Jenin, March 9 (RHC)-- The occupied West Bank observed a general strike yesterday, one day after Israeli forces raided a Jenin refugee camp, killing six Palestinians. It was the latest deadly attack by Israel, which has killed at least 73 Palestinians since the start of the year.... More
Athens, March 9 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands of people have rallied in Athens and cities across Greece to demand accountability following the deaths of 57 people last week in the country’s worst train disaster.... More
United Nations, March 9 (RHC)-- Damage caused by devastating earthquakes in Turkey will exceed $100 billion, a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) official says ahead of a major donor conference next week.... More
London, March 9 (RHC)-- The United Kingdom government says it is ready for legal challenges to a tough new law intended to stop tens of thousands of people a year from reaching the country in small boats across the English Channel.... More
New York, March 8 (RHC)--Demonstrations, conferences and artistic events around the world have marked International Women’s Day, an annual observance established to recognize women and demand equality for half of the planet’s population.... More
United Nations, March 8 (RHC)-- The number of pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls experiencing malnutrition has skyrocketed since 2020 across 12 countries in Africa and Asia. That’s according to UNICEF, which says nearly 7 million mothers are suffering from hunger as a food shortage crisis has worsened due to the war in Ukraine, the climate crisis, ongoing conflict and the pandemic. ... More
New York, March 8 (RHC)-- More than 500 physicians and other medical professionals have signed on to a letter urging federal regulators to prevent the expansion of a fracked gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest. The sign-on campaign comes as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is expected to weigh in on TC Energy's Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) Xpress project as soon as this month.... More
New York, March 8 (RHC)-- An analysis published by the watchdog Accountable.US revealed that the biggest oil companies operating in the United States raked in a collective $290 billion in profits last year while they "consistently prioritized shareholder returns over alleviating the pressure of high energy prices."... More
Bogota, March 8 (RHC)-- Colombia and Ecuador have launched a joint alert system meant to protect Indigenous Awa communities from attacks by armed groups in the border region between the two countries. At a news conference on Tuesday in the Colombian capital Bogota, human rights ombudsmen from the two countries announced the new system, which is designed to alert government and military officials in each country about potential attacks.... More
Tel Aviv, March 8 (RHC)-- Israel’s so-called national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has ordered the regime’s forces to press ahead with the demolition of Palestinian homes that have purportedly been built "without permits" in occupied East al-Quds during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.... More
Paris, March 8 (RHC)-- The majority of French citizens have expressed support for rolling strikes planned against President Emanuel Macron's deeply unpopular pension reforms a new poll says. The results of poll by the Elabe survey group for the BFM news channel showed that a total of 56 percent of respondents backed rolling strikes against bitterly contested plans to reforms pensions and 59 percent said they supported the call to bring the European country to "a standstill."... More
Mexico City, March 7 (RHC)-- Mexican authorities have discovered 343 migrants and refugees, including 103 unaccompanied minors, in an abandoned freight truck container on the side of a highway. The National Immigration Institute (INM) said on Monday the trailer was found in the steamy Gulf coast state of Veracruz. It was on a route often used by smugglers to bring people from southeastern Mexico to the United States border.... More
Asunción, March 7 (RHC)-- Former Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo (2006-2008) was discharged from a hospital on Monday after being hospitalized for months due to a stroke he suffered on August 10th last year.... More
New York, March 7 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Jewish New Yorkers rallied and marched on the home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to protest his embrace of far-right Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid growing violence against Palestinians—violence that demonstrators said is enabled by the U.S. government's unwavering military and diplomatic support.... More
Brasilia, March 7 (RHC)-- The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has ordered a police investigation into allegations that government staff under his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, tried to bring millions of dollars worth of jewellery into the country.... More
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