United Nations, February 26 (RHC)-- The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has renewed the call for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict weeks after the United States unveiled a “peace” plan that runs counter to such a solution and the entire international law.... More


Bogota, February 26 (RHC)-- Colombia's Lower Chamber's Accusation Committee opened a preliminary investigation Monday against Colombian President Ivan Duque after accusations of electoral fraud by former Congresswoman Aida Merlano.... More


San Francisco, February 26 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of San Francisco, a federal appeals court ruled in favor of the Trump administration ban on letting family planning clinics refer patients for abortions by depriving these clinics of federal funds.  The decision on the so-called gag rule lifts injunctions granted by three lower courts. ... More


New York, February 26 (RHC)-- JPMorgan Chase has announced it will stop providing financial services to companies pursuing oil and gas exploitation in the Arctic and phase out loans to the coal industry.  JPMorgan will, however, still finance oil and gas projects outside of the Arctic region. ... More


Sydney, February 26 (RHC)-- In Australia, Norwegian oil company Equinor announced it was abandoning plans to deepwater drill in the Great Australian Bight Marine Park.  ... More


Port-au-Prince, February 26 (RHC)-- In Haiti, a gun battle outside the presidential palace between police and soldiers ended in the killing of one soldier as political unrest continues to mount.  ... More


Cuban Minister of Communications, Jorge Luis Perdomo. PL Photo

Havana, February 25 (RHC)-- The Cuban Minister of Communications, Jorge Luis Perdomo, evaluated on Tuesday the activity of information technology and telecommunications in 2019, as having a significant impact on all sectors for the development of society.... More


Geneva, February 25 (RHC)-- The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, met this Tuesday with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, during the 43rd regular session of the Human Rights Council.... More


London, February 25 (RHC)-- Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's lawyers Tuesday denounced that their client was mistreated in prison after he left the extradition hearing held at the Woolwich Crown Court in London.... More


Protests in India -- "Donald Trump Go Back"

New Delhi, February 25 (RHC)-- In India, protests in Delhi left 13 people dead Monday, with another 90 people hospitalized, as President Trump continued his official visit.... More


Ramallah, February 25 (RHC)-- Palestine has said that the U.S.-Israeli team tasked with mapping the areas in the West Bank that would be annexed by Israel under the U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan has no legitimacy.... More


Beijing, February 25 (RHC)-- In China, President Xi Jinping described the coronavirus outbreak as the “largest public health emergency” since 1949, as the government delayed the meeting of the National People’s Congress for the first time in decades.... More


Ottawa, February 25 (RHC)-- In Canada, Teck Resources has withdrawn its application for the $15.5 billion Alberta oil sands Frontier mine, days before the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was to announce whether it would allow the project to go ahead.... More


Washington, February 25 (RHC)-- In the U.S. capital, President Donald Trump’s new personnel chief, John McEntee, is reportedly directing agency heads to identify and purge anti-Trump staffers. Trump has tasked his former body man to rid agencies of the “bad people” and “Deep State.”... More


Washington, February 25 (RHC)-- The U.S. Supreme Court has voted 5 to 4 to allow Donald Trump’s so-called public charge rule to go ahead, by lifting a lower court injunction on the rule in Illinois.... More


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