Geneva, December 21 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization (WHO) has said the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading faster than the Delta variant and is causing infections in people already vaccinated or who have recovered from the COVID-19 disease.... More
Geneva, December 21 (RHC)-- The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading faster than the Delta variant and is causing infections in people already vaccinated or who have recovered from the COVID-19 disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Monday it would be “unwise” to conclude from early evidence that Omicron is a milder variant than previous ones.... More
Santiago de Chile, December 21 (RHC)-- Chilean President-elect Gabriel Boric has met with outgoing President Sebastian Pinera in Santiago, just hours after the left-wing candidate’s historic election victory.... More
La Paz, December 20 (RHC)-- A flight sent by the Government of Argentina with a donation of one million doses of the anti-COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in the city of La Paz, Bolivia on Monday.... More
New York, December 20 (RHC)-- Former Black Panther Russell “Maroon” Shoatz has died at the age of 78, less than two months after being let out of prison on compassionate rele... More
Davos, December 20 (RHC)-- The World Economic Forum postponed its annual meeting in Davos next month, thwarted for a second year by the fresh waves of coronavirus across Switzerland and the globe. Having intended to hold the meeting January 17 to the 21st, the Forum said in a statement that “continued uncertainty” over the Omicron variant had forced a rethink and it now planned to host the meeting in early summer.... More
Buenos Aires, December 20 (RHC)-- The Puebla Group (el Grupo de Puebla) affirmed that the victory of Gabriel Boric as president-elect of Chile is also a triumph of the people of that country and of Latin American progressivism.... More
Tel Aviv, December 20 (RHC)-- A retired Israeli general has warned that the Israeli military is not ready for any future war, predicting that the regime will be hit with 3,000 missiles a day in case an all-out war breaks out.... More
Nablus, December 20 (RHC)-- Israeli settlers have injured three Palestinians after attacking their vehicles in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. The incident occurred in the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus, in the northern parts of the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Palestine's official Wafa news agency reported, citing Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors Israeli settlement activities in the north of the West Bank.... More
Berlin, December 20 (RHC)-- Germany’s health authority has announced that the United Kingdom had been added to its list of COVID high-risk countries, which will mean tighter travel restrictions, as Europe tries to rein in the rising number of infections linked to the highly mutated Omicron strain.... More
Kuala Lumpur, December 20 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands of people have been displaced after torrential rains caused floods in Malaysia, the state news agency Bernama has reported. Perak was the latest state to be hit by floods on Sunday, while the situation was worsening in six other states, causing at least 21,000 people to be evacuated to relief centres.... More
Geneva, December 20 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization (WHO) has admitted it doesn’t know why the Omicron variant is spreading so rapidly in countries with high levels of COVID-19 immunity.... More
Santiago de Chile, December 20 (RHC)-- A left-wing legislator who rose to prominence during anti-government protests in Chile has been elected the country’s next president. With almost 99 percent of polling stations reporting, Gabriel Boric won 56 percent of the votes, compared with 44 percent for his conservative opponent, Jose Antonio Kast.... More
Ramallah, December 20 (RHC)-- The Palestinian Authority (PA) has hailed a United Nations General Assembly vote recognizing the Palestinian people's sovereignty over their natural resources.... More
Santiago de Chile, December 19 (Prensa Latina)-- The candidate of the leftist coalition Apruebo Dignidad, Gabriel Boric, became today the youngest elected president of Chile, after winning the second round of the elections this Sunday.... More
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