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
Minneapolis, February 4 (RHC)-- After three protesters were arrested on Monday at a Minnesota construction site for Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline, more than 50 water protectors on Tuesday marched onto an easement -- with two people locking themselves to an excavator -- and temporarily shut down work on the contested tar sands project.... More
New York, February 4 (RHC)-- Amazon.com Inc has announced that longtime CEO Jeff Bezos will step down from his post later this year, transitioning to executive chairman of the world’s largest online retailer. In a statement, the company said Bezos will be replaced in the fall by Andy Jassy, who currently runs Amazon’s cloud business.... More
San Salvador, February 4 (RHC)-- The highest electoral body in El Salvador is calling for international election observers to be deployed early in the Central American country, after a deadly shooting in the middle of campaigning in recent days.... More
New Delhi, February 4 (RHC)-- More than half of New Delhi’s 20 million inhabitants may have been infected with the coronavirus, according to a government serological survey whose findings echoed earlier private-sector research. India has reported 10.8 million COVID-19 infections, the most anywhere outside the United States.... More
Asuncion, February 4 (RHC)-- The Puebla Group -- el Grupo de Puebla -- has strongly rejected the preventive detention of Efraín Alegre Sasiaín, president of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party of Paraguay.... More
Damascus, February 4 (RHC)-- The Syrian Army’s air defenses have intercepted Israeli air-to-surface and surface-to-surface missiles coming from the direction of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, state media say.... More
Quito, February 4 (RHC)-- The candidate for the presidency of Ecuador with Union por la Esperanza (UNES), Andres Arauz, has announced that he reached a preliminary agreement with Russia for the supply of "several million vaccines" against COVID-19.... More
Brussels, February 4 (RHC)-- European Union lawmakers describe conditions for thousands of refugees on five Greek islands as "appalling" and a shameful reflection on the bloc's values. EU member states are refusing to relocate these desperate people in defiance of international humanitarian law.... More
The Hague, February 3 (RHC)-- The United Nations’ highest court has ruled that it can hear a case brought by Iran against the United States in a bid to end sanctions the Trump administration reimposed in 2018 after pulling out of an international deal aimed at curtailing Tehran’s nuclear program.... More
Buenos Aires, February 3 (RHC)-- In Argentina during the month of January, which has just ended, there were a total of at least 26 femicides and another 36 attempted murders, according to data reported by the organization Mumalá-Mujeres de la Matria Latinoamericana, based in Buenos Aires.... More
New York, February 3 (RHC)-- A U.S. study shows that 2020 saw a historic increase in the number of murders in the United States compared to previous years, as well as upticks in other violent crimes. The study sampling crime statistics from 34 American says homicide rates jumped by 30 percent from 2019 to 2020 – more than 1,200 additional murders on top of the 2019 total.... More
New York, February 3 (RHC)-- Millions of frustrated Americans have been living in dire conditions as some U.S. states are too overwhelmed to tackle their immense backlogs of unemployment application. An NBC report on Tuesday revealed that since the COVID pandemic broke out ruining the U.S. economy, millions of jobless Americans still haven't received unemployment benefits, while others endured long delays. ... More
Washington, February 3 (RHC)-- Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is said to be making plans to form a political committee, signaling his intention to remain a relevant political player after serving in the Trump administration. NBC News says Pence will announce the move in the coming weeks.... More
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