Lima, April 17 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Activists in Peru marched to the headquarters of pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers on Thursday demanding the end to its monopoly on a antiretroviral drugs, which costs the state $10 million a year. ... More
Quito, April 17 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Some 40 left-wing Members of the European Parliament(MEPs) read a letter supporting the victims of the environmental damages wrought by oil giant Chevron-Texaco, during a public audience held by congress on Wednesday. ... More
Buenos Aires, April 17 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A bank account opened by late attorney Alberto Nisman in the United States is under investigation by Argentinian authorities, Judge Rodolfo Canicoba Corral confirmed on Thursday during a radio interview. ... More
Caracas, April 17 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Nearly half of Venezuela's population will be living in free or low cost housing provided by the government by the end of the decade, planning minister Ricardo Menendez said on Wednesday. ... More
Sanaa, April 16 (RHC)-- At least twenty people have been killed in the latest Saudi air raids on Yemen’s Amran province. According to al-Massira television, dozens of people were also injured during the Wednesday night raid on the Houth region in the western central Amran province. ... More
Miami, April 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A U.S. court in Florida has agreed to hear a civil case against the alleged killer of famous Chilean musician Victor Jara. ... More
Washington, April 16 (RHC)-- Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has sharply criticized the Saudi-led bombing of Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, escalating tensions between two key U.S. allies. ... More
Ramadi, April 16 (RHC)-- In Iraq, the self-proclaimed Islamic State has gained new ground, claiming several villages near Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province.... More
New York, April 16 (RHC)-- Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has cut Greece’s credit rating again, saying it expects the country’s debt to be “unsustainable." In a press release on Wednesday, S&P dropped the long- and short-term sovereign credit rating of Greece to CCC+/C from B-/B and described the outlook for the country’s full-year economic growth as “negative, given the risk of further worsening in liquidity for the sovereign, the banks, and the economy.” ... More
Bogota, April 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombia's Supreme Court of Justice has named former President Alvaro Uribe as the mastermind behind the bribery scandal that saw three of his former officials found guilty and ordered imprisoned. ... More
Washington, April 16 (RHC)-- A small helicopter has landed on the U.S. Capitol's West Lawn in Washington, DC, prompting a security lockdown at the area. Capitol Police Public Information Officer Lieutenant Kimberly Schneider said that the incident happened on Wednesday after 1:00 p.m. The gyrocopter appeared to be decorated with the logo of the United States Postal Service. ... More
Washington, April 16 (RHC)-- Low-wage workers in the United States have staged their largest action to date to demand a $15-an-hour minimum wage, with some 60,000 workers walking off the job in more than 200 cities. ... More
London, April 16 (RHC)-- Hundreds of people have gathered on the streets of London in protest at authorities' failure to lower the rate of homelessness in the UK. Travel chaos erupted in central London as Whitehall was blocked by British homelessness campaigners marching towards Parliament Square on Wednesday. ... More
Nicosia, April 16 (RHC)-- An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale has struck Cyprus in what has been described as the strongest tremor that has shaken the east Mediterranean island over the past 16 years. ... More
Houston, April 16 (RHC)-- Six people have been arrested after occupying the lobby to BP’s headquarters in Houston, Texas, ahead of the fifth anniversary of the explosion and oil spill which devastated the Gulf of Mexico. ... More
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