Sydney, February 28 (RHC)-- Authorities in Australia say a massive fire at an open-pit coal mine could continue to burn for months. The fire has already burned for two weeks, enveloping the town of Morwell in the state of Victoria with thick, toxic smoke. ... More
Washington, February 28 (RHC)-- The use of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons was under discussion on Capitol Hill this week. Witnesses at a hearing led by Illinois Democratic Senator Dick Durbin described how solitary confinement devastates families, allows guards to isolate prisoners whom they have sexually assaulted, and drives prisoners to hopelessness.... More
Detroit, February 28 (RHC)-- Police officers in the U.S. state of Michigan who killed an African-American homeless man accused of stealing a cup of coffee will not face charges. ... More
Washington, February 28 (RHC)-- A new U.S. Senate investigation finds the Swiss banking firm Credit Suisse aided tax evasion by wealthy U.S. clients who have stashed billions of dollars outside the reach of U.S. tax collectors. ... More
Kiev, Feb 27 (RHC-PL) The new Prime Minister of Ukraine, Arseni Yatseniuk, vowed today a financial improvement in his country by appreciating the International Monetary Fund and threatenng Crimea in the wake of its claims for more autonomy.... More
Caracas, Feb 28 (RHC-PL) President Nicolas Maduro said today that events known as Caracazo (the people's uprising against neoliberal measures imposed 25 years ago) were the start of the Revolution of the 21th Century.... More
Moscow, February 27 (RHC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an urgent drill to test the combat readiness of the country’s armed forces across western Russia, including the border area towards Ukraine.... More
Caracas, February 27 (RHC) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro opened a national peace conference on Wednesday aimed at ending three weeks of violent protests in the country.... More
Bogotá, February 27 (RHC) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Wednesday condemned an attack on a supermarket in northwestern Colombia, which killed four people and injured 17 others.... More
Caracas, February 27 (RHC) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Wednesday proposed a plan for boosting agricultural output to transform the nation's indigenous territories into economic powerhouse.... More
Beirut, February 27 (RHC)-- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has confirmed that Israel targeted one of its bases in a recent airstrike, vowing to retaliate against the attack. Hezbollah on Wednesday condemned the act of violence, saying it would respond to the Israeli airstrike near the village of Janta, which hit a base on the Lebanon-Syria border on February 24th.... More
Buenos Aires, February 27 (RHC)-– Argentina praised some of the “positive and favorable comments” by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Bank regarding the country’s social and economic agenda, regretting that certain media downplay such news, Mercopress News reported on Thursday.... More
Nassau, February 27 (RHC) -- Bahamanian authorities said Wednesday they had rescued a group of 170 Haitian and two Dominican migrants after their boat capsized in territorial waters.... More
Washington, February 27 (RHC)-- Noam Chomsky, a prominent U.S. linguist and political scientist, says Washington’s constant threat of war against Iran is a violation of the United Nations Charter. ... More
Brasilia, February 27 (RHC) -- Brazil may regain its self-sufficiency in oil production in 2015, Brazilian oil giant Petrobras CEO, Maria das Gracas Foster, said on Wednesday.... More
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