New Orleans, February 10 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Louisiana, four police officers have been arrested for their involvement in cases of police brutality.... More
Boston, February 10 (RHC)-- A new report finds fossil fuel pollution was responsible for 8.7 million, or one in five, global deaths in 2018 — far higher than previously thought. ... More
New York, February 10 (RHC)-- Two prominent journalists at The New York Times have left the newspaper after recent revelations of improper behavior. ... More
Brasilia, February 10 (RHC)-- Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) has authorized -- by a vote of four in favor and one against -- that the lawyers of former president Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva use as evidence the leaked dialogues between former judge Sergio Moro and prosecutors of the Lava Jato.... More
Chicago, February 10 (RHC)-- Boeing Co. directors, including current Chief Executive Officer David Calhoun, lied about the company’s oversight of its 737 Max 8 airliner and participated in a misleading public-relations campaign following two fatal crashes involving the plane, shareholders claim.... More
London, February 10 (RHC)-- A coronavirus variant from the United Kingdom is now spreading "rapidly" through the United States, according to a new study. The study showed that the more contagious strain from the UK is nearly doubling in the US every nine days.... More
London, February 10 (RHC)-- In an unusual move, the Old Bailey has spared Britain’s youngest convicted terrorist from a lengthy jail sentence, even thought the defendant is committed to extreme far right ideologies and led a neo-Nazi cell online.... More
Al-Kuwayt, February 10 (RHC)-- Women in Kuwait are defying conservative norms and a culture of “shame” to speak out against harassment for the first time, in a social media campaign sparked by a popular fashion blogger -- Ascia Al Faraj.... More
Cairo, February 10 (RHC)-- Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas say they have agreed on the “mechanisms” for upcoming legislative and presidential elections, after a rapprochement between the two movements. The deal reached on Tuesday in Egypt’s capital provides for an “electoral cases court” and commits to allowing free campaigning and voting.... More
Cairo, February 10 (RHC)-- The Arab League has reaffirmed its rejection of any unilateral Israeli projects or steps in violation of the rights of the Palestinian people and international law. In their final statement after an emergency meeting in Cairo, the foreign ministers of the member states of the Arab League said they opposed any move by the Israeli regime that would “undermine the two-state solution, for which there is no alternative.”... More
Washington, February 10 (RHC)-- A Pentagon watchdog is blaming commanders of aircraft carrier USS Roosevelt for the spread of the coronavirus among the crew.... More
Washington, February 10 (RHC)-- In the U.S., a Pentagon spokesman has claimed that the American troops deployed to Syria are not protecting oil reserves in the Arab country, while admitting that an American firm is exploiting Syrian oil without authorization from Damascus.... More
Brasilia, February 9 (RHC)-- The former president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, affirmed that the justice system should annul the judicial proceedings against former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, because there is sufficient evidence that there was no impartiality in the trials.... More
Gaza City, February 9 (RHC)-- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says reconciliation talks among political factions in Cairo must result in ending internal divisions and confront those who seek to undermine the Palestinian cause.... More
Pretoria, February 9 (RHC)-- South Africa has halted plans to roll out the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after it showed minimal efficacy in preventing mild and moderate COVID-19 in people infected by the dominant coronavirus variant which has been overwhelming South Africa’s health system. ... More
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