London, December 28 (RHC)-- Environmentalists are warning that fossil fuel corporations and other companies are investing a staggering $180 billion in the global plastics industry, threatening to propel a 40 percent rise in the production of plastics over the next 10 years. ... More
Washington, December 28 (RHC)-- U.S. Democratic lawmaker Gregory Meeks has labeled President Donald Trump as a "con man" for his support of the newly-passed Republican tax bill. ... More
Tel Aviv, December 28 (RHC)-- The Israeli cabinet has approved $11 million in funding for settlement activities in the occupied West Bank following a meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a group of Zionist rabbis. ... More
New York, December 28 (RHC)-- A new investigation reveals that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is increasingly going global, with thousands of ICE agents and TSA officials deployed to more than 70 countries around the world. ... More
Kabul, December 28 (RHC)-- In Afghanistan, at least 40 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a suicide bomb attack in the capital Kabul. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack, which targeted a Shia cultural center and the Afghan Voice news agency. ... More
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Tegucigalpa, December 28 (RHC)-- In Honduras, the opposition party, the Alliance Against the Dictatorship, has filed an appeal with election officials demanding incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernández’s re-election be annulled because of fraud in the November 26 election. ... More
Moscow, December 28 (RHC-Agencies) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said a bomb blast in a St Petersburg supermarket on Wednesday was an act of terrorism.... More
Geneva (RHC-Agencies)-- A Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen has killed 109 civilians in air strikes in the past 10 days, including 54 at a crowded market and 14 members of one family in a farm, the top U.N. official in the country said on Thursday.... More
Buenos Aires, December 28 (RHC)--The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, the Argentine human rights organization searching for kidnapped babies during the 1970s dictatorship, announced Wednesday that they have found the 127th grandchild.... More
Seattle, December 27 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal judge has partially lifted President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban, after the ACLU and the Jewish Family Service argued the ban causes irreparable harm and prevents people from Muslim-majority countries from reuniting with family members living in the United States. ... More
New York, December 27 (RHC)-- The New York Times reports that U.S. President Trump made derogatory and false claims about a number of different immigrant groups during an Oval Office meeting in June. ... More
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Moscow, December 27 (RHC)-- The secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation (SCRF) warns that tens of thousands of U.S. nationals will lose their lives in case a full military action on the Korean Peninsula breaks out. ... More
Washington, December 27 (RHC)-- The United States has imposed new sanctions on two North Korean officials – only days after the United Nations Security Council imposed another round of sanctions against North Korea in response to its recent ballistic missile tests. ... More
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Vatican City, December 27 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has addressed the importance of an ongoing dialogue between the Venezuelan government and the opposition, saying that negotiations are vital to heal political rifts and shore up social welfare in order to achieve lasting peace. ... More
Moscow, December 27 (RHC)-- Vladimir Putin has submitted his application for registration as an independent candidate in the 2018 Russian presidential election.... More
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