Montevideo, February 10 (RHC)-- Venezuela demanded Thursday that the MERCOSUR regional trading bloc recognizes its membership in the body, after what the country calls an attempt by the “Triple Alliance” of right-wing governments of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay to suspend it.... More


Paris, February 10 (RHC)-- Violence spread in the capital for a fourth night after police officers brutally beat and sexually assaulted a Black man in a Paris suburb. ... More


Washington, Feburary 10 (RHC)-- A senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway, may have violated federal ethics rules by using her position to promote product lines of Trump's daughter, Ivanka, according to legal experts and congressional lawmakers.... More


San Juan, February 9 (RHC)-- Puerto Rican independence activist Oscar Lopez Rivera is set to return to the island Thursday after nearly 36 years in jail in the United States ahead of his long-awaited freedom on May 17.... More


Jeff Sessions

Washington, February 9 (RHC)-- The U.S. Senate has confirmed Jeff Sessions as the United States attorney general after a 52-47 vote Wednesday evening. ... More


Tel Aviv, February 9 (RHC)-- The Israeli government has approved the construction of over 1,000 new settler units in the occupied West Bank, a few days after the Israeli parliament passed legislation legalizing settler outposts built on private Palestinian land.... More


Paris, February 9 (RHC)-- An explosion has occurred at a nuclear facility in western France, with initial reports of possible injuries but no nuclear leak.... More


Washington, February 9 (RHC)-- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced it will greenlight the final phase of construction for the Dakota Access pipeline, prompting indigenous water protectors and their allies to call for a "last stand" against the $3.8 billion project. ... More


Seattle, February 9 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Seattle, the City Council has voted unanimously to divest $3 billion from Wells Fargo over the bank’s backing of the Dakota Access pipeline.... More


U.S. Labor Secretary Andrew Puzder

Washington, February 9 (RHC)-- Donald Trump’s pick for labor secretary, Andrew Puzder, is facing increasing criticism over his admission that he hired an undocumented housekeeper.... More


Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt

Washington, February 9 (RHC)-- Yet another one of Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, is facing criticism and a lawsuit by the ACLU of Oklahoma... More


Sanaa, February 9 (RHC)-- Yemen has withdrawn permission for the U.S. to carry out special operations ground missions in Yemen... More


Tokyo, February 9 (RHC)-- In Japan, scientists say the radiation levels inside a damaged reactor at the Fukushima nuclear power plant are at the highest point since the nuclear plant’s meltdown six years ago. ... More


London, February 9 (RHC)-- In Britain, Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow says he will refuse to invite Donald Trump to address the British Parliament during Trump’s upcoming state visit, citing Trump’s "racism and sexism." ... More


Quito, February 8 (RHC)-- The government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army, the ELN, officially began the public phase of the peace dialogue in Cashapamba, Ecuador on Tuesday.... More


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