San Francisco, August 31 (RHC)-- In the U.S., dozens of detainees at two immigrant prisons in the state of California relaunched a hunger and labor strike this month to protest their inhumane treatment at the Mesa Verde and Golden State Annex facilities. ... More


New York, August 31 (RHC)-- The president of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, Jimmy Williams Jr., says his union is directing its massive international pension fund to divest from the Gaza genocide. ... More


Seoul, August 31 (RHC)-- South Korea’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the country’s climate law violates the rights of future generations, in a major victory for the youth climate movement. ... More


Gaza City, August 31 (RHC)-- At least six Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli regime’s aerial and artillery attacks on various parts of the besieged Gaza Strip, raising the number of civilian deaths since early Friday to 23.... More


La Paz, August 31 (RHC)-- The Bolivian Forest and Land Social Control and Inspection Authority (ABT) reports that 54 criminal proceedings are being conducted for causing forest fires in regions of the country’s eastern departments.... More


Canberra, August 31 (RHC)-- A senior Australian journalist has been charged with “antisemitism” for two retweeting two posts about Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza that has been ongoing since October last year.... More


Caracas, August 31 (RHC)-- Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, said that the electric sabotage perpetrated by the extreme right on Friday morning is being investigated, while declaring that justice cannot be delayed. ... More


Dili, August 31 (RHC)-- Timor-Leste, or East Timor, is marking the 25th anniversary of its vote to become independent from Indonesia.  ... More


Brasilia, August 31 (RHC)-- Authorities across Brazil have implemented emergency measures after a thick blanket of smoke settled over major cities, including São Paulo and the capital Brasília, closing schools, grounding flights and triggering air quality alerts. ... More


Brasilia, August 30 (RHC)-- A Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered on Friday the “immediate suspension” of social media platform X in the country after a court-imposed deadline expired for the company to identify a legal representative in Brazil.... More


Atlanta, August 30 (RHC)-- U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has given her first major sit-down interview since replacing President Biden on the Democratic ticket. ... More


Philadelphia, August 30 (RHC)-- U.S. Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance has ramped up his attacks on Kamala Harris, saying at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, Wednesday she can “go to hell.” ... More


Geneva, August 30 (RHC)-- The Israeli military and Hamas have agreed to three-day pauses in fighting in the Gaza Strip to allow for the vaccination of some 640,000 children against polio, a senior UN World Health Organization official says. ... More


Ann Arbor, August 30 (RHC)-- Police in Ann Arbor in the U.S. state of Michigan have arrested four protesters at the University of Michigan as they attempted to hold a peaceful “die-in” protest against Israel’s assault on Gaza. ... More


Caracas, August 30 (RHC)-- The former presidential candidate for the Democratic Unitary Platform, Edmundo González Urrutia, failed to comply this Friday with the obligation to appear at the official summons issued by the Public Prosecutor's Office.... More


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