Brussels, October 22 (RHC)-- Several European countries have criticized British handling of COVID-19, as there are growing signs of fresh wave of pandemic across Europe.  “Why does Britain have more than 40,000 Covid cases a day, and why is it the European country with the most infections?” asked Spain’s ABC newspaper on Thursday, while France’s L’Express depicted London’s Covid management as “disastrous myopia.”... More


Ramallah, October 21 (RHC)-- Extremist Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian-owned farming lands in the central part of the occupied West Bank, and uprooted more than 300 olive trees at the peak of olive harvest season.... More


Washington, October 21 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal court has ruled the detainment of a Guantánamo Bay prisoner is unlawful, a week after he was cleared for release by six U.S. security agencies. ... More


Chicago, October 21 (RHC)-- In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that nearly all municipal workers must get vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the month.  New York City’s police and firefighter unions promised legal action to stop the vaccine mandate.... More


New York, October 21 (RHC)-- Human Rights Watch has obtained more than 160 internal reports from United States immigration authorities documenting alleged abuses against asylum seekers by federal agents.... More


Sanaa, October 21 (RHC)-- At least one person has been killed and three others wounded when Saudi fighter jets struck pharmaceutical warehouses in Yemen’s capital province of Sana’a.... More


Managua, October 21 (RHC)-- Nicaragua received on Wednesday a donation of 1.2 million doses of the vaccines against coronavirus developed by Cuba and whose emergency use was approved by the authorities of the Central American country.... More


Miami, October 21 (RHC)--Former U.S. President Donald Trump has announced the launch of his own social media platform, nine months after being expelled from all major sites for his role in allegedly inciting violence at the U.S. Capitol following his election defeat last year.... More


El Paso, October 21 (RHC)-- U.S. authorities reportedly detained 1.7 million migrants trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border this fiscal year – marking an all-time high and highlighting the deepening political and humanitarian challenges the Biden administration is facing on immigration.... More


Moscow, October 21 (RHC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s workers to stay off work for a week starting later this month amid rising coronavirus infection and death numbers.... More


Pretoria, October 21 (RHC)-- African countries want a new system to track funding from wealthy nations that are failing to meet a $100 billion annual target to help the developing world tackle climate change, Africa’s lead climate negotiator has said.... More


Beijing, October 21 (RHC)-- The Chinese Foreign Ministry has issued a warning aimed at Washington, calling on the United States not to push its own form of democracy on other nations or split the international community by excluding countries from its upcoming summit.... More


Philadelphia, October 21 (RHC)-- The rape of a woman aboard a Philadelphia subway witnessed by as many as 10 passengers, some of whom appeared to film the attack, could have been stopped quickly if one had called 911, police said on Tuesday.... More


New Delhi, October 20 (RHC)--At least 41 people have died and more than a dozen were missing after landslides and flash floods triggered by several days of heavy rain hit northern India, officials say.... More


Washington, October 20 (RHC)-- A group of Sunrise Movement climate activists began a hunger strike outside the White House on Wednesday to demand Congress and President Biden pass the climate crisis provisions in the reconciliation package. ... More


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