Lima, April 29 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Peruvian Congress voted on Monday to approve the new Prime Minister Pedro Cateriano and a new Cabinet. The debate, lasting over 15 hours until close to midnight, resulted in 76 votes in favor of the new Cabinet, 36 abstentions, and 10 leftist minority votes against the government. ... More
Stockholm, April 29 (RHC)-- Sweden’s top court has granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange the right to appeal an arrest warrant which has kept him holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London for nearly three years. ... More
Mexico City, April 29 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Over 124,300 children in Mexico are forced to work in order to afford food and clothing, to contribute to the household income, or attend school, says a new study by the National Council for Discrimination Prevention (Conapred). ... More
United Nations, April 29 (RHC)-- A United Nations body of independent experts has denounced France's "trivialization" of hate speech and acts of racism, urging Paris to curtail the soaring trend of violence against foreign communities. ... More
Bogota, April 29 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Thousands of teachers took to the streets in cities across the country on Monday to demand salary increases, access to adequate health care and the elimination of examinations used to evaluate teachers. ... More
Paris, April 29 (RHC)-- The case of a Muslim girl who has been banned from class twice for wearing long skirt has sparked outcry in France. Earlier this month, the girl identified as Sarah, was stopped from going to class in the northeastern town of Charleville-Mezieres by the head teacher, who reportedly thought the long black skirt "conspicuously" showed religious affiliation, something that is strictly forbidden by France's secular laws. ... More
Mexico City, April 29 (PL-RHC)-- The State Department of the United States updated its travel warning to its nationals seeking to travel to Mexico and included eight municipalities of the State of Mexico.... More
Abuja, April 29 (RHC)-- Around 300 women and girls have been rescued from a Boko Haram Takfiri militant stronghold in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, the military says. ... More
La Paz, April 29 (PL-RHC)-- Bolivian President Evo Morales closed on Tuesday the electoral campaign for the run-off of regional elections in the departments of Tarija and Beni, with the intention to support their candidates.... More
Kathmandu, April 28 (RHC)-- The prime minister of Nepal has warned the death toll from Saturday’s devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake could reach 10,000. The toll now stands at over 4,300 and is continuing to climb, with 8,000 injured. ... More
Bogota, April 28 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombia's Health Ministry is recommending the immediate suspension of aerial spraying of a cancer-causing herbicide used to eradicate cocaine crops, according to reports on Monday. ... More
Kathmandu, April 28 (RHC)-- At least 250 villagers are feared missing in a new mudslide and avalanche days after a deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit the South Asian country of Nepal. On Tuesday, officials said the mudslide and avalanche took place in the isolated Ghodatabela village in rural regions near Gorkha district, about 100 kilometers northwest of the capital, Kathmandu, the epicenter of the April 25th earthquake. ... More
Mexico City, April 28 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Over a third of Mexican children up to the age of five suffer from malnutrition, World Vision warned on Monday. The aid organization released a report titled “The State of the Most Vulnerable Children and Young People in Mexico 2015,” in which 36 percent of the six million studied were not receiving enough food. ... More
Baghdad, April 28 (RHC)-- At least seven people have been killed in a car bomb attack in a southwestern neighborhood of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. Iraqi officials confirmed Monday that at least seven people, all of them civilians, were killed after a car bomb went off in Baghdad’s Bayaa district. ... More
Quito, April 28 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Reforms to the Civil Code have been passed by Ecuador's National Assembly, raising the legal age of marriage to 18, specifying the criteria for marriage and divorce, and making civil marriages a legally recognized civil status in the country. ... More
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