La Paz, March 31 (RHC)-- The Departmental Health Service (Sedes) of Santa Cruz announced Wednesday that the border with Brazil will be closed for seven days, in coordination with health authorities, due to the increase of cases with the Brazilian variant of COVID-19.... More
Brasilia, March 31 (RHC)-- Brazil's new Minister of Defense, Walter Braga Netto, recently appointed by President Jair Bolsonaro, recalled that the events that led to the 1964 coup d'état, whose anniversary falls on Wednesday, "must be understood and celebrated" with historical context.... More
Berlin, March 31 (RHC)-- Berlin will require residents to show that they have tested negative for COVID-19 before being allowed in certain shops and cultural institutions, as part of new restrictions aimed at containing the spread of the virus.... More
Washington, March 31 (RHC)-- The head of the 190-nation International Monetary Fund says prospects for global growth have brightened since January, helped by a $1.9 trillion United States rescue package. But she warns that uneven progress in fighting the coronavirus pandemic could jeopardize economic gains.... More
Kabul, March 31 (RHC)-- Gunmen have killed three female polio vaccination health workers in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, two government sources have told the Reuters news agency. It was not immediately clear who carried out the two separate shootings, a provincial government official said on Tuesday. A central government source confirmed the shootings, Reuters said.... More
Rio de Janeiro, March 31 (RHC)-- Political, social and student sectors in Brazil are holding mobilizations this Wednesday in the country's main cities to demand the resignation of President Jair Bolsonaro as part of the commemorations of the 57th anniversary of the 1964 military coup.... More
San Pedro Sula, March 31 (RHC)-- The caravan of migrants that departed on Tuesday from the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula heading to the United States, has been broken up due to police blockades on the border with Guatemala.... More
Mexico City, March 31 (RHC)-- The death of Victoria Esperanza Salazar -- a Salvadoran migrant who died in Mexico after a policewoman put her knee on her back for several minutes -- continued to evoke outrage on Tuesday, after additional details of her life and how she died surfaced.... More
New York, March 31 (RHC)-- In the U.S., a 65-year-old woman was brutally assaulted in broad daylight in Midtown Manhattan on Monday, representing yet another jarring reminder of the rise in hate crimes against people of Asian descent in the United States.... More
United Nations, March 31 (RHC)-- A UN report has accused France of killing 19 civilians in violation of international humanitarian law when fighter jets launched an airstrike that hit a wedding party in central Mali. Not surprisingly, Paris -- Mali's colonial master -- has refuted the report’s findings.... More
Guatemala City, March 31 (RHC)-- Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei decreed a “State of Prevention” along the country’s border with Honduras, amid reports that a new migrant caravan is forming in Honduras. The emergency decree would restrict open-air gatherings and demonstrations without permits, and will be in effect for two weeks in the five Guatemalan provinces along the border with Honduras.... More
Geneva, March 31 (RHC)-- Leaders of 23 countries and the World Health Organization (WHO) have backed the idea of creating a global treaty that would bolster international cooperation in case of future health emergencies like the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.... More
Tehran, March 31 (RHC)-- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has lashed out at the administration of US President Joe Biden for upholding the same pressure policy of his predecessoIranian foreign minster says Biden following in Trump’s footsteps.... More
Washington, March 30 (RHC)-- A new report finds the wealthiest Americans are hiding 20% of their earnings from the Internal Revenue Service, the IRS. The National Bureau of Economic Research report also found the wealthiest 1% of U.S. residents account for about one-third of all unpaid U.S. taxes. ... More
San Diego, March 30 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of California, over 60 unaccompanied migrant children being held at the San Diego Convention Center have tested positive for COVID-19. The convention center is currently holding over 700 children, according to local media.... More
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