Washington, February 19 (RHC)-- U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris says the 2.5 million women who had to leave the U.S. workforce due to the pandemic is a “national emergency,” as she urged support for the administration’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. ... More
Mexico City, February 19 (RHC)-- At the United Nations, Mexico has denounced wealthy nations for hoarding COVID vaccines, saying the unequal distribution system will harm the globe. Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said: “We are going to present Mexico and Latin America’s position in regard to what is happening in the world, the inequality, the lack of fairness when it comes to vaccine access. The countries that produce vaccines have very high vaccination rates, and Latin America and the Caribbean, much less.”... More
Atlanta, February 19 (RHC)-- Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as COVID-19 caused its first wave of deaths that disproportionately affected people of colour, according to a new report (PDF) by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released on Thursday.... More
Santiago de Chile, February 19 (RHC)-- The Communist Party of Chile has reported on its official Twitter account that party representatives, deputies and other personalities are demanding that Chilean President Sebastián Piñera dissolve the police force -- the Carabineros -- and create a new police institution.... More
United Nations, February 19 (RHC)-- A new scientific blueprint for tackling climate change, pollution and the accelerating loss of plant and animal species shows how to end the world’s “suicidal” war on nature, UN chief Antonio Guterres has said.... More
Chicago, February 19 (RHC)-- McDonald’s Corp. said it is tying 15% of executives’ bonuses to meeting targets including diversity and inclusion and began disclosing data on the racial makeup of its workforce, major steps by one of the largest U.S. companies to better reflect the population.... More
Quito, February 19 (RHC)-- A report by an investigative news website says the United States and its Latin American allies are trying to steal Ecuador’s election from popular socialist candidate Andres Arauz by disseminating fake news and slanderous remarks to undermine him.... More
Rio de Janeiro, February 19 (RHC)-- Indigenous nurse Almeida Tananta battled heavy downpours of tropical rains as he rode his motorbike for hours across the red-soiled dirt tracks of Tabatinga, a municipality in Western Amazonas, which borders the Amazon rainforest and Colombia, and has the largest concentration of Indigenous Brazilians in the Amazon.... More
Houston, February 19 (RHC)-- Oil prices have rallied again to hit 13-month highs as concerns that a rare cold snap in the US state of Texas could disrupt crude output in the United States for days or even weeks prompted investors to buy energy futures.... More
Brussels, February 19 (RHC)-- The European Commission has launched a new strategy designed to combat the new mutations of the coronavirus. The move comes amid mounting criticism of the bloc's slow vaccination program. ... More
Caracas, February 18 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza highlighted this Thursday at the Diplomacy for Peace Meeting the importance of the Geneva Agreement to promote dialogue in the solution of the conflict between Venezuela and Guyana over the dispute of the territory of Guayana Esequiba. ... More
New York, February 18 (RHC)-- The candidate to the Presidency of Ecuador for the opposition alliance Union for Hope (Unes), Andres Arauz, described on Wednesday as positive the working tour he made in the United States.... More
United Nations, February 18 (RHC)-- U.S. Special Presidential Envoy on Climate John Kerry and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres are to “celebrate” the US’s return to the Paris Agreement, the US state department has announced.... More
United Nations, February 18 (RHC)-- Climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution pose a triple threat to human health and prosperity that may be averted only by transforming how we power our economies and feed ourselves, according to the United Nations.... More
London, February 18 (RHC)-- The United Kingdom is set to become the first country in the world to deliberately expose volunteers to the novel coronavirus in a so-called human challenge study hoped to aid the development of vaccines and treatments.... More
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