Quito, January 31 (RHC)-- The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Ecuador have announced that 2,359 national and international observers have been accredited so far for the general elections of next February 7, who have applied for the accreditation process that ends this January 30.... More
Damascus, January 30 (RHC)-- U.S. occupation forces in Syria have begun to build a new military base in al-Yaroubia area in Hasaka, deploying logistic materials and military equipment there, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). Citing local sources, the news agency said 10 military troop carriers were brought to al-Malikiyah city in northeast of Hasaka to be moved to al-Yaroubia area near the Iraqi border.... More
Brasilia, January 30 (RHC)-- The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) reports that indigenous leaders of the Terena and Guarani Kaiowá communities protested in front of the headquarters of the Special District of Indigenous Health (DSEI) of Mato Grosso do Sul demanding medical care.... More
Stockholm, January 30 (RHC)-- The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation has been awarded Sweden's Olof Palme human rights prize for 2020. Prize organizers said in a statement on Friday that the international civil rights movement had been awarded for its work promoting "peaceful civil disobedience against police brutality and racial violence all over the world."... More
La Paz, January 30 (RHC)-- The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, kicked off this Saturday the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in La Paz, with the application of doses to the medical staff of the Hospital del Norte, in El Alto.... More
Quito, January 30 (RHC)-- One of the members of the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Ecuador, Luis Verdesoto Custode, has denounced before the Electoral Disputes Tribunal (TCE) the presidential ticket of the alliance Union por la Esperanza (UNES), formed by Andres Arauz and Carlos Rabascall, for allegedly conducting tests to detect coronavirus.... More
Rome, January 30 (RHC)-- Public and private sector workers staged a nationwide 24-hour general strike to denounce government measures adopted to counter the spread of coronavirus in Italy. The industrial action - called by the Confederation of base unions COBAS - was joined by public servants and self-employed workers in several cities, including Milan, Rome and Naples.... More
Brasilia, January 30 (RHC)-- Brazil surpassed 9,000,000 contagions with the addition of 61,811 new cases in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the government. Data from the National Council of Health Secretaries (Conass) indicate that 1,386 deaths were reported in the last day, bringing the total number of accumulated deaths to 221,547.... More
Ottawa, January 30 (RHC)-- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced stricter restrictions on travellers in response to new, likely more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus – including making it mandatory for travellers to quarantine in a hotel at their own expense when they arrive in Canada and suspending airline service to Mexico and all Caribbean destinations until April 30th.... More
Rome, January 30 (RHC)-- Italy has halted the sale of thousands of missiles to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to their involvement in the Yemen conflict, making permanent an 18-month temporary suspension. “Today I am announcing that the government has revoked the authorisations under way for the export of missiles and aircraft bombs to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates,” Italy’s Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Friday.... More
Mexico City, January 30 (RHC)-- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he's hopeful that he was through the worst of his coronavirus infection as he reappeared in a video message to the nation. “I still have COVID but the doctors already tell me that the critical phase is passing,” said the 67-year-old leader from the National Palace, where he has his office and official residence.... More
Ramallah, January 30 (RHC)-- Israeli troops have attacked Palestinians during another round of anti-settlement protests in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli troopers attacked participants in a weekly, peaceful protest in Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya City, on Friday.... More
New Delhi, January 29 (RHC)-- A bomb has exploded outside the Israeli embassy in the Indian capital, New Delhi, on the anniversary of the establishment of relations between India and the Tel Aviv regime. The New Delhi police confirmed the bomb blast in a statement on Friday, saying that a “very low intensity improvised device” had gone off at 5.05 pm outside the Israel embassy, close to Jindal House, in the high-security zone of the capital.... More
Bogota, January 29 (RHC)-- The Permanent Peoples' Tribunal (PPT) reported on its Facebook social network account that it initiated a symbolic trial against the State of Colombia to determine whether it is "responsible for political genocide and crimes against peace," and also whether it has acted with impunity in the face of these facts. ... More
London, January 29 (RHC)-- Drug maker Novavax says its COVID-19 vaccine showed nearly 90% efficacy at preventing disease in patients in a large clinical trial in the U.K. But of concern is the fact that the Novavax vaccine showed only a 50% efficacy rate in a smaller trial in South Africa, where a new variant of coronavirus has been spreading rapidly. ... More
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