Gaza City, February 18 (RHC)-- A shipment of 2,000 coronavirus vaccine doses donated by Russia entered the besieged Gaza Strip on Wednesday after Israel blocked it earlier this week. Palestinian and Israeli officials said the shipment, sent by the Palestinian Authority (PA) from the occupied West Bank, included doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, enough to inoculate 1,000 people in a two-shot regimen.... More
United Nations, February 18 (RHC)-- Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres has called for the withdrawal of all foreign forces and mercenaries from Libya, which is moving toward the formation of a unity government ten years after the U.S.-NATO led invasion.... More
Brasilia, February 18 (RHC)-- The Brazilian Public Security Forum noted that in the first half of 2020, the South American country reported an increase in the femicide rate by 1.6 percent.... More
Lima, February 18 (RHC)-- The doctor leading a coronavirus vaccine trial in Peru has said former President Martin Vizcarra got a COVID-19 jab out of turn, as a scandal over government officials receiving vaccines before the general public continues to roil the South American nation.... More
Buenos Aires, February 18 (RHC)-- The Indigenous Women's Movement for Good Living in Argentina has denounced the rape and murder of a small child in the Wichi territory, located in the Chaco region, as a result of a discriminatory and racist practice known as "chineo." ... More
Austin, February 18 (RHC)-- U.S. Senator Ted Cruz faced widespread criticism on social media on Thursday after a journalist claimed images showed Cruz flying to a resort in Cancun, Mexico, while his home state of Texas struggled through a deadly deep freeze.... More
Geneva, February 18 (RHC)-- More than 11,000 Ebola vaccines are expected to arrive in Guinea’s capital Conakry on Sunday after the country declared an Ebola outbreak last week. The World Health Organization’s regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, told reporters on Thursday that on top of 11,000 jabs expected to land from Geneva, a further 8,600 will be shipped from the United States.... More
New York, February 18 (RHC)-- Walmart Inc expects full-year sales and profit growth to slow as it reinvests in its business and lockdowns end after revenue soared to $560 billion last year as people stocked up on groceries during the coronavirus pandemic.... More
Caracas, February 18 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan Minister of People's Power for Defense, Vladimir Padrino López, issued a statement Thursday at a press conference on behalf of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) in response to aggressions coming from Colombia.... More
Miami, February 18 (RHC)-- The right-wing, racist and sexist radio host Rush Limbaugh has died. ... More
Strasbourg, February 18 (RHC)-- The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that a German commander behind a deadly 2009 airstrike in Afghanistan did not act improperly, rejecting bids by the victims' families to seek damages.... More
Ramallah, February 18 (RHC)-- A Palestinian family has been displaced after Israeli bulldozers demolish their makeshift homes in a neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds. Bulldozers from the Israeli municipality razed houses belonging to the family of Abu Rumouz in Ras al-Amud neighborhood of Silwan, rendering their residents homeless, the Palestinian Information Center reported, citing local sources. The Israeli regime said the homes had been built with no permits.... More
La Paz, February 18 (RHC)-- The Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB) announced this Wednesday that it is returning the credit to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which was managed irreegularly by the de facto government presided by Jeanine Áñez.... More
Bogota, February 18 (RHC)-- The political violence does not stop in Colombia where the crossfire between the army and an armed paramilitary group killed a young indigenous man, according to complaints from social organizations.... More
Miami, February 18 (RHC)-- Former U.S. President Donald Trump says he'll have what he calls "strong support" if he decides to run for president again in 2024. Trump spoke on the phone with Newsmax Wednesday over the death of American radio personality Rush Limbaugh, who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom from the former leader in 2020.... More
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