Tel Aviv, March 24 (RHC)-- A detailed map of COVID-19 testing centres in Israel, published by the National Emergency Portal, has apparently revealed a bit more than it was supposed to. According to the newspaper Haaretz, the map also included information about Israeli military bases, including those that Tel Aviv normally does not advertise, nor disclose their location. The map reportedly showed where Israel Air Force and Military Intelligence bases are located.... More
La Paz, March 24 (RHC)-- The president of the Bolivian Senate, Andrónico Rodríguez Ledezma, said Tuesday in statements to the press that the human rights of former de facto president Jeanine Áñez and her ministers have not been violated.... More
Geneva, March 24 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza announced that the Human Rights Council of the United Nations approved the resolution on the negative impact of the blockade imposed by the Government of the United States against Venezuela.... More
Brasilia, March 23 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Brazilian business leaders and economists blasted President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the coronavirus crisis and called for a new policy approach as the country enters a critical phase of its COVID-19 outbreak.... More
Geneva, March 23 (RHC)-- The head of the World Health Organization is calling on vaccine makers to license their technologies to other manufacturers, calling growing vaccine inequity a “moral outrage.” ... More
Atlanta, March 23 (RHC)-- In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of another rise in COVID-19 cases, with the seven-day average of daily infections up by 5% or more in 27 states. ... More
Washington, March 23 (RHC)-- Federal investigators are weighing whether to charge people who joined the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol with seditious conspiracy — the crime of seeking to overthrow the government. ... More
Denver, March 23 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Boulder, Colorado, a gunman opened fire without warning in a supermarket Monday afternoon, killing 10 people. Witnesses described a horrific scene of bodies littering supermarket aisles as the shooter systematically fired round after round at shoppers without saying a word. ... More
United Nations, March 23 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is concerned about the rise of violence against Asians and people of Asian descent globally during the COVID-19 pandemic, a UN spokesman said.... More
Gaza City, March 23 (RHC)-- Rights activists and families of Palestinians in Israeli prisons held a sit-in inside the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza. They protested Israel’s inhumane treatment of thousands of Palestinian political prisoners.... More
Caracas, March 23 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan Minister of Defense, General in Chief Vladimir Padrino Lopez, reported on Monday that during the confrontations that took place this Sunday against Colombian irregular armed groups in the state of Apure, one of the leaders of the groups, known as "El Nando," was killed.... More
Paris, March 23 (RHC)-- French activist Olivia Zemor has gone on trial in Lyon after making an online appeal in 2016 for a boycott of Israeli pharmaceutical giant Teva company. She appeared in court over publishing a call by Collectif Palestine 69 on EuroPalestine website, urging readers to boycott Teva, the largest Israeli pharmaceutical corporation by market value.... More
Moscow, March 22 (RHC)-- Russia and China need to work to further reduce their dependence on the dollar and switch to national currencies for trade in order to alleviate the risks of U.S. sanctions, says Russia’s top diplomat. In an interview with Chinese media, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow and Beijing “need to move away from the use of Western-controlled international payment systems." ... More
La Paz, March 22 (RHC)-- The Bolivian Ministry of Government reports that former de facto president Jeanine Áñez knew about of the transfer order to the Women's Penitentiary Center of Miraflores in the department of La Paz.... More
United Nations, March 22 (RHC)-- More than half of the world’s 10-year-olds could be unable to read and understand a sentence by the end of the year, according to a new analysis by the ONE campaign.... More
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