Lima, September 19 (Andina-RHC) -- More than 700 government officials from 50 countries are expected to attend the 3rd World Resources Forum (WRF) which will be hosted by Arequipa, in southern Peru, from 19-23 Oct.... More
Caracas, September 18 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Venezuelan Health Minister Nancy Perez has confirmed 398 cases of chikungunya virus and 45,745 cases of dengue virus in the country, state media reported.... More
Mexico City, September 18 (RHC) -– At least two million people were internally displaced in Mexico between 2008 and 2013, due to natural disasters in the country, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC) reported on Wednesday.... More
Beijing, September 18 (EFE-RHC) --Ecuadorian Defense Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa and her Chinese counterpart, Chang Wanquan, have agreed during a meeting in Beijing to strengthen bilateral military ties.... More
Brasilia, September 18 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff Wednesday pledged to preserve labor rights if re-elected in October, including the year-end bonus, vacations and overtime pay.... More
Bogota, September 18 (EFE-RHC) --Sixty Colombian musical artists, including Carlos Vives, Juanes and Andres Cepeda, have released the song "A Step Toward Peace," as part of the I Can campaign that aims to end the decades-long armed conflict in the country.... More
Lima, September 18 (Andina-RHC) -- Peruvian President Ollanta Humala will meet his Colombian counterpart, Juan Manuel Santos, on September 30th in the Amazon city of Iquitos, as part of the first ever cabinet session between the two neighboring nations, reported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.... More
Washington, September 18 (RHC)-- The U.S. House of Representatives has approved U.S. President Barack Obama's strategy to train and arm 'moderate' militants in Syria to tackle the threat of the ISIL terrorist organization. ... More
Washington, September 18 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Washington's military campaign against ISIL will take years and will stop only when the terrorist group is incapacitated. Kerry told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday the offensive is not going to be a brief one and will last for years. ... More
Buenos Aires, September 18 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Argentinian Foreign Minister Hector Timerman met his Botswanan counterpart, Phandu Skelemani, in Buenos Aires on Wednesday and discussed ways to strengthen bilateral ties and cooperation.... More
Washington, September 18 (RHC)-- The United States has been creating, fostering and supporting extremist groups throughout the world for at least three decades, says an American anti-war activist. Rick Rozoff, manager of the Stop NATO International Network, said in an interview with Press TV that Washington has been "arming, training and supporting terrorist groups around the world," adding that the most notable case was "in northwest Pakistan in the late 1970s when they trained extremist forces from around the world, including Osama Ben Laden." ... More
Brasilia, September 18 (RHC) -– Brazil plans to expand its low-income housing program known as “My House, My Life” and build another 350,000 homes by 2015, said Finance Minister Guido Mantega on Wednesday. The announcement to expand the country's housing initiative comes just one month before national elections.... More
Brussels, September 18 (RHC)-- The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is to launch an investigation into UK laws allowing British intelligence agencies and police to spy on journalists. The ECHR has accepted the application which was filed by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ) on September 12th, in a move aimed at forcing London to review its laws over the mass collection of communications data. ... More
Brasilia, September 18 (RHC) –- During the Rio Oil & Gas Expo and Conference, the vice president of Exploration and Production for the French company Total, Ladislas Paszkiewicz, announced that Brazil’s biggest oil field, Libra, will cost US$80 billion to develop.... More
Paris, September 18 (RHC)-- A new analysis has shown that long-term job stability is further declining in France as companies are not willing to hire for the long run and are increasingly turning to temporary and contract workforces. ... More
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