San Juan, March 27 (RHC)-- Puerto Rican Governor Pedro R. Pierluisi has declared a state of emergency in the country's infrastructure due to damages caused since the 2017 hurricanes and 2020 earthquakes.... More


Mumbai, March 27 (RHC)-- A fire has killed at least 10 people in a shopping mall that housed a private hospital treating coronavirus patients in India’s financial capital of Mumbai, officials said.  The fire broke out late on Thursday night inside the mall’s Sunrise Hospital in Mumbai’s Bhandup area, a municipal spokesman said.... More


Mexico City, March 27 (RHC)-- Mexico has surpassed 200,000 test-confirmed deaths from COVID-19, as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called vaccination efforts a race against time... More


Cairo, March 26 (RHC)-- In Egypt, dozens of ships carrying oil and shipping containers are idled in the Suez Canal after a massive container vessel ran aground.  ... More


Los Angeles, March 26 (RHC)-- The University of Southern California has agreed to pay over $1 billion in settlements to more than 700 women who accused former student health center gynecologist George Tyndall of sexually assaulting them. ... More


Washington, March 26 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden has now deported more Haitians over the past two months than President Trump did in the previous year, even though the Biden administration admits Haitians “may face harm” after being deported. ... More


Amsterdam, March 26 (RHC)-- The Netherlands says Israel must not interfere with the work of the International Criminal Court in the case of the Palestinian Foreign Minister, whose travel credentials have been revoked by the regime.... More


Nairobi, March 26 (RHC)-- Africa experienced a 30 percent rise in infections in its second wave of coronavirus last year but implemented fewer public health measures than in the first, research has shown.... More


Brasilia, March 26 (RHC)-- Brazil has topped 300,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, becoming the second country to do so amid a spike in infections that has seen the South American country report record death tolls in recent days.... More


Denver, March 26 (RHC)-- In the U.S., a group of Democratic lawmakers in Colorado is considering a new ban on assault-style weapons after 10 people died in a mass shooting at a grocery store in Boulder on Monday.  Republicans in Colorado oppose the ban and are pushing for more money for mental health services.... More


Mexico City, March 26 (RHC)-- The president of Boliva, Luis Arce, during an official visit to Mexico and a public event held to commemorate the day of the Victory of Chakán Putum, called for the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on Indigenous Rights. ... More


Caracas, March 26 (RHC)-- The National Assembly (AN) of Venezuela condemned on Thursday the recent aggression in Venezuelan territory perpetrated by armed groups coming from Colombia against residents of La Victoria, Apure State.... More


Lima, March 26 (RHC)-- According to the Peruvian Ministry of Health, the country registered 11,260 new COVID-19 infections, the highest number of people infected in one day since the pandemic broke out in March last year.... More


Gaza City, March 26 (RHC)-- Israel's naval forces have attacked Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the Gaza Strip, sinking one of their boats and forcing the others to return ashore.... More


Buenos Aires, March 25 (RHC)-- In Argentina, thousands marched in Buenos Aires to mark the 45th anniversary of the 1976 coup that ushered in a bloody U.S.-backed dictatorship, under which as many as 30,000 people were killed and disappeared. ... More


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