Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro (L), President of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court Dias Toffoli (C) and Brazil's President Michel Temer attend a session a

Brasilia, November 8 (RHC)-- Brazilian far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro has announced the names of his transition team and to no one's surprise, it completely excludes women and Afro-Brazilians from it.... More


Chilean President Sebastian Pinera talks during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, October 10, 2018    Photo: Reuters

Santiago de Chile, November 8 (RHC)-- The Chilean government has submitted its pension reform plan that will increase employee contributions by four percent and the social security bonus for the poor will increase by 40 up to percent, which the government admitted would result in the loss of 52,000 jobs.... More


Italian premier Giuseppe Conte (C) speaks at the Lower House, ahead of a confidence vote on the government program, in Rome on June 6, 2018.  Photo: AFP

Rome, November 8 (RHC)-- The Italian Senate has cleared the way for far-right leader Matteo Salvini's tough anti-migrant and security decree to become law following a confidence vote.... More


Los Angeles, November 8 (RHC)-- A gunman killed 12 people, including a sheriff’s deputy, when he walked into a Southern California bar and grill and started shooting on Wednesday night, police said.... More


Lula's defense team challenges conviction, citing judge’s bias.  Photo: teleSUR

Brasilia, November 7 (RHC)-- Former Brazilian President Lula da Silva’s defense team is filing a “habeas corpus” in a fight for his freedom, arguing that the judicial decision to imprison him for 12 years was not impartial.... More


Democrats take U.S. House of Representatives as Republicans gain in Senate.  Photo: Democracy Now

Washington, November 7 (RHC)-- In the United States, the Democratic Party has taken control of the House of Representatives, while the Republicans expanded their grip on the Senate in Tuesday’s midterm elections. ... More


Mass grave found in Veracruz, Mexico.  Photo: Google

Veracruz, November 7 (RHC)-- In Mexico, an anonymous tip has led to the discovery of a mass grave in the state of Veracruz, a violent area that is home to a turf war between rival drug cartels.... More


Refugees at a naval base after they were rescued by Libya’s coastal guard in Tripoli, Libya, November 23, 2017.  Photo: Reuters

Geneva, November 7 (RHC)-- The United Nations refugee agency says a total of more than 2,000 refugees have lost their lives since January trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe.... More


Legislator and president of the Lava Jato, or Car Wash, commission Rosa Bartra.   Photo: Twitter / @Pedro_Olaechea

Lima, November 7 (RHC)-- In Peru, the legislative commission investigating the Car Wash corruption case in Peru recommended an official corruption probe into presidents Ollanta Humala (2011-2016) and Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018), legislator Rosa Bartra announced.... More


A Yemeni girl, suffering from severe malnutrition, receives care at a treatment center at a hospital in Yemen's northwestern Hajjah province on October 31, 2018

United Nations, November 7 (RHC)-- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that more than seven million children are facing a serious threat of famine in Yemen as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its brutal aerial bombardment campaign against its crisis-hit southern neighbor.... More


 More illegal Israel settlements being built.   Photo: Jerusalem Post

Tel Aviv, November 7 (RHC)-- Israeli minister for military affairs Avigdor Lieberman reportedly plans to approve the construction of a new settlement in the Old City of al-Khalil (Hebron), south of the occupied West Bank.... More


 First wave of migrants rest in Mexico City.  Photo: teleSUR

Mexico City, November 6 (RHC)-- The Central American Exodus, or Migrant Caravan, has arrived in Mexico City where the Human Rights Commission of the Federal District (CDHFF) tells local media they have registered 470 Central Americans who are being housed at the "El Palillo" stadium.... More


Displaced Syrians, from the eastern city of Dayr al-Zawr and Raqqah, are pictured walking around at the Ayn Isa camp on October 17, 2018.   Photo: AFP

Damascus, November 6 (RHC)-- U.S.-led warplanes have launched fresh airstrikes against a town in Syria’s troubled eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr, claiming the lives of at least three children. ... More


The interview triggered protests and bringing thousands of sympathizers demonstrating across the U.S., the U.K., and parts of Europe.   Photo: Twitter: @greekem

London, November 6 (RHC)-- Christine Assange says her son, Julian, is in danger and the victim of a “slow and cruel assassination” in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.... More


 UN report show Yemeni child dies every 10 minutes from war-caused disease, hunger.  Photo: Reuters

United Nations, November 6 (RHC)-- The United Nations is warning the U.S.-supported, Saudi-led assault on Yemen is contributing to the death of a young child every 10 minutes. ... More


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