Washington, November 14 (RHC)-- Jeb Bush, who was the early frontrunner for the Republican nomination for U.S. president, has plummeted to the low single digits in a latest national poll. The Quinnipiac University survey found Bush taking only 4 percent support, down from 10 percent in September.... More


Washington, November 14 (RHC)-- Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal is widening. The company has now acknowledged it understated carbon dioxide emissions for about 800,000 vehicles sold in Europe. ... More


Buenos Aires, Nov 14 (teleSUR-RHC) The economic policies of Argentine Let’s Change opposition alliance will drive up food and medicine prices with the same tactics that failed in the country once before, presidential candidate Daniel Scioli warned, as he prepared to debate rival Mauricio Macri.... More


Lima, Nov 14 (teleSUR-RHC) Peruvian President Ollanta Humala announced Friday that the country’s next presidential election will be held on April 10, 2016.... More


Bogotá, Nov 14 (teleSUR-RHC) The Colombian government approved plans to legalize the cultivation and sale of marijuana for medical purposes on Thursday. ... More


Bogotá, Nov 14 (teleSUR-RHC) Members of the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) imprisoned across the country have started a hunger strike to demand that injured jailed comrades be released and given medical treatment.... More


Damascus, November 13 (RHC)-- Syrian military forces have liberated key areas from the grip of Takfiri terrorists as part of the recent advances in Aleppo Province. Syria's official news agency SANA said on Friday that the forces seized control of several villages and positions in the southwestern countryside of Aleppo. The report notes that the terrorists suffered heavy losses in terms of personnel and equipment. ... More


Medellin, November 13 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Former Uruguayan President Jose “Pepe” Mujica told teleSUR that “we need true political will” to achieve full integration in Latin America to allow the continent to fully develop. ... More


Baghdad, November 13 (RHC)-- At least 25 people have been killed and 71 others wounded in bomb attacks in different neighborhoods in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. In one attack on Friday, an assailant detonated his explosive-laden vest at a funeral of a Shia fighter killed in Anbar Province in the battle against the Daesh Takfiri terrorists.... More


Beirut, November 13 (RHC)-- Thousands of Lebanese have attended a funeral ceremony in southern Beirut for the victims of twin bomb attacks by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group. Schools and universities were closed Friday as people gathered in Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahieh to mourn the victims of the deadly attacks a day before, where 44 people died. ... More


Ramallah, November 13 (RHC)-- A series of Israeli attacks on Palestinian demonstrations has injured dozens as clashes continue across the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian news agency Ma'an said on Friday that a total of 29 Palestinians were wounded in violent Israeli assaults on marches held in various towns and villages. ... More


Cairo, November 13 (RHC)-- Egyptian officials say a copy of the black box recording of a Russian Airbus that crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula will be sent abroad for analysis amid efforts to identify the exact cause of the incident. ... More


Tel Aviv, November 13 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime is ready to demolish five homes belonging to Palestinians who Tel Aviv accuses of carrying out anti-Israeli attacks. Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the destruction of the houses, three of which are situated in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. The other two residences are in the Qalandiya refugee camp near Ramallah, also in the West Bank.... More


Washington, November 13 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama has rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's suggestion to discuss Washington's recognition of Israeli rule over the occupied Golan Heights, according to the white House. ... More


Stockholm, November 13 (RHC)-- Sweden has reinstated temporary border checks in a bid to deal with a record influx of refugees. Swedish officials said on Thursday that a surge in new arrivals is threatening public order in the Nordic country. ... More


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