Athens, May 12 (RHC)-- The euro slipped half a percent to $1.1153. It also lost ground against other major currencies on Monday. Meanwhile, European and Asian markets were mixed amid uncertainty of another bailout for Greece. ... More
New York, May 12 (RHC)-- An unknown amount of oil has leaked into the Hudson River following an explosion and fire at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan, north of New York City. ... More
Sanaa, May 11 (RHC)-- A five-day ceasefire is set begin in Yemen on Tuesday after Houthi rebels accepted a proposal from Saudi Arabia. The Saudi government offered the truce last week amid mounting criticism that its military campaign and blockade of Yemen has caused massive civilian suffering. ... More
Bogota, May 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has announced that he is halting the use of an herbicide known as Glyphosate on coca crops, marking a significant blow to a U.S.-financed program aimed at halting cocaine production. ... More
Geneva, May 11 (RHC)-- The Ebola outbreak in Liberia has officially been declared over. The World Health Organization says Liberia has gone 42 days without a new Ebola case, the threshold for deeming the outbreak at an end. ... More
Bangui, May 11 (RHC)-- Rival militias in the Central African Republic have reached a peace deal with the government after two years of fighting. ... More
Washington, May 11 (RHC)-- Leaked documents from Edward Snowden show the U.S. government labeled an Al Jazeera journalist a member of Al Qaeda. According to the Intercept, Ahmad Muaffaq Zaidan was put on a watch list of suspected terrorists in 2012. Zaidan has spent years reporting on al Qaeda and the Taliban, and has interviewed several top figures including Osama bin Laden. ... More
Berlin, May 11 (RHC)-- The U.S. National Security Agency asked German intelligence service to spy on the European country's technology giant Siemens, a new report reveals. The NSA suspected that Siemens was providing communications technology to a Russian secret service, the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported on Sunday, citing unnamed U.S. intelligence sources. ... More
New York, May 11 (RHC)-- An explosion has rocked a nuclear facility in the U.S. state of New York, triggering fears across the country, reports say. The explosion happened on Saturday at the Indian Point nuclear plant in the upstate part of New York. ... More
Fort-de-France, May 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Caribbean heads of state are hoping that the ‘Declaration of Fort de France’ will result in a unified voice to the unique challenges and solutions to climate related issues in their region. ... More
London, May 11 (RHC)-- British police clashed with anti-austerity protesters in central London as thousands turned out to express anger at Tories rise to majority rule with only 37 percent of the vote. ... More
Santiago de Chile, May 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has announced her new cabinet Monday, days after she made a surprise announcement asking all previous minister to resign as part of a “re-evaluation” of her government's agenda. ... More
Washington, May 11 (RHC)-- A large number of protesters, mainly mothers who have lost their children due to police brutality, took to the streets of the U.S. capital over the weekend to call for an end to police brutality and racial injustice. ... More
Santiago de Chile, May 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Chilean officials said that a few dozen beached sei whales were found dead along the southern coast of the Chile. ... More
Brussels, May 11 (RHC)-- The European Union has criticized the Israeli regime for its new plan to continue illegal settlement expansion on the occupied Palestinian lands. The criticism came two days after Israel approved the construction of 900 new illegal settler units in East Jerusalem. ... More
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