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
Ramallah, March 22 (RHC)-- Israel revoked the VIP permit of the Palestinian foreign minister after he returned to the occupied West Bank from a trip to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Israeli and Palestinian officials have confirmed.... More
Islamabad, March 22 (RHC)-- A Pakistani court sentenced two men to death for a rape last year which set off protests and national outrage. The men gang-raped and robbed a woman in front of her children after her car broke down. ... More
New York, March 22 (RHC)-- The Intercept reports Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson are planning to hike up prices on vaccines as soon as COVID-19 is no longer considered a pandemic. Health experts say COVID-19 will likely become endemic, and people will continue to require regular shots, much like the flu.... More
New York, March 22 (RHC)-- In western New York, Republican U.S. Congressmember Tom Reed has apologized to a female lobbyist who accused him of unwanted sexual advances. ... More
Miami, March 22 (RHC)-- In southern Florida, the U.S. city of Miami Beach has imposed an emergency curfew after officials said spring break revelers brought “chaos and disorder” to the area and ignited fears of super-spreader events.... More
Atlanta, March 22 (RHC)-- Protesters took to the streets of cities across the United States over the weekend to condemn racism and hate crimes against Asian Americans, following last week’s deadly shooting in Atlanta which killed eight people, six of them women of Asian descent. ... More
Madrid, March 22 (RHC)-- Dozens of African migrants have been rescued off the coast of Spain's Canary Island -- but many passengers suffered from severe hypothermia and others didn't survive the journey.... More
Palm Beach, March 22 (RHC)-- Former U.S. President Donald Trump is set to return to social media after he was banned on Twitter. Senior adviser Jason Miller made the announcement On Sunday, telling Fox News’s Mediabuzz that Trump was “returning to social media in two or three months” with “his own platform.”... More
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