United Nations, March 13 (RHC)-- The United Nations says over 88 million people around the world were facing acute hunger by the end of 2020, and some 34 million are now on the brink of famine.... More
Copenhagen, March 13 (RHC)-- The U.S. recorded 62,000 new coronavirus infections and over 1,500 deaths over the past 24 hours, as governors from a number of states continue to roll back public health measures -- despite warnings by health officials.... More
Caracas, March 12 (RHC)-- Venezuela has strongly criticized a distorted and "unbalanced" report issued by Michelle Bachelet and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. ... More
Ramallah, March 12 (RHC)-- Israeli forces detained five Palestinian children for several hours after they were confronted by Jewish settlers while gathering wild vegetables near a settlement outpost in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli human rights group said on Thursday.... More
Baghdad, March 12 (RHC)-- Four roadside bombs have exploded separately near convoys of trucks carrying logistical equipment belonging to the U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, southern province of Muthanna bordering Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, the central province of Babil, as well as the southern province of Basra.... More
Atlanta, March 12 (RHC)-- The United States had its deadliest year in its history in 2020 after the COVID-19 pandemic caused a 15 percent increase in the country’s death rate. The Atlanta-based Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, the CDC, made the announcement, noting that more than 334,000 people died from the coronavirus in 2020.... More
Caracas, March 11 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has requested that the United Nations intervene in Brazil to control the situation generated by COVID-19 in the South American giant, which he described as a "tragedy," after a new record was registered with 2,286 deaths.... More
Buenos Aires, March 11 (RHC)-- Human rights organizations in Argentina have called to join a campaign to plant trees throughout the country to remember the 30,000 detained-disappeared on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the military coup in the South American country.... More
Tegucigalpa, March 11 (RHC)-- Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez has denied allegations made by a U.S. prosecutor that he helped smuggle tonnes of cocaine into the United States. New York prosecutor Jacob Gutwillig said, during the trial of alleged Honduran drug trafficker Geovanny Fuentes in federal court on Tuesday, that Fuentes had paid Hernandez a $25,000 bribe... More
Washington, March 11 (RHC)-- In the United States, daily coronavirus infections are down from January’s record highs but have plateaued at levels comparable to last summer’s peak. ... More
Rochester, March 11 (RHC)-- In Rochester, New York, newly released footage shows a police officer tackling and pepper-spraying an African American woman who was walking with her 3-year-old daughter, after the mother was accused of shoplifting. ... More
Geneva, March 11 (RHC)-- In Switzerland, Muslim advocates are condemning the passage of a far-right proposal that bans wearing face coverings in public places. Opponents are calling the new rule sexist and Islamophobic. ... More
New York, March 11 (RHC)-- In New York City, hundreds of workers shut down the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges to demand justice for undocumented workers and others excluded from government pandemic relief funds. Many of the workers deliver essential services in the food industry, cleaning and construction, or have lost their jobs in the pandemic. ... More
New York, March 11 (RHC)-- The largest public school system in the U.S. perpetuates racism through a flawed admission process for selective programs that favor white students, according to a lawsuit.... More
Madison, March 11 (RHC)-- The trial for Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old man accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin, was deferred on Wednesday by seven months and could be delayed even longer as court cases resulting from the last year’s Black Lives Matter protests unfold in the United States.... More
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