Tunis, March 10 (RHC)-- At least 39 people are dead after two boats capsized off the coast of Tunisia. All the victims were refugees from sub-Saharan African nations, according to Tunisian officials. ... More
Washington, March 10 (RHC)-- In the United States, a record 3,200 unaccompanied children are being detained at U.S. Border Patrol facilities that resemble jail cells, with nearly half of them held for longer than the legal limit of three days. ... More
Ramallah, March 10 (RHC)-- A new report has revealed that anti-Palestinian racism and incitement by Israelis on social media increased by 16 percent in 2020 compared to 2019.... More
Washington, March 10 (RHC)-- The United States is the country worst affected by the coronavirus pandemic, recording more than 29 million infections and 525,000 deaths. But the good news is that for the first time in nearly three and a half months, the country has recorded fewer than 1,000 deaths in a day from COVID-19.... More
Geneva, March 10 (RHC)-- The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has declared an "emergency" for all Latin America, after a new variant of COVID-19 was found in Brazil, whose presence throughout the territory raised alarms.... More
New York, March 10 (RHC)-- Roughly four in 10 Americans say they’re still feeling the financial impact of the loss of a job or income within their household as the economic recovery remains uneven one year into the coronavirus pandemic.... More
Geneva, March 10 (RHC)-- One in three women worldwide have been subject to sexual or physical violence during their lifetime, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO). The Geneva-based UN agency released the study on Tuesday, urging governments to prevent violence, improve services for victims, and tackle economic inequalities that often leave women and girls trapped in abusive relationships.... More
Asunción, March 10 (RHC)-- The Paraguayan Ministry of Health has warned that the health system could suffer a collapse due to the increase of cases and suspects with COVID-19, declaring the "red alarm" throughout the national territory.... More
Sao Paulo, March 10 (RHC)-- The former president of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that he is aware of the great injustice that was committed against him, but the suffering that this may have caused him is minimal compared to that of his poor compatriots who are currently plagued by pandemics, hunger and unemployment.... More
Caracas, March 10 (RHC)-- President Nicolás Maduro, during the balance day of the Bolivarian Shield Military Exercises Supreme Commander Hugo Chávez Frías 2021, denounced on Tuesday the intervention of the Colombian government in plans of violence against Venezuela.... More
Mexico City, March 10 (RHC)-- Massive women-led marches were held around the world Monday to commemorate International Women’s Day. ... More
United Nations, March 9 (RHC)-- UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory Lynn Hastings says the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the Palestinian women have worsened amid Israeli violence across the occupied lands.... More
Brasilia, March 9 (RHC)-- Human activity has degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest cover, new data reveals, raising alarm that a key natural buffer against climate change is quickly vanishing.... More
Bata, March 9 (RHC)-- The death toll from a series of explosions at a military base in Equatorial Guinea’s main city of Bata has jumped to 98, according to officials. Some 615 people were wounded in Sunday’s blasts, which started with a fire at the Nkoantoma Military Base in the coastal city of Bata.... More
Brasilia, March 8 (RHC)-- The judge of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, Edson Fachin, annulled this Monday all sentences against the nation's former president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, for the Lava Jato case, allowing him to participate in the presidential elections in 2022.... More
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