Minneapolis, November 5 (RHC)-- In the United States, the movement to change the name of the NFL’s Washington Redskins football team has followed the team on the road. ... More
Mexico City, November 4 (RHC-NNN) -- Venezuela has shot down a suspected mafia drug plane over the western state of Apure on the border with Colombia, the country's Defense Minister, Gen. Vladimir Padrino Lopez said early Tuesday on his Twitter account.... More
Tel Aviv, November 4 (RHC)-- An Israeli activist group says the Tel Aviv regime has approved the construction of 500 new illegal settler units in East Jerusalem, despite mounting international criticism of its expansionist policies. ... More
Sana'a, November 4 (RHC)-- U.S. drone strikes have killed at least 10 people in central Yemen. Agence France-Presse said at least 20 people were killed in the overnight strikes targeting militants near Rada. Reuters put the toll at 10, but said 10 more people were killed in clashes between the targeted militant group Ansar al-Sharia and Shiite Houthi rebels. Sana'a, November 4 (RHC)-- U.S. drone strikes have killed at least 10 people in central Yemen. Agence France-Presse said at least 20 people were killed in the overnight strikes targeting militants near Rada. Reuters put the toll at 10, but said 10 more people were killed in clashes between the targeted militant group Ansar al-Sharia and Shiite Houthi rebels. ... More
Washington, November 4 (RHC)-- A new U.S. government report says the George W. Bush administration concealed the discovery of chemical weapons in Iraq that had been developed with U.S. support in the 1980s — and then denied medical care to the wounded American soldiers involved. ... More
New York, November 4 (RHC-Mercopress) -- Argentina and Brazil were elected by the United Nations General Assembly as members of the UN Economic and Social Council, ECOSOC, for a period of three years beginning next January first.... More
Monrovia, November 4 (RHC)-- An independent human rights probe in Liberia has faulted security forces for opening fire on protesters opposing an Ebola quarantine, killing a 15-year-old boy. The report obtained by The New York Times found Liberian forces acted with "complete disregard for human life." ... More
Canberra, November 4 (RHC)-- Australia has temporarily stopped processing visas for people from West African countries worst hit by Ebola in an effort to prevent the virus from entering the country. Australia’s Immigration Ministry said in a report to the parliament that the new rules would apply to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. ... More
Lima, November 4 (RHC-Mercopress) -- As of December, Brazil and Uruguay will be able to use local currencies in bilateral trade disregarding US dollars, based on the agreement signed last Friday between the central bank presidents of the two countries, Alexandre Tombini (Brazil) and Alberto Graña (Uruguay).... More
Caracas, November 4 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday announced a 15-percent increase in the minimum wage to protect the poor from high inflation. As of December 1st, the minimum wage would be 4,889 bolivars, Maduro told workers and union leaders in a televised event.... More
Mexico City, November 4 (RHC-EFE) --A police general responsible for overseeing security forces in the northern region of the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas has been murdered, authorities in the neighboring state of Nuevo Leon said Monday.... More
Santiago, November 4 (teleSUR-RHC), -- Less than two months after a terrorist attack targeted a subway station in Santiago de Chile, the government has presented a bill which aims to strengthen the current anti-terrorist law.... More
Iguala, November 4 (teleSUR-RHC), -- Dozens of people started a 122-mile march on Monday from Iguala, Guerrero to Mexico City to demand the national government find the 43 students of the Ayotzinapa Teacher Training College, missing since Iguala police kidnapped them on the night of September 26.... More
Washington, November 4 (RHC)-- It's Election Day in the United States, where an estimated $4 billion has been spent on the most expensive midterms in U.S. history. Despite the record spending, voter turnout is expected to hit one of its lowest levels in years. ... More
Berlin, November 4 (RHC)-- The prospect of a nationwide strike by train drivers looms over Germany after the collapse of closed-door negotiations between the train drivers’ union and German rail operator, Deutsche Bahn. On Monday, Deutsche Bahn said talks with the German Train Drivers' Union (GDL) ended in failure, raising concerns about the prospect of a major industrial action that could significantly harm Europe’s biggest economy. ... More
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