Paris, September 9 (RHC)-- France has calculated the death toll from the record heatwave which hit Europe this summer, with its health minister reporting that the abnormal weather caused at least 1,500 deaths in the country. There were “18 days of extreme heat” in France this year and not everyone managed to live through them, Agnes Buzyn said in a radio interview. ... More
London, September 9 (RHC)-- British Airways pilots began an unprecedented 48-hour strike Monday grounding of most of the airline’s flights disrupting thousands of travelers’ plans in order to demand better salaries from the company.... More
Gaza City, September 8 (RHC)-- Israel has launched a lengthy bombardment of positions in the Gaza Strip, according to sources inside the besieged enclave. Palestinian news agencies said Israeli airstrikes targeted positions allegedly held by the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas north of the Gaza and deep inside the enclave. Health officials said there were no casualties from the attacks that lasted nearly one hour.... More
Geneva, September 8 (RHC)-- Dozens of Palestinians have forcibly disappeared in Saudi Arabia and their fates remain unknown, according to testimonies by their families given to a Swiss-based rights group.... More
Boston, September 8 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Massachusetts, at least a dozen people were arrested at an Amazon office in Cambridge as they held a sit-in protest against the online retailer’s contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ... More
Brasilia, September 8 (RHC)-- In Brazil, Roman Catholic leaders are condemning a massive series of fires raging in the Amazon, adding to pressure against far-right President Jair Bolsonaro to stop illegal miners, farmers and ranchers from destroying rainforest critical to slowing the climate crisis. ... More
Caracas, September 8 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan government has given land titles to small Campesino families in the municipality of Mara in the state of Zulia. It is hoped that handing these lands to those who work it will increase food production, to combat the effects of the U.S. blockade on Venezuela, which has damaged the country’s economy.... More
Moscow, September 8 (RHC)-- Russia has called on the international community to make the necessary efforts to prevent the derailment of the peace process in Colombia, where a dissident sector of the demobilized insurgency of the FARC rearmed itself.... More
London, September 8 (RHC)-- E-mails obtained by The Financial Times (FT) have revealed that U.S. government officials were contacting the captain of an Iranian tanker, offering millions of dollars if the captain steered the ship towards an allied country that would impound on behalf of the United States, but threatening sanctions if the captain refused. It was the same ship that was eventually seized by the U.K. in Gibraltar, and subsequently released after it was clear there were no legal grounds for the seizure.... More
Tel Aviv, September 8 (RHC)-- Israeli authorities have issued a military order to confiscate nearly 25 acres of private Palestinian land in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, as the Tel Aviv regime goes ahead with land expropriation and settlement construction policies in violation of international law and UN Security Council resolutions.... More
Miami, September 8 (RHC)-- Thousands of people fled devastation in the Bahamas over the weekend as conditions grew increasingly desperate nearly a week after Hurricane Dorian made landfall, reducing many homes to rubble and knocking out water and electrical power.... More
Nassau, September 7 (RHC)-- The death toll from the devastating Hurricane Dorian has risen to at least 43 across the Bahamas, but authorities warn they expect a "staggering" number of casualties as hundreds of people remain missing.... More
Bogotá, September 7 (RHC)--The President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, has called on the international community to work together, without exclusions and to set aside political differences to mitigate the forest fires that are affecting the Amazon.... More
Caracas, September 7 (RHC)-- President Nicolas Maduro said Friday that he won't resume talks with the opposition until it rejects calls by a top supporter in Britain to give up Venezuela's sovereignty claims over the oil-rich contested territory of Essequibo.... More
![Sudan's military, civilian parties and protest groups signed a three-year power-sharing deal in August [Ashraf Shazly/AFP]](https://www.radiohc.cu/articles/6319-Sudan-acuerdo.jpg "Sudan's military, civilian parties and protest groups signed a three-year power-sharing deal in August [Ashraf Shazly/AFP]")
Addis, September 7 (RHC)-- The African Union (AU) has lifted its suspension of Sudan's membership in the bloc, ending a three-month freeze that had been in place pending the installation of a civilian-led government after the removal of long-term President Omar al-Bashir.... More
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