Managua, March 4 (RHC)-- An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 occurred Thursday morning at 10:06 am local time near Managua, Nicaragua, as reported by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).... More
La Paz, March 4 (RHC)-- The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, in a speech delivered in the department of Cochabamba regarding the beginning of the vaccinations, called on doctors affiliated to the National Health Council to stop the strike and join the immunization campaign against COVID-19.... More
Washington, March 5 (RHC)-- The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has “firmly opposed” the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s decision to open an investigation into the war crimes perpetrated by Israeli forces in the occupied Palestinian territories.... More
Caracas, March 4 (RHC)-- The executive secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP), Sacha Llorenti, announced on Wednesday the creation of a Vaccine Bank for member countries of the initiative that require them.... More
Brasilia, March 4 (RHC)-- Brazil reported over 1,900 COVID deaths Wednesday, breaking its previous record death toll set just one day earlier. Brazil has topped a quarter of a million deaths, the second highest in the world after the U.S. ... More
Chicago, March 4 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Chicago, over 100 activists are on hunger strike to protest the relocation of the General Iron metal shredding plant to the Southeast Side of Chicago — in an area with mostly Black and Brown residents and which already suffers from poor air quality due to industrial pollution. ... More
Los Angeles, March 4 (RHC)-- Walt Disney Co. plans to close more than 60 of its North American Disney stores, eliminating roughly 20% of its global footprint, as it focuses more on e-commerce.... More
Geneva, March 4 (RHC)-- The International Organization for Migration has said that at least 20 migrants and refugees are dead after smugglers threw 80 people overboard during a voyage from Djibouti in East Africa to Yemen.... More
Geneva, March 4 (RHC)-- The death rate from COVID-19 is about 10 times higher in countries where half or more of the population is overweight, according to a report by the World Obesity Federation.... More
Philadelphia, March 4 (RHC)-- Lawyers for renowned political prisoner and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal confirmed Wednesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19.... More
Vatican City, March 4 (RHC)-- Pope Francis is planning to travel to Baghdad Friday and is scheduled to meet with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Saturday. ... More
Paris, March 4 (RHC)-- The head of an independent inquiry investigating church child abuse in France said Tuesday that there might have been at least 10,000 victims since 1950. Jean-Marc Sauve, head of a commission set up by the Catholic Church, said that a previous estimate in June last year of 3,000 victims "is certainly an underestimate."... More
Paris, March 4 (RHC)-- France has shut down Generation Identity (GI) some eight years after the far-right, anti-migrant group rose to prominence in the country by occupying a mosque in Poitiers – the first of many stunts.... More
Austin, March 3 (RHC)-- The move to open Texas 100 percent by Republican Governor Greg Abbott marks the furthest any U.S. state has gone so far to roll back harsh restrictions on businesses and residents.... More
The Hague, March 3 (RHC)-- The International Criminal Court has opened a formal investigation into Israeli war crimes against Palestinians. “I confirm the initiation by the office of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court of an investigation respecting the situation in Palestine,” Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in a statement on Wednesday.... More
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