New York, February 9 (RHC)-- More than 1,500 people died of COVID-19 across the United States Monday, although the number of daily confirmed infections fell below 100,000 for the first time since November. ... More
Mexico City, February 9 (RHC)-- In Mexico, authorities have identified the remains of nine other victims — all Guatemalan — who were among 19 people killed in a massacre in the northern state of Tamaulipas. Of the 16 victims identified so far, two were Mexican and 14 Guatemalan. ... More
United Nations, February 10 (RHC)-- The world is far from achieving agreed goals to reduce global warming in line with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the UN Secretary-General warned this week in his ongoing bid to secure greater commitment to averting climate catastrophe. ... More
Caracas, February 9 (RHC)-- The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, denounced the active role of the Colombian Government in the failed terrorist incursion of May 3rd last year. The head of the Public Prosecutor's Office asserted that testimonies of individuals involved in Operation Gideon, such as the deserter Cliver Alcala, point to the Colombian authorities as direct accomplices in those plans.... More
Washington, February 9 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the Joe Biden administration is reviewing the deportations of veterans and their families that took place under Donald Trump. The White House said in a statement: “The administration’s immigration enforcement will focus on those who are national-security and public-safety threats, not military families, service members or veterans.” ... More
Kathmandu, February 9 (RHC)-- Over the 12 years that Baburam Giri has worked as a hotel cook in the village of Dhampus -- a major tourist draw with its views of the towering Annapurna mountain range -- winters have become less snowy. “The snowfall we had five years ago was more than 2 feet deep – but we didn’t have significant snowfall after that,” lamented Giri, standing at his stove at the Hotel Yama Sakura.... More
Santiago de Chile, February 9 (RHC)-- Political and social sectors in Chile are demanding the dismantling of the Carabineros (militarized police) after the murder of a juggler by an agent of that body, which unleashed a wave of protests.... More
Beijing, February 9 (RHC)-- An expert mission from the World Health Organization (WHO) investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic in China says it has yet to identify the animal source of the SARS-COV-2 virus, which has so far killed more than 2.3 million people across the world.... More
Kabul, February 9 (RHC)-- A string of attacks in Afghanistan has killed four government employees and four policemen, officials said. In the capital, Kabul, gunmen on Tuesday opened fire in the Bagh-e-Daud neighbourhood and killed four employees of the ministry for rural development, according to Ferdaws Faramarz, spokesman for the city’s police chief.... More
New York, February 9 (RHC)-- U.S. prosecutors are investigating Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, according to a new court filing seen by the Reuters news agency, piling pressure on a leader who prosecutors have already accused in court of participation in the nation’s bloody narcotics trade.... More
Quito, February 9 (RHC)-- The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Ecuador informed this Monday on its official website that, with 20 percent of the votes counted, the candidate for the Plurinational Unity Movement Pachakutik, Yaku Perez is slightly ahead of the representative of the political alliance Creo, Guillermo Lasso, who at the moment would obtain 19.55 percent. ... More
Geneva, February 9 (RHC)-- In Geneva, observers say that the incoming chief of the World Trade Organization has a reputation for shaking up the guardians of wealth and power, which will come in handy in her new role. During Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s effort to root out corruption during her first stint as Nigeria’s finance minister, opponents of her plans nicknamed her “Okonjo Wahala” — “Okonjo the trouble maker.”... More
Washington, February 9 (RHC)-- Amid rising concerns over emerging variant strains of COVID-19, top infectious disease doctor Anthony Fauci said the best defence is to get as many people vaccinated, as quickly as possible. Fauci said while it is reasonable to consider studying the efficacy of giving only one dose of the Pfizer’s and Moderna’s vaccines – in light of concerns over limited supplies – such a study would take months to complete and thus likely make its conclusions moot.... More
Ramallah, February 9 (RHC)-- The Palestinian Authority (PA) has announced it will begin using its own postal codes, a move at easing the delivery of parcels in the occupied territories, as well as asserting sovereignty.... More
Amsterdam, February 9 (RHC)-- The Netherlands is freezing international adoptions after a government commission found some children had been stolen or bought from their birth parents in cases going back to the 1960s.... More
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