Ramallah, December 8 (RHC)-- Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has called on the international community to launch an investigation into the issue of Israel’s burial of nuclear, chemical and solid waste in the West Bank, citing increasing cancer rates in the occupied territory.... More
Tel Aviv, Decmeber 8 (RHC)-- Israel has announced the completion of a sensor-equipped underground wall on its side of Gaza, a countermeasure developed after Hamas used tunnels to repel its troops during a 2014 invasion of the besieged Palestinian territory.... More
Detroit, December 8 (RHC)-- Kellogg Co announced that a majority of its United States cereal plant workers have voted against a new five-year contract, forcing it to hire permanent replacements as employees extend a strike that started more than two months ago.... More
Washington, December 8 (RHC)-- The U.S. Department of Justice has ended its latest investigation into the murder of Emmett Till without filing any charges. Till was the 14-year-old Black teenager who was brutally abducted, tortured and killed in Mississippi in 1955 after he allegedly whistled at Carolyn Bryant Donham, a white woman and store clerk. ... More
Washington, December 8 (RHC)-- The Joe Biden administration has accelerated the expansion of new oil and gas wells in the United States, issuing drilling permits on public lands at a faster pace than under President Trump. ... More
Madrid, December 8 (RHC)-- Dozens of hospital workers have tested positive for COVID-19 in Spain after hanging out at a Christmas party, officials have said. Extra shifts and additional staff have been arranged to ensure the ICU continues to operate.... More
Baghdad, December 8 (RHC)-- A small clay tablet dating back 3,500 years and bearing a portion of the Epic of Gilgamesh, that was looted from an Iraqi museum 30 years ago and recently recovered from the United States, has been formally returned to Iraq.... More
Lima, December 7 (RHC)-- The Plenary of the Peruvian Congress rejected this Tuesday the admission of the motion of vacancy against President Pedro Castillo, presented by the right-wing parties on November 25.... More
Port-au-Prince, December 7 (RHC)-- In Haiti, another three of the 17 North American missionary hostages taken in October have been released. ... More
Sydney, December 7 (RHC)-- The majority of popular children’s books should be removed from shelves, as they are “outdated,” “sexist,” “racist,” and written from a “white male” perspective, a new study suggests.... More
Lima, December 7 (RHC)-- The right-wing intention to impeach Peruvian President Pedro Castillo appeared to be shipwrecked today amid massive rejection in the streets and the decision of most political parties to deny their support for such a move.... More
The Hague, December 7 (RHC)-- Israeli Defense Minster Benny Gantz and another former senior military officer cannot be held liable in a case brought by a Palestinian Dutch man who lost six relatives in a 2014 air attack in Gaza, a Dutch appeals court has ruled.... More
Brasilia, December 7 (RHC)-- The Brazilian minister of the Institutional Security Office (GSI), General Augusto Heleno, authorized at least seven gold exploration projects in the area of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, near the border with Venezuela and Colombia, a preserved and untouchable place in the Amazon where 23 indigenous groups reside.... More
La Paz, December 7 (RHC)-- The Association of Victims of the Senkata and Sacaba massacres and the Bolivian government have reached an agreement that includes the creation of a trust fund, as well as regular meetings in order to make progress towards reparations. The agreement establishes that the parties will meet every month to evaluate the advances in terms of justice for the victims of the massacres, which were perpetrated during the de facto government presided by Jeanine Áñez.... More
La Paz, December 7 (RHC)-- In the run-up to the 2020 elections in Bolivia, in which Luis Arce was elected president, coup leader Jeanine Áñez requested arms from the United States and the United Kingdom.... More
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