Top UN Officials Resign Over The Organization’s Incapability To Protect Human Rights In Palestine
November 30, 2023
SEKENANI, Kenya, Dec 6 (Reuters) – When a group arrived at the Sekenani health clinic in rural Kenya for their COVID-19 vaccines recently, staff told them there were no doses left and that they should come back soon. For some, it meant a long wasted journey on foot and a[Read More…]
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday criticized an “irresponsible” Russian test that endangered the International Space Station with debris, and the Biden administration laid out a new strategy for responsible use of space. Harris convened the inaugural meeting of the National Space Council and[Read More…]
MEXICO CITY, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Mexico’s government and business groups have agreed to increase the daily minimum wage next year by 22%, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday, taking another small step toward addressing Mexico’s vast wealth disparity. It’s the biggest wage hike in nominal terms that[Read More…]
MOSCOW, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he had not yet decided whether to run for six more years in the Kremlin when his current term ends in 2024, while praising U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to seek re-election in that year. Putin has been[Read More…]
Two nonprofit organizations, Two Lives Changed and Habitat for Humanity, were awarded last week with a $5,000 Community Assistant Fund grant, given to them by the Fort Bend County Junior Service League. The FBJSL is an organization of women who are committed to promoting volunteerism and developing the potential of[Read More…]
ALPERCATA, Brazil, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Amid tearful goodbyes, Ana Paula Souza, her husband and their infant son set off for the United States, one of hundreds of families to depart the small Brazilian town of Alpercata in recent months. Nestled in the hills of southeastern Minas Gerais state, Alpercata[Read More…]
WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge sentenced the wife of imprisoned Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to three years in prison on Tuesday, after she pleaded guilty to helping the Sinaloa drug cartel. Before her sentencing in a federal court in Washington, Emma Coronel Aispuro, 32,[Read More…]
NEW YORK, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Opening statements in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial are expected to begin on Monday, nearly 17 months after prosecutors alleged the British socialite recruited and groomed underage girls to give “sexualized massages” to deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein. Here is a summary of the individuals[Read More…]
TEGUCIGALPA, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Honduran presidential candidate Xiomara Castro looked set to put the left back in power 12 years after her husband was ousted in a coup, even as the vote count for Sunday’s election unexpectedly paused for a few hours on Monday morning. Castro, who would be[Read More…]
Nov 23 (Reuters) – A pandemic-spurred demand for flu vaccines in India has surged since a devastating second wave of COVID-19 brought the nation’s healthcare system to its knees earlier this year. Vaccinations against influenza are not very common in India due to a lack of awareness, access and steep[Read More…]