Berlin, April 7 (RHC)-- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is in good health and is set to return to the occupied West Bank on Thursday following a medical check abroad less than two months before anticipated Palestinian elections.... More


United Nations, April 7 (RHC)-- The United Nations is warning over 27 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — one-third of the population — are facing acute hunger driven by ongoing conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic. ... More


Washington, April 7 (RHC)-- In Washington, D.C., six Yemeni American activists have been on hunger strike for ten days, protesting the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led war and blockade that have crippled Yemen’s economy and created the world’s worst humanitarian disaster. ... More


Oklahoma City, April 7 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Oklahoma, an investigation is underway after a soldier at the Fort Sill Army training base said she was sexually assaulted by 22 servicemembers — sometimes in groups. ... More


New York, April 7 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers struck a deal to create a $2.1 billion assistance fund for workers excluded from federal benefits during the pandemic, many of them undocumented. ... More


Brasilia, April 7 (RHC)-- The pollster Ipespe reports that the former Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, surpasses in popularity the current president Jair Bolsonaro.... More


Geneva, April 7 (RHC)-- It is a travesty that some countries still have not had enough access to vaccines to begin inoculating health workers and the most vulnerable people against COVID-19, the head of the World Health Organization said in Geneva.... More


Brasilia, April 7 (RHC)-- The Brazilian Network of Research on Food Sovereignty and Security (Red Penssan) denounced that more than 50 percent of the population of the South American country does not have full and permanent access to food.... More


London, April 7 (RHC)-- The University of Oxford said on Tuesday it had paused a small UK trial testing the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with AstraZeneca in children and teenagers, as it waits for more data on rare blood clotting issues in adults who received the shot.... More


Ottawa, April 7 (RHC)-- Canada is facing “a very serious third wave” of the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, as the country’s most populous province is struggling to respond to rising infections and hospitalisations, and the rapid spread of coronavirus variants.... More


Ramallah, April 7 (RHC)-- Israeli soldiers have shot dead a Palestinian motorist who they said tried to ram them at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank – an account disputed by his wife who was with him in the car.... More


Brasilia, April 7 (RHC)-- For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brazil has recorded over 4,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day -- a new grim milestone for the country as President Jair Bolsonaro continues to reject public health restrictions.... More


Buenos Aires, April 7 (RHC)-- The Minister of Health of Argentina, Carla Vizzotti, reports that the health team is evaluating the implementation of new social restrictions due to the increase of Covid-19 infections recorded in recent days.... More


Ramallah, April 7 (RHC)-- A pro-Palestinian boycott campaign targeting the United Arab Emirates for normalization of relations with Israel is starting to gather momentum around the world.  The campaign was originally launched last December, advising a boycott of Emirati products in protest at the normalization that took place four months ago. Back then, the initiative announced the hashtag #Boycott Emirati Products as its rallying point.... More


Jerusalem, April 7 (RHC)-- Israeli prosecutors accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of treating favours as “currency” on Monday at the opening of a corruption trial which, along with an inconclusive election, has clouded his prospects of remaining in office.... More


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