Brazil sees record spike in COVID-19 infections with close to 35,000 new cases on Tuesday
President Jair Bolsonaro has repeatedly refused to follow preventive measures recommended by the WHO
French health workers hit the streets, demand that government save public health system
Successive governments in France have weakened the public health care system through systematic underfunding and neglect
Environment groups sue planning authority in Malta
The lawsuit was filed over the Maltese Planning Authority’s failure to withdraw a controversial development brief prepared for the redevelopment of the site of the former Jerma Palace Hotel in Marsascala
UN experts condemn Israeli annexation plan
UN experts, in a joint statement on June 16, said the controversial Israeli plan to annex the Jordan valley and the illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank is illegal and would be a grave violation of the human rights of Palestinians
Hamas calls for greater Palestinian unity to resist Israeli annexation plan
In a press conference, senior Hamas official Salah al-Bardawil called for unity among all Palestinians amid increased threats against Palestinian sovereignty and land
Establishment parties defy people’s mandate in Ireland, agree on coalition government
Rival establishment parties Fianna Fail and Finn Gael have agreed to form the new government in the Republic of Ireland with the support of the Green party which is led by Eamon Ryan
US apex court judgement for federal workplace protection to LGBT+ workers
The court ruled with a 6-3 decision that LGBT+ workers are protected as per the provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The ruling can protect millions of workers in the US
Why should Cuban doctors receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
Medea Benjamin of CODEPINK discusses the campaign to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Cuba’s Henry Reeve medical brigade