Washington, February 7 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden has banned "erratic" Donald Trump, who skipped his inauguration, from receiving classified intelligence.  Intelligence briefings have been traditionally passed on to former presidents by incumbents out of respect and in order to receive advice.... More


Santiago de Chile, February 7 (RHC)-- Protests have broken out and municipal buildings were set on fire in southern Chile after police shot dead a street performer, prompting an emergency government meeting.... More


Washington, February 7 (RHC)-- The United States has moved to end agreements with three Central American nations under which former President Donald Trump’s administration intended to send migrants and asylum seekers who arrived at the US border back to those countries.... More


New York, February 7 (RHC)-- Fox Business has canceled Lou Dobbs Tonight, its highest-rated show hosted by the staunch ally of right-wing, former President Donald Trump, after Fox News and its star anchors were hit with a massive $2.7 billion lawsuit for spreading "disinformation."... More


Washington, February 7 (RHC)-- U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says hat economic crises hit people of colorr harder and longer, and the current crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic would have a lasting impact on Black Americans unless action was taken.... More


Ramallah, February 7 (RHC)-- The United Arab Emirates drastically reduced its funding to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees in 2020, the year it signed a United States-brokered normalisation accord with Israel that was heavily criticised by the Palestinian Authority.... More


Quito, February 7 (RHC)-- Ecuador opened polling stations early Sunday morning to elect the successor of President Lenín Moreno amid strict biosecurity protocols due to the coronavirus pandemic. ... More


Baghdad, February 7 (RHC)-- A military convoy carrying logistic supplies for American forces has been targeted in Babil province, central Iraq.  The convoy was hit Saturday night near the Iraqi city of Musayyib in Babil province, according to the Lebanese TV channel Al Mayadeen.... More


Berlin, February 6 (RHC)-- Germany has reported a record rise in the number of crimes committed by far-right extremists in the country, last year.  Police recorded more than 23,080 far-right related crimes in 2020, which was 700 more than what occurred in the previous year.... More


Brasilia, February 6 (RHC)-- Brazil’s prosecutor-general has opened a preliminary investigation into the country’s president and health minister for possible negligence in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Manaus city, according to a document seen by the Reuters news agency.... More


Ramallah, February 6 (RHC)-- Palestinian media reports said over the weekend that Israeli forces had opened fire and killed a young Palestinian man who was driving his car in the vicinity of a settlement near the village of Nabi Saleh, located to the northwest of the Palestinian administrative capital Ramallah.... More


Bogota, February 6 (RHC)-- In Colombia, residents of Buenaventura raised their voices in rejection of the increase of violence in the district, hours after armed clashes between local gangs in the Juan XXIII neighborhood.... More


The Hague, February 6 (RHC)-- The International Criminal Court (ICC) has confirmed that the territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Arab–Israeli War are subject to its jurisdiction, paving the way for The Hague-based intergovernmental organization to open a war crimes investigation into Israeli military actions.... More


Caracas, February 6 (RHC)-- The President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, reported at a press conference in Caracas that the suspected assassin of the National Assembly was hired from Colombia, by an agent of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).... More


Geneva, February 6 (RHC)-- The European head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said he is “concerned” over whether COVID-19 vaccines will prove effective against new virus variants.  “The virus still has the upper hand on the human being,” WHO Europe Director Hans Kluge told the AFP news agency on Friday.... More


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