Baghdad, March 6 (RHC)-- Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, has held closed-door talks with Iraq’s prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on the second day of his visit to the Arab country. The meeting took place at Ayatollah Sistani’s residence in the holy city of Najaf on Saturday morning.... More
Tel Aviv, March 6 (RHC)-- Israel says it is postponing until further notice plans to administer COVID vaccinations to Palestinians who work inside the country and in its settlements in the occupied West Bank.... More
New York, March 6 (RHC)-- A spike in violent attacks targeting Asian Americans in the United States has prompted the minority group to raise the alarm. Andrew Yang warned on Friday of the rise in violence against the Asian American community, noting that many Asian Americans feel "more at risk."... More
Washington, March 6 (RHC)-- The U.S. government is evaluating whether to house unaccompanied migrant children at a military base in Virginia amid a sharp rise in migrants arriving at the US-Mexico border, according to a US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notice seen by the Reuters news agency.... More
Baghdad, March 6 (RHC)-- Iran’s ambassador to international organizations in Vienna has criticized a “preferential treatment” given to the Israeli regime that allows it to press ahead with advancing its nuclear weapons program in defiance of international calls, saying Tel Aviv’s activities at a highly-secretive nuclear facility pose a serious threat to regional and international security and stability.... More
Quito, March 6 (RHC)--Ecuador’s interior minister has resigned in the wake of simultaneous riots in four prisons that left 79 people dead. “It is my own personal decision to submit my irrevocable resignation as minister,” Patricio Pazmino said in a letter to President Lenin Moreno, which was made public on Twitter on Friday.... More
New York, March 6 (RHC)-- The rich get richer while the poor get poorer: it’s an old adage, but a new survey by the Pew Research Center shows that in the time of coronavirus in the United States, it’s as accurate as ever.... More
Caracas, March 6 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were vaccinated this Saturday as part of the vaccination plan against COVID-19 with the Russian vaccine Sputnik V.... More
Washington, March 6 (RHC)-- A group of U.S. Democratic congressmembers have reintroduced the Berta Cáceres Human Rights in Honduras Act, which would suspend military aid to the Central American country until the Honduran government investigates allegations of human rights violations by their security forces. ... More
Dallas, March 6 (RHC)-- Texas’ power grid operator ERCOT overcharged customers by $16 billion during last month’s historic winter storm that caused power outages across the state, according to a watchdog filing. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which sets the price of electricity, kept the emergency surge pricing in place for 33 hours longer than needed. ... More
Tegucigalpa, March 6 (RHC)-- In Honduras, Vice reports leaked documents have revealed the government of President Juan Orlando Hernández paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to over 70 journalists as part of Hernández’s efforts to control the press. ... More
Geneva, March 6 (RHC)- In Geneva, Switzerland, members of Doctors Without Borders held a protest outside the headquarters of the World Trade Organization demanding a waiver on patent rights for COVID-19 drugs and vaccines. South Africa and India are leading an effort that would temporarily allow for the production of generic versions of the life-saving products. ... More
Rome, March 6 (RHC)-- In Italy, dozens of humanitarian aid workers have been charged with complicity in human smuggling after saving thousands of refugees from drowning in the Mediterranean as they attempted to reach European soil. ... More
Little Rock, March 6 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Virginia, federal agents have arrested former Trump administration official Federico Klein, charging him with assaulting a police officer with a dangerous weapon during the January 6 attack. ... More
Miami, March 6 (RHC)-- In the U.S., top Florida Democrats have called on the acting U.S. attorney general and the FBI to investigate Republican Governor Ron DeSantis for corruption and wrongdoing after reports that most residents over 65 in a wealthy Key Largo community had received vaccines by mid-January.... More
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