Bogotá, November 30 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Two hippopotamuses in Colombia’s Antioquia province have sought refuge in a local town after drought hit the region.... More


Caracas, November 28 (RHC)-- The government of Venezuela is taking a number of precautionary measures to protect the power grid against possible interruption by the rightwing sectors during upcoming parliamentary elections on December 6th.... More


Abuja, November 28 (RHC)-- More than 20 people have been killed in a bomb attack targeting Shia Muslims during an annual religious procession in the northern Nigerian state of Kano. ... More


Caracas, November 28 (RHC)-- Venezuelan minister of Foreign Affairs Delcy Rodríguez rejected statements by U.S. State Department spokesperson John Kirby, who linked criminal actions in the country to the electoral process going on in Venezuela.... More


London, November 28 (RHC)-- Amnesty International has slammed Turkey for expelling dozens of Syrian refugees to their war-stricken country, saying the move is in violation of international law. ... More


Buenos Aires, November 28 (RHC)-- The head of the Argentinian humanitarian and solidarity organization Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Hebe de Bonafini, called for a mass demonstration on December 10, the day when president-elect Mauricio Macri takes office.... More


Washington, November 28 (RHC)-- The U.S. Air Force has hired civilian defense contractors to fly combat drones--a move some critics say is illegal. The Air Force hired the pilots to operate Q-9 Reaper drones to help track suspected militants and other targets all over the world, according to the Los Angeles Times. ... More


Mexico City, November 28 (RHC)-- In Mexico yesterday, the Agency for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean held the twenty-fourth regular session of its General Conference.... More


Denver, November 28 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Colorado, at least three people have been killed in a shooting incident in Colorado Springs. The incident started on Friday at a branch of Planned Parenthood, with police officers exchanging fire with the shooter for at least five hours.... More


New York, November 28 (RHC)-- A recent survey by the Pew Research Center shows people around the world overwhelmingly agree on the need to limit greenhouse gas emissions to address climate change. ... More


Washington, November 28 (RHC)-- The majority of Americans say racism is a problem in US society today and believe racial tensions are rising between ethnic groups in the country, according to a new nationwide poll. The poll, conducted by CNN and the Kaiser Family Foundation, found that 49 percent of American people view racism as “a big problem.”... More


Moscow, November 27 (RHC)-- Russia says it has killed terrorists in the search area of the downed Russian Su-24 jet inside Syrian territory near the border with Turkey after one of the two pilots of the ill-fated aircraft was saved. ... More


Caracas, November 27 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuela's housing mission has now constructed nearly 860,000 homes, according to new figures released Thursday.... More


Moscow, November 27 (RHC)-- Russia's president says the Turkish Air Force's recent shooting down of a Russian bomber over Syria's airspace was an act of betrayal by a country Moscow considered to be its friend. Vladimir Putin made the remarks at a joint press conference with his visiting French counterpart, Francois Hollande, at the Kremlin on Friday. ... More


Damacus, November 27 (RHC)-- A terrorist rocket attack has claimed the lives of six civilians in the northwestern Syrian province of Aleppo. Terrorists fired three rockets at the Kurdish-majority town of Tell Aran in Aleppo Province, killing six civilians, including four children, the official SANA news agency reported on Thursday. The attack, which took place as students were leaving school, also seriously injured seven others. ... More


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