Under-resourced & under-supported: Tens of thousands of New Zealand nurses go on strike for better pay, safer work. Photo: New Zealand Nurses Organization / FacebookTens of thousands of nurses have gone on an eight-hour strike across New Zealand, disrupting non-emergency health services. The union voted for the action after failing to reach a deal for better wages.

According to the data of the valid votes submitted by the ONPE, Pedro Castillo leads Keiko Fujimori with a difference of 0.39 percent. Photo: EFEThe National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) of Peru has published the results of the second round of elections to elect the new president of Peru, resulting in the victory of the candidate for Peru Libre, Pedro Castillo, with 50.19 percent of the valid votes after 100 percent of the processed reports.

Maldives' Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid. Photo: Alasdair Pal / ReutersForeign Minister Abdulla Shahid of the Maldives has won an election as the next president of the United Nations General Assembly. Shahid pledged to push for equal access to coronavirus vaccines, a stronger and greener economic recovery, and stepped-up efforts to tackle climate change.

Demonstrators hold signs outside Manhattan criminal court during a march and rally to demand the end of solitary confinement on June 7, 2021. Photo: Mary Altaffer /  APA new proposal by the Federal Anti-Solitary Taskforce (FAST) calls on the U.S. government to use legislative, executive, and administrative methods to end the “torture” of solitary confinement on inmates in federal detention.

Negotiations break down and strike continues in Colombia; the government is dishonestThe National Strike Committee confirmed this Sunday the suspension of the negotiations with the Colombian government due to its non-compliance with the pre-agreement, which has as fundamental axes the guarantee of the right to peaceful protest and demilitarization in all regions of the country.