Massive protests against Trump in London.  Photo: Reuters

London, July 14 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands filled the streets of downtown London on Friday to vent their anger over Donald Trump’s first official visit to Britain, blowing horns, waving banners and hoisting a bright orange effigy of the U.S. president. ... More


Photo shows Palestinian teenager Uthman Rami Hals, who was killed by Israeli forces during a protest in the Gaza Strip on July 13, 2018.  Photo: AP

Gaza City, July 14 (RHC)-- Israeli regime forces have reportedly killed a Palestinian teenager and injured 25 others when they opened fire on protesters taking part in a weekly march in the besieged Gaza Strip in solidarity with the West Bank village of Khan al-Ahmar. ... More


WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks from the Ecuadorean embassy in London.   Photo: EFE

San Jose, July 14 (RHC)-- The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled on Friday the right to seek asylum in embassies and other diplomatic compounds.  The ruling includes a mandatory safe process, and the obligation of states to provide safe passage to those granted asylum.  ... More


U.S. threatens to impose tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods.  Photo: AP

Washington, July 14 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the Donald Trump administration has threatened to impose 10 percent tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods... More


AMLO has suggested "transitional justice" to stem the violence resulting from 12 years of militarized drug war.   Photo: Reuters

Mexico City, July 14 (RHC)-- Mexico's president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, better known as AMLO, will begin a series of 'popular consultations' next month to discuss his proposals to fight drug crime through negotiation and amnesties, the program coordinator said. ... More


Suit moving forward against Neo-Nazi organizers of deadly Charlottesville rally.  Photo: File

Charlottesville, July 14 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Virginia, a federal court has ruled that a civil rights lawsuit against the neo-Nazis and white supremacists who planned last year’s deadly rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, can move forward. ... More


Donald Trump pardons Oregon ranchers, the Hammond brothers, convicted of arson on federal lands.  Photo: Democracy Now

Washington, July 14 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has pardoned Dwight Hammond and his son Steven Hammond, two Oregon cattle ranchers who were convicted in 2012 of committing arson on federal lands. ... More


Facebook slapped with fine in Britain over Cambridge Analytica scandal.  Photo: AFP

London, July 14 (RHC)-- The British Information Commissioner’s Office has slapped Facebook with a $660,000 fine -- the maximum penalty allowed -- for Facebook’s role in allowing Cambridge Analytica... More


United Nations, July 14 (RHC)-- For the first time ever, United Nations Member States have agreed an all-encompassing Global Compact to better manage international migration, address its challenges, strengthen migrant rights and contribute to sustainable development.... More


Mapuche people of Neuquen are part of the 60 organizations that oppose the U.S. base.   Photo: @pcayuqueo

Buenos Aires, July 13 (RHC)-- In Argentina, political parties, social organizations, human rights groups, workers’ unions and Mapuches held a caravan to protest the installation of a United States “humanitarian” base in the western city of Neuquen.... More


Demonstrators protest against the visit of U.S. President Donald Trump in central London, UK.   Photo: Reuters

London, July 13 (RHC)-- British citizens are mobilizing against U.S. President Donald Trump, organizing mass protests in at least 25 cities across the United Kingdom. ... More


Trump administration says it will speed family reunifications after missing deadline.  Photo: AFP

Washington, July 13 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration says it’s working to speed up the reunification of immigrant families it separated at the U.S.-Mexico border... More


Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai was visiting Rio de Janeiro to kick off the expansion of her education charity into Latin America.  Photo: Reuters

Brasilia, July 13 (RHC)-- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai described as "cruel" a policy launched by U.S. President Donald Trump to separate children of illegal immigrants from their families, during her first visit to South America to promote girls' education. ... More


Amazon workers and activists protest ahead of the annual Axel Springer award ceremony in Berlin.   Photo: Reuters

Madrid, July 13 (RHC)-- Spanish labor unions have called on around 1,000 Amazon employees to walk out for three days next week, on one of the company's most important days of the year known as Amazon Prime Day, as they mobilize against the company's efforts to reduce workers' rights.... More


Troops patrolling the favelas in Rio de Janeiro.   Photo: Reuters

Rio de Janeiro, July 13 (RHC)-- Some 4,000 troops have been patrolling the Pavao-Pavaozinho, Cantagalo, Babilonia and Chapeu Mangueira favelas in the southern area of Rio de Janeiro.  ... More


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