Quito, October 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Central Bank of Ecuador is ready to implement the world’s first state-backed digital currency, although it has planned the launch a trial phase by mid-October. The private sector has shown interest in the system, and several corporations and cooperatives have already signed agreements with the Central Bank.... More
London, October 11 (RHC)-- Iran has warned the government of Turkey against possible military intervention in Syria as ISIL Takfiri terrorists close in on the Syrian town of Kobani near the Arab country’s border with Turkey. ... More
Geneva, October 11 (RHC)-- Concern is mounting across the world as the killer Ebola virus is spreading to other continents after claiming almost 4,000 lives in West Africa. More people across the globe are being diagnosed with the deadly Ebola infection, including two cases in the U.S., one in Spain, and a recent finding in Australia. ... More
Washington, October 11 (RHC)-- International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has warned that the global economic recovery is still weak, saying that bold action is required to avoid sluggish growth. ... More
Rome, October 11 (RHC)-- Thousands of protesters in the Italian city of Milan this week demonstrated outside the venue of the European employment summit against European Union's job policies. ... More
Detroit, October 11 (RHC)-- The fatal shooting of an unarmed Black teen by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, as well as the "criminalization" of African-Americans in that area, illustrates a national pattern of "oppression" and "institutional racism" against Black communities, a political commentator in Detroit says. ... More
St. Louis, October 11 (RHC)-- In the Shaw neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, protests continued for another night over the fatal police shooting of an 18-year-old Black man. ... More
Buenos Aires, October 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Argentinian Health Ministry announced that it has developed a method for fast diagnosis of the Ebola virus, which could help reduce the risk from spreading to other individuals, according to media reports on Friday.... More
New York, October 11 (RHC)-- Workers who clean airplane cabins at New York City’s La Guardia Airport have agreed to return to work following a strike over unsafe working conditions. ... More
Lima / Kingston, October 11 (RHC-ANDINA) -- Peru’s Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported government preparedness and response efforts to prevent an Ebola outbreak, which has ravaged West Africa and threatened the rest of the world. Jamaican authorities also designed plans to face a possible Ebola outbreak.... More
Washington, October 11 (RHC)-- Newly-released court documents show the U.S. government forced Internet giant Yahoo to comply with the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance program. ... More
Sao Paulo, October 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Former Brazilian President Inacio Lula Da Silva on Friday denounced a defamation campaign by the Social-Democrat (PSDB) leaders against the center-left Worker's Party (PT) President Dilma Rousseff. ... More
Washington, October 10 (RHC)-- U.S. intelligence officials admit the U.S. bombing campaign in Syria only killed one or two key terrorists while dozens of civilians were killed in the strikes. The unnamed officials said the attacks were not successful to cripple the Khorasan terrorist group, the Associated Press reported on Thursday. ... More
Mexico City, October 10 (RHC-NNN) – In the search for the 43 students who went missing last month in the city of Iguala, authorities have uncovered another four mass graves with charred bodies.... More
Madrid, October 10 (RHC)-- Officials say the 44-year-old Spanish nurse infected with Ebola is at "serious risk" of dying from the disease after her condition got worse. Teresa Romero is "very ill and her life is at serious risk as a consequence of the virus," the Madrid regional president, Ignacio Gonzalez, told parliament on Thursday. ... More
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