Lima, April 1 (RHC)-- The third day of the presidential debate in Peru ended this Wednesday with the participation of six candidates who presented their government proposals based on five key issues, measures against the pandemic, education, security, public integrity and the fight against corruption.... More
Quito, April 1 (RHC)-- In Quito, the Ecuadorean capital, media reports revealed studies that show presidential candidate and millionaire banker, Guillermo Lasso, substantially increased his earnings during the year 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.... More
Geneva, April 1 (RHC)-- The head of the World Health Organization’s Americas body has warned that the region could see a worse spike in coronavirus infections than the one it experienced last year, as several countries are struggling to contain mounting infections and deaths.... More
London, April 1 (RHC)-- Last summer's anti-racism protests in London and other major cities shocked the British establishment to the core, prompting the commissioning of a report into racism and inequality in the UK. But observers say that as widely expected, the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities review on racism in the UK has proven to be a whitewash, with the government-appointed body concluding that the UK is “no longer” a country where the “system is deliberately rigged against ethnic minorities.”... More
Dallas, April 1 (RHC)-- The U.S. administration has for the first time allowed some journalists to get into its main border detention facility for migrant children in Texas, a report says. Following the pressures, the White House finally allowed a number of journalists from The Associated Press and CBS to have a tour inside a facility in Donna, Texas.... More
Paris, April 1 (RHC)-- French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a three-week nationwide school closure and a monthlong domestic travel ban in an effort to fight the rapid spread of the coronavirus. In a televised address to the nation on Wednesday night, Macron said efforts are needed as “the epidemic is accelerating.” The French president said: “We will lose control if we do not move now.” ... More
Geneva, April 1 (RHC)-- Global COVID-19 deaths and cases have continued to rise, the World Health Organization has said as health chiefs warn of the threat of stronger variants and the growing number of young people in intensive care with the virus.... More
New York, April 1 (RHC)-- The cost of travel will slowly rebound from historic lows as more people receive COVID-19 vaccinations and book long-deferred trips, according to industry experts. This time last year, air traffic in the United States plummeted, with 95 percent fewer travellers passing through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints in April 2020 compared with April 2019. This reduced demand led to a corresponding decrease in airfare prices.... More
New York, April 1 (RHC)-- An area of pristine rainforest the size of the Netherlands was burned or hacked down last year, as the destruction of the planet’s tropical forests accelerated despite a global economic slowdown, according to new research.... More
Tel Aviv, April 1 (RHC)-- Israel has been boasting that its rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine has been the most successful in the world and that it has inoculated a higher percentage of its population than any other nation.... More
Chicago, April 1 (RHC)-- According to reports from the United States, data from the latest census has found that child hunger has soared 50% since the pandemic hit one year ago. ... More
New Delhi, April 1 (RHC)-- The situation with the COVID-19 pandemic in India is going “from bad to worse,” a senior government official has said. “We are facing an increasingly severe and intense situation, more so surely in some districts. But the whole country is potentially at risk,” Vinod K Paul, chairman of the government’s expert panel on vaccine administration said at the weekly health ministry briefing.... More
Washington, April 1 (RHC)-- On the 57th anniversary of the military coup in Brazil, the National Security Archive of the United States has published declassified documentation on the efforts of the regime that emerged from that military coup to subvert democracy and support the dictatorship in Chile in 1973.... More
Brasilia, April 1 (RHC)-- Brazil is facing a mounting public health and political crisis. On Tuesday, Brazil recorded nearly 3,800 new COVID-19 deaths — its highest daily death toll yet. ... More
Washington, April 1 (RHC)-- The U.S. COVID-19 death toll has topped 550,000 -- by far the highest in the world, and the true figure is likely even higher. A new study in the American Journal of Public Health suggests Florida has undercounted the number of COVID deaths by thousands. ... More
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