London, February 2 (RHC)-- Nations will have to rethink economic growth as a measure of success if they want to make good on pledges to halt the destruction of the natural world, according to a British government-backed report published on Tuesday.... More
Moscow, February 2 (RHC)-- Russian scientists say the country’s Sputnik V vaccine appears safe and effective against COVID-19, according to early results of an advanced study published in a British medical journal. The news is a boost for the shot that is increasingly being bought by nations around the world who are desperate to stop the devastation caused by the pandemic.... More
Tehran, February 2 (RHC)-- Iran’s foreign minister has said a European Union official could help “synchronise” or “coordinate” efforts by Iran and the United States to return to a 2015 nuclear accord, as a standstill persists over which country will take the first step. In an interview with CNN, Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), created a joint commission coordinated by the EU’s foreign policy chief. “There can be a mechanism to basically either synchronise it or coordinate what can be done,” he said.... More
Quito, February 2 (RHC)-- Ecuadorian analyst Mauro Andino says that a scenario is being plotted to hinder the presidential elections that should be held constitutionally next Sunday. "We are witnessing an electoral process with profound irregularities, and seeing attempts to eliminate political organizations, change the date and time of the presidential elections," said Andino. ... More
Bogota, February 2 (RHC)-- The Institute of Development Studies for Peace (Indepaz) revealed Monday that Colombian authorities found the bodies of four young people reported missing in the village of El Ejido, municipality of Policarpa, department of Nariño.... More
New York, February 2 (RHC)-- The mayor of New York City has acknowledged that Black and Latino residents are receiving COVID-19 vaccines at far lower rates than other groups, highlighting widespread racial disparity and discrimination in particular against African Americans in the United States.... More
New York, February 2 (RHC)-- Former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Kushner, former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, and former Middle East envoy Avi Berkowitz were nominated on Sunday by lawyer Alan Dershowitz for their role in negotiating four normalization deals between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco.... More
Sydney, February 2 (RHC)-- Human activities such as farming and construction are threatening the survival of scores of wild species by forcing them to travel more to avoid mankind's impact, research show. According to the United Nations' biodiversity panel, more than three quarters of land and 40 percent of Earth's oceans have already been "severely degraded" by humans.... More
Ramallah, February 2 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have shot and injured two Palestinian workers in the West Bank city of Jenin, as tensions continue to simmer in the occupied territories. The Palestinian Information Center, quoting local sources, reported that Israeli forces opened live fire on two civilians while they were near the controversial “apartheid wall” close to Barta’a village, southwest of Jenin, on Monday.... More
Bogota, February 2 (RHC)-- The Colombian insurgency of the National Liberation Army (ELN) denied to Semana Magazine that they are financing the campaign of the presidential candidates for the Unidad por la Esperanza (UNES) Andrés Arauz and Carlos Rabascall.... More
Beirut, February 2 (RHC)-- The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says it has intercepted and shot down an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle as it crossed into Lebanon's airspace near the border village of Blida in the south of the Arab country.... More
London, February 2 (RHC)-- COVID-19 infections are falling more slowly in the UK's most deprived areas and the government is not doing enough to minimize the impact of the pandemic in those areas. Seven out of nine regions in England saw an uneven fall in the cases between the richest and poorest areas throughout January, according to a new analysis.... More
Boston, February 2 (RHC)-- Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, a former law professor at Harvard University, has said that the U.S. stock market has become a “playground for the billionaires.” The Massachusetts senator said the stock market is like a "casino" and is not reflective of the state of the economy during an interview on CNBC.... More
Rochester, February 1 (RHC)-- A nine-year-old Black girl has been handcuffed and pepper-sprayed by U.S. police in the city of Rochester, New York, sparking fresh outrage and anger over excesses committed by the police.... More
Jerusalem, February 1 (RHC)-- Israel and Kosovo established diplomatic ties on Monday, with the Muslim-majority country recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In a ceremony held over Zoom in Jerusalem and Pristina, Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and his counterpart from Kosovo, Meliza Haradinaj Stublla, signed a joint declaration establishing ties.... More
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