Phoenix, April 3 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Arizona, a new investigation has revealed staff at the privately run immigration jail La Palma Correctional Center violated multiple pandemic protocols, verbally assaulted prisoners, and attacked prisoners with pepper spray during a peaceful protest. ... More


Quito, April 3 (RHC)-- The pollsters Clima Social, Perfiles de Opinión, Eureknow, Ipsos and Omar Maluk all report that the candidate of Unión por la Esperanza (UNES) for the presidency of Ecuador, Andrés Arauz leads the intention of votes.  The polls show that he is ahead of politician Guillermo Lasso for the run-off elections on April 11th.... More


La Paz, April 2 (RHC)-- The health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil is not letting up as it enters its second year; and more than 600 municipalities are at risk of running out of oxygen in hospitals to treat serious COVID-19 patients. ... More


ondon, April 2 (RHC)-- UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned of the possible spread of what he described as the “very sad” COVID-19 situation in France to the United Kingdom.  “I’m afraid you can see what’s happening in France... It’s very sad actually - it’s very very sad,” Johnson said.  “When they get it in France and they get it bad, two or three weeks later it comes to us.”... More


La Paz, April 2 (RHC)-- The Bolivian Minister of Government, Carlos Eduardo del Castillo del Carpio, reported Friday on his Twitter account that 500 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 have been recovered.  The vaccines had been stolen in the city of Guayaramerín, in the northern Department of Beni.... More


Moscow, April 2 (RHC)-- Russia has warned NATO against deploying troops to Ukraine, saying such a move would escalate tensions nears its borders, amid renewed fears over the region’s long-simmering conflict.... More


London, April 2 (RHC)-- More than 70 legislators, including 41 MPs from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ruling Conservative Party, have said they would oppose so-called vaccine passports in a rare show of cross-party unity in the United Kingdom.... More


New York, April 2 (RHC)-- New York City has suffered another setback in its effort to make Exxon Mobil Corp., BP and other energy companies help cover the public costs of dealing with climate change, as a federal appeals court ruled the global problem demands political rather than legal action.... More


London, April 2 (RHC)-- Climate activists in London splashed black dye on the facade of the Bank of England's imposing neo-classical headquarters on Thursday as part of a protest against the finance sector's support of what they say is a climate catastrophe.... More


United Nations, April 2 (RHC)-- Human rights activists have called on France to open an investigation into a  January 3 airstrike on central Mali after a United Nations probe confirmed that the aerial attack had resulted in at least 19 civilians deaths.... More


London, April 2 (RHC)-- A group of academics have complained that British educational publisher Pearson has altered the content of two school textbooks in favor of the occupying regime of Israel and, as a result, failed to offer pupils a balanced view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.... More


Brasilia, April 2 (RHC)-- The Excess Mortality Panel in Brazil reported Thursday that during the past year, 899 infants died from COVID-19, a disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.... More


Damascus, April 2 (RHC)-- A convoy of a dozen U.S. military trucks has carried tons of grain from Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah to the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq.  Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing local sources, reported that 12 military vehicles loaded with wheat crops from silos of Tal Alou village in al-Ya'rubiyah region headed towards the Iraqi territories on Thursday after crossing Semalka border crossing.... More


London, April 2 (RHC)-- Home working is likely to remain after the pandemic finishes, according to a survey of 2,000 companies the U.K., most of which are planning to allow employees greater flexibility on where and when they do their jobs.... More


Geneva, April 2 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization (WHO) has labeled Europe’s rollout of COVID-19 vaccines as “unacceptably slow,” warning delays are “prolonging the pandemic” and described a surge in new infections in the region as “worrying.”... More


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