Atlanta, February 1 (RHC)-- Confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States have now topped 26 million, and 440,000 deaths. Hospitalizations fell below 100,000 this weekend for the first time in nearly two months. ... More
Washington, February 1 (RHC)-- In the United States, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., is allowing the government to continue deporting unaccompanied children without a court hearing or asylum interview. ... More
Damascus, February 1 (RHC)-- In Syria, a pair of car bomb blasts tore through parts of northern Aleppo on Sunday, killing at least a dozen people and leaving 29 others wounded. The explosions took place in an area controlled by anti-government rebels backed by Turkey.... More
Miami, February 1 (RHC)-- Former U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed new defense lawyers after five members of his previous team left just one week ahead of his impeachment trial. Trump reportedly wanted his attorneys to argue there was mass election fraud and that the election was rigged, so they quit. ... More
Washington, February 1 (RHC)-- In the United States, U.S. Capitol Police have beefed up security amid concerns of home-grown terrorism and threats against the nation’s lawmakers. Police forces will be stationed at airports around the Washington, DC, and at the railroad terminal at Union Station to provide security for members of Congress traveling to and from the capital.... More
Lisbon, February 1 (RHC)-- Portugal has said that only had seven vacant beds left in intensive care units (ICUs) set up for COVID-19 cases on its mainland, as a surge in infections prompted the authorities to send some critical patients to Portuguese islands.... More
Chicago, February 1 (RHC)-- United Airlines says it has warned some 14,000 employees that they might be furloughed, and aviation unions made a new request to Congress and President Joe Biden for another $15 billion in government assistance to keep workers on the payroll through at least September 30th this year.... More
San Salvador, February 1 (RHC)-- An armed attack against a caravan of militants of the former ruling Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) has left two dead and five wounded, according to reports from the Central American country. The attack took place on Sunday in the Salvadoran capital. ... More
Brasilia, February 1 (RHC)-- Protesters in Brazil rallied for the second straight weekend in a number of cities to demand the resignation of President Jair Bolsonaro for his government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.... More
Paris, February 1 (RHC)-- Protesters have taken to the streets in dozens of French cities against a security bill they say will restrict the filming and publicizing of images of police brutality. Demonstrators said the draft legislation will lead to more censorship and less freedom.... More
Vienna, February 1 (RHC)-- An estimated 5,000 people took part in another massive demonstration in Vienna against COVID restrictions, this time without police permission. Police had banned all major demonstrations planned for the weekend across the federal capital. Meanwhile, the Archdiocese of Vienna had warned of a corona demonstration disguised as a Christian procession.... More
Hanoi, February 1 (RHC)-- Nguyen Phu Trong was re-elected Sunday as general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CC-PCV) during the penultimate session of the 13th Congress of the organization. Thus, the 76-year-old veteran revolutionary leader will lead the Communist Party of Vietnam for a third term.... More
Naypyitaw, January 31 (RHC)-- Myanmar’s military has taken power and declared a state of emergency after detaining civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior government officials in a series of early morning raids that followed days of escalating tension over the outcome of the November election in which the ruling party won by a landslide.... More
London, January 31 (RHC)-- The UK’s third lockdown is taking its toll, according to reports from London. Livelihoods are in jeopardy and planning for the future has become almost impossible. Observers say that the government’s U-turns over the Christmas break, schools reopening and when the lockdown might end, have only made matters worse. Experts emphasize that the impact of the pandemic on people’s mental health has been severe and mixed messages and fear mongering don’t help.... More
Pretoria, January 31 (RHC)-- South Africa, the continent’s worst COVID-hit country, is receiving its first batch of coronavirus vaccines on Monday. Initially scheduled for the end of January, the first one million shots of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine produced in India will be used to inoculate healthcare workers over the next three months. The second batch of 500,000 jabs is scheduled to arrive later in February.... More
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