EPA head Scott Pruitt.  Photo: File

Washington, April 9 (RHC)-- In U.S. environmental news, 14 states have sued the Environmental Protection Agency... More


Climate change affects Antarctica glaciers.  Photo: Google File

Washington, April 9 (RHC)-- A new study in the journal Nature Geoscience found that warm ocean water is melting Antarctica's ice sheets from below, contributing to sea level rise. ... More


Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

Moscow, April 9 (RHC)— Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said no evidence has been found of a chemical weapons attack in Syria's formerly rebel-held town of Douma.... More


Washington, April 7 (RHC)-- The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa Etienne, and former president of Chile Michelle Bachelet called for collective actions to ensure that all people, everywhere have access to the health services they need.... More


Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio 'Lula' da Silva

Brasilia, April 6 (RHC)-- Lawyers for former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio 'Lula' da Silva have submitted a new writ of habeas corpus to the country's Supreme Court of Justice. ... More


Washington, April 6 (RHC) -- US President Donald Trump has instructed officials to consider a further $100 billion in tariffs against China... More


Havana, April 6 (RHC)-- Besides ample support from his own people, Latin America's leaders are also expressing their solidarity and condemning Brazil's decision to deny Lula's habeas corpus petition as a blow to democracy.... More


Peru’s Congress

Lima, April 6 (RHC)-- Peru’s Congress approved a legislative resolution to allow the entry of over 500 US troops to provide security for President Donald Trump during the VIII Summit of the Americas, scheduled for April 13 and 14 in Lima.... More


Washington, April 6 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has backed off his plan to soon withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.... More


New York, April 6 (RHC)-- Facebook has revealed it now believes the personal information of up to 87 million people may have been improperly shared without their permission with the voter-profiling company Cambridge Analytica... More


Former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont

Havana, April 6 (RHC)-- A German court agreed Thursday to release on bail former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and said his extradition to Spain was possible on the basis of corruption charges there, but not on the more serious charge of rebellion.... More


Skopje, April 6 (RHC)-- Macedonia has issued a formal apology to Khaled el-Masri, a German citizen who was wrongly seized by Macedonian intelligence services while on vacation in 2003, then handed over to the CIA.... More


United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

United Nations, April 6 (RHC) -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called upon all parties to exercise maximum restraint in Gaza under the current situation.... More


Madrid, April 6 (RHC)-- A whistleblower known as the “Edward Snowden of banking” has been arrested in Madrid on an arrest warrant issued by Switzerland.   ... More


 Carles Puigdemont

Berlin, April 6 (RHC)--Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has paid bail and may immediately leave the prison in the German town of Neumuenster, the state prosecutor in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein said, reports Reuters.... More


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