St. George's, October 20 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Grenada will be the next Caribbean country to benefit from the world-renowned eye care provided by the Venezuelan government, known as Operation Miracle.... More


Brasilia, October 20 (RHC-Prensa Latina)-- Brazilian lower house speaker, Eduardo Cunha, filed a complaint to the Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF), claiming the right to decide impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff.... More


Guatemala City, October 20 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Low tax collection has left more than 53 percent of Guatemalans living in poverty and 17 percent in extreme poverty, Guatemala’s Ministry of Social Development said Monday.... More


Managua, October 20 (PL-RHC)-- Working groups from Brazil and Nicaragua met in Managua on Monday for cooperation projects focused on agriculture, public health, gender equity, water and sanitation.... More


Hobart, October 20 (RHC)-- The Antarctic Ocean Alliance (AOA) called on the 25 member countries on Monday gathering for the annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) meeting from October 19 to the 30th to finally agree on lasting and significant Southern Ocean protection.... More


Beirut, October 19 (RHC)-- An explosion in northeast Lebanon has killed at least eight people in what some reports have described as an army rocket attack on militants positions. Lebanese sources said Monday that 11 people were wounded in the blast on the outskirts of the restive town of Arsal, which is located near the Lebanese-Syrian border. ... More


Caracas, October 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Thousands of Venezuelan voters turned out Sunday to participate in the vote simulation summoned by electoral authorities before election day on December 6th.... More


Tel Aviv, October 19 (RHC)-- Israel has rejected a proposal by France to send international observers to monitor the situation near the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem. ... More


New York, October 19 (RHC)-- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has slammed Israel's "indiscriminate or deliberate" use of fire on observers and Palestinian demonstrators. ... More


United Nations, October 19 (RHC)-- The United Nations refugee agency says more than 10,000 people are stranded in Serbia as countries further west restrict the flow of refugees fleeing violence in their home countries. ... More


Washington, October 19 (RHC)-- Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have voiced support for President Barack Obama’s plan to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan through the end of his term in 2017. ... More


Paris, October 19 (RHC)-- Air France has announced that it will go ahead to cut hundreds of jobs as planned next year, as part of the company's restructuring plan that has triggered violent protests. ... More


United Nations, October 19 (RHC)-- The United Nations is set to send a delegation to the UK within weeks as part of an inquiry into “grave and systematic violations” of the rights of disabled people allegedly taken place under London’s austerity measures. ... More


St. Louis, October 19 (RHC)-- Police in the U.S. city of St. Louis, Missouri, are investigating a series of arson attacks that have damaged five churches during the past 10 days. ... More


Manila, October 19 (RHC)-- Typhoon Koppu has hit northern Philippines, destroying houses and forcing thousands of people from their homes. The powerful storm struck near the remote town of Casiguran in Aurora Province at about 1:00 a.m. local time on Sunday (1700 GMT on Saturday), bringing destructive winds of 175 kilometers per hour (109 miles per hour). ... More


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