London, January 28 (RHC)-- Four people charged with criminal damage over the toppling of the statue of the slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol have opted to be tried before a judge and jury. The four -- aged between 21 and 36 -- appeared at Bristol magistrates court amid tight security after police warned demonstrators would be breaching lockdown restrictions if they gathered outside the court.... More
London, January 27 (RHC)-- Environmental activists have secretly dug what they described as “a network of tunnels” under a small public garden in front of a London train station as part of their action against the HS2 high-speed rail project.... More
Mexico City, January 27 (RHC)-- Brazilian activist Ode Grajew, founder of the World Social Forum (WSF), said that the COVID-19 pandemic today imposes the fight against social inequality in the world and "the need for a new economic model after the health crisis that leaves the poor increasingly vulnerable." Ode spoke on the occasion of the 20th forum which is being held virtually until January 31st.... More
Paris, January 27 (RHC)-- In a first for France, six nongovernmental organizations launched a class-action lawsuit on Wednesday against the French government for alleged systemic discrimination by police officers carrying out identity checks.... More
London, January 27 (RHC)-- With the UK's official coronavirus death toll well over 100,000, international travellers must now quarantine for 10 days in government-provided accommodations to stop new variants of the virus. ... More
Miami, January 27 (RHC)-- Security screeners confiscated guns at U.S. airport checkpoints at a record pace last year, although the total number of guns dropped along with the steep plunge in travelers because of the pandemic.... More
London, January 27 (RHC)-- As countries across Europe scramble to immunize their populations against COVID-19, prolonged restrictions and slow vaccine rollouts are causing increasing frustration among members of the public -- a situation that could potentially turn a health crisis into a political one.... More
Vienna, January 27 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Holocaust survivors in Austria and Slovakia are getting the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, acknowledging their past suffering with a special tribute 76 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, where the Nazis killed more than one million Jews and others.... More
Geneva, January 27 (RHC)-- The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has passed 100 million, according to data from Johns Hopkins University data -- just over a year since the first cases of the then ‘mysterious’ new illness were reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan.... More
London, January 27 (RHC)-- In addition to endangering the health and lives of millions of people in developing nations, coronavirus vaccine hoarding by rich countries such as the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom also poses a significant threat to the global economy, potentially causing worldwide income losses of up to $9.2 trillion U$D.... More
Ottawa, January 27 (RHC)-- Canada’s parliament has approved a motion calling on the government to formally designate an American group that supports former U.S. president Donald Trump as a terrorist entity, alongside outfits like al-Qaeda and Daesh.... More
Washington, January 27 (RHC)-- The spread of COVID-19 vaccines will power a stronger global economic recovery in 2021, the International Monetary Fund forecast Tuesday.... More
Lisbon, January 27 (RHC)-- As little as nine months ago, Portugal was considered a model of success in the battle against COVID-19, particularly in comparison to neighbouring Spain.... More
United Nations, January 27 (RHC)-- A tropical cyclone that struck central Mozambique last week has affected 250,000 people, a sharp increase over initial estimates, according to a UN official. Myrta Kaulard, the UN’s resident coordinator in Mozambique, added on Tuesday that 18,000 people were internally displaced after Cyclone Eloise made landfall in the early hours of Saturday.... More
Washington, January 26 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden has revived efforts to place abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. The plan was announced by the Obama administration in 2016 but was delayed until 2028 by the Trump administration citing “technical issues.” ... More
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