Washington, October 25 (RHC)-- The World Trade Organization has ruled against the United States in a multinational dispute over the labeling of meat. The United States requires the disclosure of a meat product’s country of origin. But Mexico and Canada have argued the rules harm their livestock exports. ... More
Caracas, October 25 (teleSUR-RHC) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro fought back at what he described as "interventionist comments" of Spanish President Mariano Rajoy, after he made critical remarks to Lilian Tintori, wife of jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, about the South American country's democracy.... More
Manila, October 25 (RHC)-- Protests are continuing in the Philippines where a U.S. Marine is suspected of murdering a transgender woman. Outrage has focused on the so-called "Visiting Forces Agreement" -- a decades-old deal between the United States and the Philippines, which critics say has been used to shield U.S. soldiers from punishment. ... More
La Paz, October 25 (teleSUR-RHC) –- The Bolivian government is using funds from the country’s nationalized resources and industries to fund a program, social cash transfers, targeting vulnerable segments of the population, including expecting mothers, the elderly, and public school students.... More
Washington, October 25 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal judge has ordered the Barack Obama administration to outline in detail its reasons for concealing as many as 2,100 photographs showing the torture of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. ... More
Mexico City, October 25 (RHC-PL) -- The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged the national authorities Friday to step up efforts to find the 43 students missing from the Normal Rural School of Ayotzinapa, in Iguala, Guerrero state.... More
London, October 25 (RHC)-- A British charity organization says 1.6 million pensioners in Britain live in poverty, as many of them miss out on entitled government benefits. The Age UK charity recently released a report, saying 900,000 of the pensioners live in “severe poverty.” ... More
Santiago, October 25 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Chile will apply the anti-terror law in the case of a young man who was killed by a homemade explosive blast last month, local media reported Friday.... More
Caracas, October 25 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday nominated Carmen Melendez as Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace, and Vladimir Padrino Lopez as the Minister of the country's Defense Ministry. ... More
Geneva, October 25 (RHC-BBC) -- Two Ebola vaccine candidates might be ready for testing in hard-hit West African countries in December, a month earlier than previously predicted. And one vaccine manufacturer has said it may have millions of doses available by April, should studies prove that it's safe and effective, a much more optimistic scenario than outlined until now.... More
Washington, October 25 (RHC-NNN) -- A former commander of Colombia's leftist FARC rebels was sentenced to 27 years in prison on Friday for his role in the 2003 kidnapping of three U.S. citizens held captive for five years, the U.S. Justice Department said.... More
Mexico City, October 24 (RHC-Xinhua) -- The governor of the violence-torn state of Guerrero in southern Mexico has announced his resignation in the wake of a scandal involving 43 students who are still missing.... More
Washington, October 24 (RHC)-- The Pentagon says it is investigating evidence an airdrop of arms intended for Kurdish fighters has ended up in the hands of Islamic State militants. ... More
Brasilia, October 24 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Supporters of Brazil's two rival presidential candidates clashed in downtown Sao Paulo Thursday, as the race heats up ahead of Sunday's election runoff.... More
Rio de Janeiro, October 24 (RHC-Mercopress) -- In the fourth poll in a row, incumbent President Dilma Rousseff pulled ahead to be the favorite to win Sunday's runoff.... More
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