Protesters climb Statue of Liberty on 4th of July.  Photo: AP

New York, July 5 (RHC)-- In New York City, police arrested seven activists Wednesday as they protested against family separations at the Statue of Liberty.  ... More


 U.S. Supreme Court nominee to be announced next week.  Photo: File

Washington, July 5 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump says he’ll announce his Supreme Court nominee on July 9th and that he’s considering two women as possible replacements for retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. ... More


 Anthony Kennedy’s son loaned Donald Trump $1 billion.  Photo: Deutsche Bank File

New York, July 5 (RHC)-- New revelations show the close financial ties between U.S. President Donald Trump and Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s son, Justin Kennedy, who served as the global head of real estate capital markets for Deutsche Bank. ... More


Heads of several Caribbean governments in last year's Caribbean Community, CARICOM meeting.   Photo: CARICOM

Kingston, July 4 (RHC)-- The 39th Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM, opens Wednesday afternoon as the regional body marks the 45th anniversary of its establishment which took place on July 4, 1973.... More


Children separated from their parents.   Photo:  AFP

Washington, July 4 (RHC)-- In the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services is refusing to disclose how many migrant children separated from their parents at the border they are still holding. ... More


 This file photo shows migrant families being held in large cages.  Photo: File

Washington, July 4 (RHC)-- The U.S. government is refusing to release children who have been separated from their parents as part of President Donald Trump’s “zero-tolerance” policy on immigration unless the families pay steep transport fees, according to a report. ... More


"Our NHS is on its knees after eight years of Tory underfunding, privatization and failure. That is why on its 70th birthday, we must come together to camp

London, July 4 (RHC)-- Marking UK's National Health Service's (NHS) 70th anniversary, a national health scheme that has strived to provide universal healthcare for all, tens of thousands of supporters gathered to defend the health scheme in central London. ... More


Fighting near border with Jordan.   Photo: Reuters

United Nations, July 4 (RHC)-- The United Nations is urging Jordan to keep its border open as more than 270,000 Syrians have fled the southwestern city of Daraa due to fierce fighting. ... More


Donald Trump won't lower flags for journalists killed in Maryland.  Photo: File

Baltimore, July 4 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Maryland, the first funeral has been held for the five victims of last week’s shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland. ... More


U.S. state files lawsuit against oil companies.  Photo: File

Providence, July 4 (RHC)-- As a deadly heat wave continues throughout the U.S. Northeast, the state of Rhode Island has filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against 21 oil companies, including BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell.  ... More


EPA chief Scott Pruitt.  Photo:  File

Washington, July 4 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the climate change-denying EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is facing yet another scandal.  CNN is reporting Pruitt kept a secret calendar and schedule in an attempt to hide his meetings with many industry executives. ... More


The aunt of Yasser Abu al-Naja, a Palestinian in his early teens who was killed in border clashes with Israeli troops near Khan Yunis, reacts at a hospital morg

New York, July 4 (RHC)-- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the international community to hold accountable the Israeli regime for the cold-blooded killing of unarmed Palestinian demonstrators in the besieged Gaza Strip... More


Quito, July 4 (RHC)-- Ecuadorian judicial authorities on Tuesday ordered the preventive arrest of ex-president Rafael Correa, who is charged with taking part in an attempted kidnapping of a political rival five years ago.... More


Ramallah, July 4 (RHC)-- A children's rights NGO says Israeli military troopers have shot and killed 25 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and the blockaded Gaza Strip since the beginning of the current year.... More


Ramallah, July 4 (RHC)-- Thousands of Palestinians have once again expressed their complete rejection of the so-called “Deal of the Century” proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, demanding Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stand firm against what they branded as the “Deal of Disgrace.”... More


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