St. Louis, November 18 (RHC)-- The governor of the U.S. state of Missouri declared a state of emergency on Monday and put the National Guard on alert ahead of a grand jury decision on the murder of African-American teenager Michael Brown. ... More
Bridgetown, November 18 ( NNN-RHC)-- Air traffic controllers at the Grantley Adams International Airport walked off the job early Tuesday complaining about poor working conditions.... More
Sydney, November 18 (RHC)-- Newly-released figures show that almost 36-million people around the globe are trapped in modern day slavery. The Walk Free Foundation's Global Slavery Index, published on Monday, said these figures were 20 percent higher than those of the 2013's because of improved methodology. ... More
Santiago de Chile, November 18 (NNN-EFE-RHC)-- Employment in Chile rose 0.9 percent in September compared with the same month in 2013, while wages increased 1.6 percent in 12 months, the Chilean Safety Association (ACHS for its acronym in Spanish) said Monday.... More
Jerusalem, November 18 (RHC)-- Two Palestinians with a meat cleaver and a gun attacked worshipers at a Jewish synagogue, killing four people, before the attackers were shot dead. Six people were injured. It was the deadliest such incident to hit Jerusalem since 2008. ... More
Lima, November 18 (ANDINA-RHC)-– The Peruvian government will spend some $586 million for the development of the VRAEM area in 2015, announced the Executive Secretary of the Multisectoral Commission for Pacification and Economic Development of the VRAEM (Codevraem), Luis Rojas.... More
London, November 18 (RHC)-- In Britain, a law student has been convicted on a terrorism charge following a trial that was largely conducted in secret. ... More
Lima, November 18 (NNN-ANDINA-RHC)-- Education is a great tool required to transform the country and leave poverty behind, said President Ollanta Humala during the inauguration of the Gregorio Albarracin Military School in the Southern city Tacna.... More
Athens, November 18 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands of people marched to oppose austerity and commemorate the 41st anniversary of the student uprising against Greece’s military dictatorship. ... More
Lima, November 18 (NNN-ANDINA-RHC) -- The Olmos massive Irrigation Project entry into operation will increase agricultural exports by $1 billion in the next few years, forecasts Agriculture and Irrigation Minister Juan Manuel Benites.... More
Baltimore, November 18 (RHC)-- A surgeon taken to the United States over the weekend after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone has died, marking the second Ebola fatality in the United States. ... More
Moscow, November 18 (teleSUR_RHC)-- Russia closed a deal with Venezuela on Monday to purchase 1.6 million tons of crude oil and nine tons of oil by-products over the next five years.... More
Mexico City, November 17 (teleSUR-RHC)-- As demonstrators prepared to march from the Angel of Independence on Mexico City’s main avenue Reforma toward the Zocalo, they received the news that the city’s main plaza had been taken over by the presidential guard, and so decided to change course. The Monument of the Revolution would be their new destination.... More
Baghdad, November 17 (RHC)-- At least five people have been killed and about 20 others wounded in separate bomb attacks targeting three areas in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. ... More
Bogota, November 17 (teleSUR)-- Colombian peace talks between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have been suspended due to the disappearance of an army general, President Juan Manuel Santos announced Monday, as the army investigates the apparent kidnapping. The decision throws into crisis the nation's ongoing efforts to end 50 years of war. ... More
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