHC)-- It is a travesty that some countries still have not had enough access to vaccines to begin inoculating health workers and the most vulnerable people against COVID-19, the head of the World Health Organization said in Geneva.... More
Brasilia, April 7 (RHC)-- The Brazilian Network of Research on Food Sovereignty and Security (Red Penssan) denounced that more than 50 percent of the population of the South American country does not have full and permanent access to food.... More
London, April 7 (RHC)-- The University of Oxford said on Tuesday it had paused a small UK trial testing the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with AstraZeneca in children and teenagers, as it waits for more data on rare blood clotting issues in adults who received the shot.... More
Ottawa, April 7 (RHC)-- Canada is facing “a very serious third wave” of the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, as the country’s most populous province is struggling to respond to rising infections and hospitalisations, and the rapid spread of coronavirus variants.... More
Ramallah, April 7 (RHC)-- Israeli soldiers have shot dead a Palestinian motorist who they said tried to ram them at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank – an account disputed by his wife who was with him in the car.... More
Brasilia, April 7 (RHC)-- For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brazil has recorded over 4,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day -- a new grim milestone for the country as President Jair Bolsonaro continues to reject public health restrictions.... More
Buenos Aires, April 7 (RHC)-- The Minister of Health of Argentina, Carla Vizzotti, reports that the health team is evaluating the implementation of new social restrictions due to the increase of Covid-19 infections recorded in recent days.... More
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