Washington, January 28 (RHC)-- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has warned that the country faces a growing threat of politically-motivated domestic violence from people angry at former President Donald Trump’s election loss.... More


Manila, January 28 (RHC)-- The Philippine economy shrank at a slower pace in the fourth quarter of last year, helped by higher government spending, but saw a record full-year contraction in 2020 as it grappled with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.... More


Washington, January 28 (RHC)-- The new U.S. administration has suspended the sale of F-35 jets to the United Arab Emirates, according to Bloomberg's defense reporter.... More


Geneva, January 28 (RHC)-- Italy failed to protect the “right to life” of more than 200 migrants and refugees who died when the boat they were on capsized in the Mediterranean Sea more than seven years ago, independent human rights experts who work with the United Nations said.... More


United Nations, January 28 (RHC)-- A senior Syrian official says the Israeli regime’s continued occupation of Arab territories poses dire threats to the stability and security of the Middle East region, criticizing the UN Security Council for failure in its responsibility to end Tel Aviv’s land grab.... More


Chicago, January 28 (RHC)-- Boeing Co posted a record $12 billion annual loss on Wednesday as it delayed its all-new 777X jet again and booked a $6.5bn charge for the program.  The coronavirus crisis has exacerbated a drop in demand for the industry’s largest jetliners, with airline customers shunning deliveries of planes due to international travel restrictions, hurting cash flow at the United States planemaker.... More


Washington, January 28 (RHC)-- According to data from Johns Hopkins University, the United States hit its own record of monthly coronavirus fatalities with more than 79,000 deaths in January, shattering the previous record set in December by more than one thousand.... More


Ramallah, January 28 (RHC)-- Israeli troops have demolished a mosque under construction and a number of buildings in the occupied West Bank.  The ‘Umm Qusah’ mosque was being built south of al-Khalil.... More


Tehran, January 28 (RHC)-- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s chief of staff said the Biden administration is independent and will not follow all Israeli commands like the previous US government, after Israel announced it is revising attack plans against Iran.... More


Guatemala City, January 28 (RHC)-- Dozens of doctors and health workers in Guatemala demanded this Wednesday to the authorities the application of the vaccine against Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, whose arrival in the country has not yet been confirmed.... More


Bogota, January 28 (RHC)-- Violence against social leaders continues in Colombia, evidenced by the fact that the Ombudsman's Office of that South American country reported that on Wednesday night, the lifeless body of the councilman of the municipality of Argelia, Cauca, Fermiliano Meneses Hoyos, was found.... More


London, January 28 (RHC)-- The rate at which ice is disappearing across the world matches “worst-case climate warming scenarios,” UK scientists have warned in new research.  A team from the universities of Edinburgh, Leeds and University College London said the rate at which ice is melting across the world’s polar regions and mountains has increased markedly in the last 30 years.... More


United Nations, January 28 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is urging global action against the spread of neo-Nazism and white supremacy, which he says has proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic. ... More


Dallas, January 28 (RHC)-- In the United States, a federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked the Joe Biden administration’s 100-day moratorium on most deportations. ... More


United Nations, January 28 (RHC)-- The United Nations has called on the Israeli regime to help ensure Palestinians will receive COVID-19 vaccinations amid the coronavirus pandemic.  ... More


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