Mexico City, February 5 (RHC)-- A dozen Mexican state police officers have been arrested for their possible involvement in the massacre of 19 people in the northern state of Tamaulipas. The officers face homicide charges. ... More
Ramallah, February 5 (RHC)-- Coronavirus vaccinations have started in the occupied West Bank after Israel transferred the first batch of a total of 5,000 doses to inoculate frontline Palestinian health workers, after coming under fire for refusing to share its vaccines with Palestinians. ... More
Washington, February 5 (RHC)-- In the U.S., on Capitol Hill, House Democrats say former President Donald Trump was “singularly responsible” for the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in a legal brief filed ahead of next week’s impeachment trial. ... More
Mexico City, February 5 (RHC)-- Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has announced that he obtained a negative result in an antigen test performed on Thursday -- 12 days after he revealed he had tested positive for COVID-19.... More
Panama City, February 5 (RHC)-- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Panama, through an official note, reports that diplomatic credentials were withdrawn from the representative of Juan Guaidó in the Central American country. Fabiola Zavarce who usurped the position of Venezuelan ambassador is now considered to be just another supporter of the make-believe president of Venezuela.... More
Quito, February 4 (RHC)-- The candidates in the general elections in Ecuador this Sunday closed their campaigns on Thursday with a number of activities throughout the country.... More
Tehran, February 4 (RHC)-- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has congratulated his fellow citizens on their “shining victory” against the United States at the UN’s top court, saying the World Court’s recent verdict on Tehran’s case against U.S. sanctions demonstrates the Iranian nation’s grandeur in the face of the superpower.... More
Washington, February 4 (RHC)-- New data shows firearm sales in the United States have set a new record for January amid fears of violence and political tensions in the country. Gun merchants sold more than 2 million firearms in January. That’s an 80 percent year-over-year spike as an estimated 1.2 million firearms were sold in the U.S. in January 2020, according to the National Shooting Sports Federation.... More
Hanoi, February 4 (RHC)-- Vietnam has experienced economic growth over the past 30 years and is expecting a per capita income as high as Europe by the year 2045, with a significant reduction of poverty from 75 percent to only 5 percent of its population.... More
Dallas, February 4 (RHC)-- American Airlines says about 13,000 employees are at risk of furlough when a United States aid package for airline workers expires on April 1st, blaming slow vaccine rollouts and new international travel restrictions for dampening demand.... More
Abuja, February 4 (RHC)-- A federal court in the Nigerian capital of Abuja has signed off on a warrant to arrest the head of oil major ExxonMobil in Nigeria to compel him to appear before anti-graft investigators, according to a statement issued by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).... More
London, February 4 (RHC)-- As the COVID-19 pandemic, and the associated national lockdown, continues to exact a heavy toll in lives, it has been revealed that alcohol-related deaths have been rising at record levels as well.... More
New York, February 4 (RHC)-- Amazon.com Inc. breached the $1 billion-a-day revenue mark in 2020, in another example of how the company’s massive growth and market dominance has made its stock a near-unanimous favorite on Wall Street.... More
Washington, February 4 (RHC)-- While coronavirus infections are finally decreasing in the United States and Canada after weeks of unrelenting rise, cases and deaths continue to increase in Latin American countries, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday.... More
Gaza City, February 4 (RHC)--Israel’s devastating 13-year siege of the Gaza Strip is intensifying the coronavirus crisis in the Palestinian enclave, threatening the lives of its nearly two million inhabitants, a new study warns.... More
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