Kathmandu, April 30 (RHC)-- In Nepal, a 15-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl have been rescued from piles of rubble where they were trapped for five days following a devastating earthquake. The girl was reportedly rescued in the devastated town of Bhaktapur. In the capital Kathmandu, rescuers worked for hours to save the teenage boy. ... More
Baltimore, April 30 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Baltimore, Maryland, thousands of people have continued to protest peacefully over the police custody death of Freddie Gray. Gray died of spinal injuries a week after he was arrested for looking a police lieutenant in the eye, then running away. His family said his spine was 80 percent severed at the neck. ... More
Lima, April 30 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Peru’s President Ollanta Humala announced during a live address to the nation that Peru had received an addendum sent by the Chilean government to the second diplomatic note in response to the recent spying case. ... More
St. Louis, April 30 (RHC)-- Thousands of people marched in the U.S. cities from Boston to Chicago to Ferguson, Missouri, to show solidarity with Baltimore and connect the case of Freddie Gray with police killings of unarmed African Americans across the country. ... More
Washington, April 30 (RHC)-- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivered a speech to the U.S. Congress Wednesday, pressing lawmakers to support the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. ... More
The Vatican, April 30 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has taken on the gender pay gap. Speaking in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis called wage inequality a "pure scandal." ... More
New York, April 30 (RHC)-- Japan has agreed to new military cooperation with the United States in which it will come to the aid of U.S. forces under threat and further expand ties on cyber, space and industrial operations given rising Chinese defense capabilities. ... More
United Nations, April 30 (RHC)-- Israel has been found guilty of carrying out seven attacks on United Nations' sites, which were being used as civilian shelters during the 2014 onslaught on the Gaza Strip, a UN inquiry concludes. ... More
Paris, April 30 (RHC)-- Official figures show the number of unemployed people in France reached a new record high in March, with young people hit the hardest. The French Labor Ministry released the data this week showing 3.51 million people were jobless in March, up 0.4 percent from the previous month. ... More
Athens, April 30 (RHC)-- Greece is expected to discuss with its international creditors a draft bill of reforms aimed at unblocking bailout funds for the cash-strapped country. ... More
Bogota, April 30 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Teachers in Colombia rejected a proposal on Wednesday to end their current strike and warned that protests will intensify in coming days. ... More
Caracas, April 30 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is one of the world's most followed heads of state on Twitter, according to a study. ... More
Santo Domingo, April 30 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A group of about 50 Dominicans sent President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress a letter asking them to publicly apologized for the U.S. invasion of the Caribbean nation in 1965 and the 8,000 deaths it caused. ... More
Buenos Aires, April 30 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Over 30,000 doctors and health professionals in Argentina are the latest to add their voice to the fight against Monsanto, asking the federal government to ban its products after recent studies found they may contain carcinogens, according to press reports on Tuesday. ... More
Santiago de Chile, April 30 (EFE-RHC)-- Concerned by the disrepute caused by scandals in Chile, which until recently had been synonymous with transparency and integrity, President Michelle Bachelet has announced a raft of rigid new anti-corruption measures for politics and trade, including a proposal for a new fully democratic constitution.... More
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