United Nations, October 19 (RHC)-- The United Nations is set to send a delegation to the UK within weeks as part of an inquiry into “grave and systematic violations” of the rights of disabled people allegedly taken place under London’s austerity measures. ... More
St. Louis, October 19 (RHC)-- Police in the U.S. city of St. Louis, Missouri, are investigating a series of arson attacks that have damaged five churches during the past 10 days. ... More
Manila, October 19 (RHC)-- Typhoon Koppu has hit northern Philippines, destroying houses and forcing thousands of people from their homes. The powerful storm struck near the remote town of Casiguran in Aurora Province at about 1:00 a.m. local time on Sunday (1700 GMT on Saturday), bringing destructive winds of 175 kilometers per hour (109 miles per hour). ... More
Paris, October 19 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has pledged to fully restore funding of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in exchange for his country's re-election to the organization's executive board. ... More
Bogotá, October 19 (EFE-RHC)-- Government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, peace negotiators have reached an agreement covering joint efforts to find more than 25,000 people estimated to have disappeared during Colombia’s over 50-year-old internal conflict.... More
Bogotá, October 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The head of the Colombian guerrilla group National Liberation Army (ELN), Pablo Beltran, called on the government to begin open and public dialogue with the aim of negotiating peace with the rebel group, as peace talks in Havana, Cuba, with the FARC rebels lead to a final agreement before the March 23, 2016 deadline.... More
Bogotá, October 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombian authorities are investigating a small plane crash in a residential zone in Bogotá on Sunday, which killed five people and injured at least 15.... More
Brasilia, October 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Brazilian intellectuals and academics published Friday a manifesto condemning the procedure of impeachment initiated by radical sectors of the right-wing opposition in Parliament.... More
Panama City, October 19 (PL-RHC)-- Albrook, Multicentro and Multiplaza are some of the big commercial centers in this city that are visited by thousands of people every day, including tourists, who are looking for varied offers affordable to the most demanding buyer.... More
Lima, October 19 (CARIBBEAN NEWS-RHC)-- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Irwin LaRocque continues to champion the cause for vulnerable states to receive concessional financing due to issues related to climate change.... More
Kabul, October 19 (RHC)-- A U.S. F-16 fighter jet has come under Taliban fire in eastern Afghanistan, military officials say. The advanced jet sustained significant damage in the attack which happened in Paktia Province, much of which is under control of the Taliban, officials told AFP.... More
Havana, October 17 (RHC-PL)-- "The Bayer company is one of the foreign companies with strongest ties to the development of Cuba, where the agricultural industry is key for the economy", Omar Fernandez, secretary general of the Chamber of Commerce said Friday. ... More
Moscow, October 17 (RHC)-- Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has criticized Washington’s refusal to meet a high-profile Russian delegation for talks on the crisis in Syria, and called it a “foolish behavior." Speaking in an interview with state-owned Rossiya 1 television channel on Friday, the Russian premier said that with such decisions and refusals to negotiate, the Americans were only revealing their weakness.... More
Caracas, Oct. 17 (teleSUR-RHC) Grassroots groups, aimed at boosting political mobilization in the Venezuelan state of Yaracuy, will activate their patrols supporting the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) on Sunday for a trial run of the forthcoming national parliamentary elections.... More
Milan, October 17 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has called Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to express concern over violent clashes between Israel and Palestine, a US official says. Kerry, who is in Milan, Italy as part of a European tour, talked to Netanyahu on Friday to discuss "how best to end the recent wave of violence, and to offer U.S. support for efforts to restore calm as soon as possible," the State Department official said.... More
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