New York, February 11 (RHC)-- Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky said that people may need COVID-19 vaccines annually for the next several years. The vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson is about 66 percent effective but it does not have to be stored in a freezing temperature... More
Washington, February 11 (RHC)-- On Capitol Hill, Democratic House impeachment managers have released shocking video from inside the Capitol during the January 6 insurrection showing lawmakers, as well as Vice President Mike Pence, scrambling to evacuate as violent Trump supporters were just yards away. ... More
Tehran, February 11 (RHC)-- Tehran has once again reiterated that time is running out for Washington to adopt a new approach towards Iran, stressing that it is up to the new U.S. administration to learn a lesson from the failure of the so-called maximum pressure policy.... More
Saana, February 11 (RHC)-- A senior Yemeni official has reacted to Abu Dhabi’s successful launch of a Mars-bound mission, saying the United Arab Emirates (UAE) should first make achievements on Earth, the greatest of which would be ending its role in the bloody Saud-led war on Yemen, before reaching for the space.... More
New Delhi, February 11 (RHC)-- Nearly a decade since the gang rape and murder of a student on a bus shocked India, state spending to combat violence against women and girls is “grossly inadequate,” Oxfam India said on Tuesday.... More
The Hague, February 11 (RHC)-- A UN expert says the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s ruling on its jurisdiction to investigate Israeli war crimes in the occupied territories “opens the door” for justice in Palestine.... More
Quito, February 10 (RHC)-- The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Ecuador reports on its official website that the candidate for the political alliance CREO, Guillermo Lasso -- after obtaining 19.66 percent of the votes counted -- is slightly ahead of the representative of the Plurinational Unity Movement Pachakutik, Yaku Perez, who at the moment has 19.61 percent.... More
London, February 11 (RHC)-- Travellers to the United Kingdom caught violating newly imposed quarantine restrictions could face a heavy fine of up to 10,000 British pounds ($13,800) and 10 years in prison, as the British government tightens measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 and its new variants.... More
Rio de Janeiro, February 11 (RHC)-- The Court of Justice of Rio de Janeiro (TJRJ), Brazil, reported on its website that ex-police officer Ronnie Lessa and former military officer Élcio Queiroz, accused of the murder of councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes, will be tried by a popular court. ... More
Sacramento, February 10 (RHC)-- California has surpassed New York as the U.S. state with the most coronavirus deaths, a grim reminder of the pandemic’s toll even as the vaccine rollout and a sharp drop in new cases buoyed hopes of life eventually returning to normal.... More
Washington, February 10 (RHC)-- Dozens of prominent civil rights groups in the United States are urging U.S. President Joe Biden to reimpose a moratorium on federal executions, saying the practice has disproportionally targeted Black people.... More
Beijing, February 10 (RHC)-- A team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic have dismissed a controversial theory that the virus leaked from a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan.... More
Washington, February 10 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration will continue to seek the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from the United Kingdom to the United States, a U.S. Department of Justice official said.... More
Accra, February 10 (RHC)-- Ghana’s Parliament has shut down for at least three weeks over a surge in coronavirus cases among lawmakers and staff. At least 17 members of parliament and 151 support staff have been infected with the coronavirus, which had already forced lawmakers to limit their assembly meetings.... More
Beijing, February 10 (RHC)-- U.S. intelligence on the supposed origin of the coronavirus pandemic is not reliable, a member of the special WHO mission to China said on Wednesday, after Washington cast doubt on the transparency of the probe.... More
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