Buenos Aires, August 14 (RHC)-- Argentina's right-wing president Mauricio Macri has announced economic measures that for the first time in his presidency would be in favor of the workers and the poor, in a move to attract voters after suffering a significant loss in last Sunday's primary elections. The voting showed him losing to the progressive coalition in the first round of the October presidential elections.... More
Brasilia, August 14 (RHC)-- In Brazil, up to 2,000 indigenous women gathered in the capital Brasília this week to protest the policies of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. Hundreds occupied a health ministry building Tuesday as they demanded the government respect indigenous rights and the Amazon. ... More
Brussels, August 14 (RHC)-- Heatwaves can be responsible for the deaths of over 150,000 people a year in Europe up to the end of this century, marking a 50-fold increase in climate-related deaths in the continent compared to that of the last three decades, a recent study says. ... More
Geneva, August 14 (RHC)-- Medical professionals say that Ebola is no longer an incurable disease, after two experimental drugs being used to treat infected patients in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have shown a 90% survival rate.... More
Geneva, August 14 (RHC)-- According to a report issued by the World Health Organization, so far this year, a total of 364,808 measles cases have been reported -- almost three more times than during the same period of time last year with 129,239 cases, the organization warned on Tuesday.... More
New Delhi, August 14 (RHC)-- In India, massive floods and landslides have killed an estimated 200 people and displaced hundreds of thousands, as days of torrential monsoon downpours hit several southern and western states. In Kerala, a mudslide killed at least 50 people last weekend.... More
Geneva, August 14 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to pull his country out of the World Trade Organization (WTO) over what he claims are years of mistreatment at the hands of the Geneva-based organization.... More
Buenos Aires, August 14 (RHC)-- Alberto Fernandez, the front runner in Argentina’s presidential race, responded to Brazilian President Bolsonaro's attacks on the progressive alliance which scored a landslide victory in Argentina’s primary elections Sunday, dismissing him as a "passing phase" in Brazil’s history. With running-mate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Alberto Fernandez -- likely to be Argentina’s next president for the progressive ‘Front for All’ party -- had some strong words for the Brazilian far-right president. “In political terms, I have nothing to do with Bolsonaro. I greatly welcome the fact that he speaks badly of me. He is a racist, misogynist and violent man…the only thing I would ask of President Bolsonaro is to free Lula and submit to free elections with Lula released,” the progressive presidential candidate said in an interview with local media.... More
New York, August 14 (RHC)-- A Pew Research Center poll found that most U.S. citizens reject President Donald Trump's measures against asylum seekers and 72 percent of them support granting legal status to immigrants.... More
Bogota, August 14 (RHC)-- Colombia's electoral authorities have opened an investigation into whether former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos accepted illegal campaign contributions from Brazilian construction Odebrecht in 2014.... More
Washington, August 14 (RHC)-- The U.S. army has formally signed a contract to purchase two Iron Dome missile systems from Israel, according to a report. The U.S. military magazine, Defense News, said in a report on Tuesday that the U.S. Defense Department had finalized a deal to buy two batteries of the Israeli-made Iron Dome missile system for its interim cruise missile defense capability.... More
New York, August 14 (RHC)-- U.S. billionaire sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was reportedly working for Israel and Ghislaine Maxwell was Epstein’s Mossad handler, according to Dr. Kevin Barrett, an American academic, researcher and political analyst.... More
Tokyo, August 14 (RHC)-- Japan’s Honda Motor Company announced Tuesday it will stop producing cars in Argentina in 2020 as part of a global shift in how it shares production between regions.... More
New York, August 14 (RHC)-- Facebook has paid hundreds of contractors to listen to and transcribe snippets of users' conversations, U.S. media reported, amid heightened scrutiny of the social network's data collection practices.... More
Rio de Janeiro, August 14 (RHC)-- Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in more than 80 cities in Brazil, including in Rio de Janeiro, to protest against cuts to the public education budget and other measures by President Jair Bolsonaro's government.... More
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