Washington, August 27 (RHC)-- A new study has found that the chief executives at the 350 largest companies in the United States earned 312 times more than their average employees in 2017. The research, released in Washington, was conducted by the Economic Policy institute, a think tank based in the U.S. capital.... More
New York, August 27 (RHC)-- No amount of alcohol consumption is healthy and any slight health benefits of drinking alcohol are clearly offset by the risks, according to a major new study in the United States.... More
La Paz, August 27 (RHC)-- Bolivia's President Evo Morales criticized Sunday the decision of Ecuador's government to leave the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America - Treaty of Commerce of the Peoples, known as ALBA-TCP.... More
Harare, August 26 (RHC) Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn Sunday as the President of Zimbabwe in a ceremony at the National Stadium in the Zimbabwean capital.... More
Geneva, August 25 (RHC)-- The vice-president of the UN Human Rights Commission has condemned statements made by Brazilian officials following the UN's determination that the state should “take all necessary measures” to allow Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to “exercise his political rights” as a candidate in the October presidential elections.... More
Ramallah, August 25 (RHC)-- The Gaza Strip will be uninhabitable in less than two years if proper actions are not taken to end the years-long Israeli siege on the coastal enclave, warns a Palestinian advocacy group.... More
Buenos Aires, August 25 (RHC)-- Argentina’s university professors ended the third week of protests with 70 symbolic lectures in the Plaza de Mayo on Friday, outside the presidential palace. They are protesting austerity and cutbacks that affect public higher education budgets and a proposed wage increase of 15 percent.... More
New York, August 25 (RHC)-- In the U.S., New York state investigators have subpoenaed Michael Cohen to testify as part of their investigation into whether Donald Trump and three of his children -- Ivanka, Eric and Don Jr. --used the nonprofit Trump Foundation for illegal campaign activity and as a virtual piggy bank for “repeated self-dealing.” ... More
Tegucigalpa, August 25 (RHC)-- In Honduras, human rights groups are condemning the government of President Juan Orlando Hernández for failing to indict a single person for killing 31 people during protests challenging last November’s election result. The protesters were killed during a brutal military crackdown amid reports of widespread fraud and vote rigging. Families of victims say they’ve been subjected to harassment and death threats after pressing for justice. ... More
Sanaa, August 24 (RHC)-- At least 31 civilians, mostly children, have been killed after a Saudi-led airstrike hit their vehicle in Yemen’s Hudaydah province... More
Quito, August 24 (RHC)-- Ecuador announced Thursday it was withdrawing from the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA). ... More
Ramallah, August 24 (RHC)-- Several members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, all of whom have been jailed by Israel for their participation in the struggle for national independence, have released a statement in solidarity with the national U.S. prisoners strike, which began on Tuesday. ... More
Pretoria, August 24 (RHC)-- South Africa's government has energetically responded to U.S. President Donald Trump's tweet on land reform, in an official tweet Thursday, rejecting the comment as a attempt to divide the country. ... More
United Nations, August 24 (RHC)-- Thursday marked the 20th anniversary of the International Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition as decreed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO. ... More
London, August 24 (RHC)-- Flagship airlines British Airways and Air France have announced that they are to suspend all their direct flights to Iran... More
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