Washington, March 29 (RHC)-- A member of former U.S. president Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force says the COVID-19 death toll in the United States would have been substantially lower if the Trump administration had responded more effectively.... More
St. Paul, March 29 (RHC)-- The Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously overturned a man’s rape conviction, ruling he cannot be found guilty because the woman who accused him had voluntarily consumed alcohol before the rape.... More
El Paso, March 29 (RHC)-- U.S. Federal officials revealed a 9-year-old girl from Mexico drowned earlier this month as she attempted to cross the Rio Grande river into the United States.... More
Beijing, March 29 (RHC)-- Iran and China have signed an economic and security cooperation deal that will see China invest $400 billion in Iran over the next quarter-century in exchange for regular deliveries of oil.... More
Geneva, March 29 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization warns COVID-19 cases are on the rise in at least 12 African nations and that a “third wave” could overwhelm already vulnerable health systems. ... More
Santiago de Chile, March 29 (RHC)-- Chile has imposed strict new lockdowns affecting 80% of the population amid a major wave of cases, despite Chile having one the world’s highest rates of vaccination. Health experts say the surge can be attributed to a lack of adherence to mitigation efforts, and the spread of new variants.... More
Tegucigalpa, March 29 (RHC)-- The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Honduras has concluded the scrutiny of the primary and internal elections of three political parties of the Central American nation, held last March 14th.... More
Minneapolis, March 29 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Minneapolis, opening statements began Monday in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who killed George Floyd last May by kneeling on his neck for over nine minutes. ... More
Caracas, March 29 (RHC)-- The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, denounced this Sunday that the Colombian government led by Iván Duque is behind the incursion of irregular armed groups of that country in Apure state and that they were neutralized by the Bolivarian National Armed Forces.... More
Brasilia, March 29 (RHC)-- Nearly 300 Brazilian diplomats have requested the resignation of Ernesto Araújo as Minister of Foreign Affairs, due to what they consider to be his conduct incompatible with constitutional principles and elementary codes of career.... More
Bamako, March 29 (RHC)-- From the African continent, local officials say the French military -- purportedly on counter-terrorism missions in Mali -- has killed six civilians in an airstrike in the northern part of the West African nation.... More
Damascus, March 29 (RHC)-- The Syrian government has started rationing the distribution of fuel in the country amid concerns that shipments could be delayed because Egypt’s Suez Canal is being blocked by a giant cargo ship that ran aground, according to the oil ministry.... More
Aden, March 29 (RHC)-- A surging number of COVID-19 cases is increasing the pressure on war-torn Yemen’s already strained healthcare system, an international medical charity has warned. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reported a “dramatic influx of critically ill COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalisation in Aden, Yemen, and many other parts of the country” and called on humanitarians groups and international aid donors to “immediately” scale up activities and funding.... More
New York, March 29 (RHC)-- Right-wing U.S.-based Fox News network has been sued by the North American voting machine company Dominion in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit, accusing the news outlet of disseminating “outlandish” claims about its alleged role in rigging the 2020 presidential poll in favor of Joe Biden.... More
La Paz, March 28 (RHC)-- The Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has rejected a statement made by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, which calls for the release of former authorities of the de facto government.... More
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