Grand Junction, February 20 (RHC)-- A man in the U.S. state of Colorado is facing a felony menacing charge after two sheriff's deputies say he pointed a banana at them and they thought it was a gun. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports 27-year-old Nathan Rolf Channing was arrested and taken into custody. ... More
La Paz, February 20 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales has a 76 percent approval rating amongst Bolivians, according to an IPSOS survey released Wednesday. ... More
Washington, February 20 (RHC)-- A new study finds more than 80 percent of the world’s known coal reserves and about half of gas reserves must remain unburned in order to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. ... More
New Delhi, February 20 (RHC)-- Swine flu (H1N1) has claimed 12 more lives in India's Gujarat, raising the death toll in the country to 485 since the beginning of this year. The death toll in Gujarat has reached 136 since January while the number of reported cases has touched 1,522, a government statement said as the western Indian state administration held an emergency meeting to review the situation. ... More
Mexico City, February 20 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Students from the Ayotzinapa teachers training college clashed with military police Thursday, as Mexico marked the 102nd anniversary of its military.... More
Caracas, February 20 (RHC-EFE) – On Thursday, Venezuela inaugurated a new mechanism that allows citizens to buy dollars in cash at market-determined rates for the first time since 2003.... More
Bogotá, February 20 (RHC-EFE) -– Colombian police said Thursday that they arrested a U.S. citizen on charges of aiding the FARC, the Andean nation’s largest guerrilla group.... More
Sydney, February 20 (RHC)-- Two severe cyclones have swept into Australia, ripping apart houses, uprooting trees and knocking out electricity to thousands of people. Tropical Cyclone Marcia, a top-rating category five storm, hit the Queensland coast between St Lawrence and Yeppoon on Thursday. ... More
Montevideo, February 19 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Uruguay’s Foreign Minister Luis Almagro delivered a formal presentation Wednesday to the Organization of American States (OAS) outlining the proposals and initiatives he would undertake should he be elected as the bloc’s next secretary-general. ... More
Mexico City, February 19 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Southern Mexico continues to struggle with killings and kidnappings.... More
Geneva, February 19 (RHC)-- Iranian and U.S. negotiators will resume a new round of talks on Tehran's nuclear program in the coming days. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman and her team traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday to hold negotiations with Iranian officials, the State Department said on Wednesday. ... More
Paris, February 19 (RHC-teleSUR) -- France's highest court prevented the extradition of an Argentinian torturer, Mario Sandoval, Wednesday. ... More
United Nations, February 19 (RHC)-- The United Nations has urged international pledged donors to deliver on their promises of financial assistance to the Gaza Strip that was ravaged by Israel’s 50-day onslaught last summer. Speaking at the Security Council meeting on the Middle East on Wednesday, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman said pledged donors that participated in the Cairo conference on October 12, 2014, and promised USD 5.4 billion "have yet to fulfill the vast majority of their pledges." ... More
Lima, February 19 (RHC-teleSUR) -- With continuing protests over labor rights and oil exploration, alongside corruption allegations, the Peruvian government of President Ollanta Humala reshuffled his cabinet Wednesday. ... More
Berlin, February 19 (RHC)-- Greece has formally asked the eurozone for a six-month extension of a loan agreement as it seeks to revise the terms of an international bailout. ... More
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