Mexico City, December 24 (RHC)-- More than 30,000 people lost their job and their only source of income following the deadly explosion at a fireworks market in Tultepec, State of Mexico, which has left at least 33 people dead and dozens injured, according to local authorities.... More


Damascus, December 23 (RHC)-- The last of the anti-government forces evacuated from the besieged city of Aleppo, Syria on Thursday, as they rode away in the green government buses that have now come to symbolize their surrender of the city.... More


Valletta, December 23 (RHC)-- The hijackers of an Afriqiyah Airways plane have surrendered and the final hostages have been released, according to Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.... More


Berlin, December 23 (RHC)-- Police in Milan, Italy, say they have shot and killed Anis Amri, the main suspect in an attack on a market in Berlin earlier this week. ... More


New York, December 23 (RHC)-- The Electronic Information Privacy Center reports that a company co-founded by billionaire Trump adviser Peter Thiel provided secret assistance to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection as it tracked travelers and immigrants.... More


New York, December 23 (RHC)-- Donald Trump’s son Eric says he would no longer solicit donations to his charitable foundation, after critics accused him of peddling influence in exchange for donations.... More


Minneapolis, December 23 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Minnesota, a judge has sentenced a woman to six months in prison after she ordered a Somali-American woman to "speak English" before smashing a beer mug into her face for speaking Swahili.... More


Washington, December 23 (RHC)-- In climate news, forecasters are predicting parts of the Arctic will see temperatures rise above freezing in the coming days, with temperatures near the North Pole today set to reach as much as 50 degrees Fahrenheit above normal.... More


Fort Worth, December 23 (RHC)-- A video showing a white police officer in Fort Worth, Texas, violently arresting a Black woman along with the woman's daughters has sparked anger amid ongoing police violence against U.S. minorities.... More


Brasilia, December 22 (RHC)-- The Brazilian government is attempting to scrap two important environmental regulations which environmental and Indigenous activists say will have a disastrous effect on efforts to fight climate change and put Indigenous communities in danger. ... More


Berlin, December 22 (RHC)-- In Germany, police are carrying out a manhunt after 12 people were killed and 48 more wounded in Berlin after a truck drove into a Christmas market... More


Former Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo

Montevideo, December 22 (RHC)-- Political leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean have denounced attempts to block Paraguayan “Bishop of the Poor” from running for president in 2018. ... More


U.S. Billionaire and Army Veteran Vincent Viola

New York, December 22 (RHC)-- Donald Trump has nominated billionaire and Army veteran Vincent Viola to be the secretary of the Army. ... More


Washington, December 22 (RHC)-- U.S. President Obama has announced a permanent ban on offshore oil and gas drilling across wide swaths of the Arctic and the Atlantic Seaboard. ... More


Toronto, December 22 (RHC)-- Scientists are frantically copying government data on climate change, concerned that Trump's administration may destroy or bury decades of research.... More


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