Berlin, February 16 (RHC)-- German authorities detained a group of 12 men for allegedly setting up a far-right organization with the goal of carrying out attacks against politicians, asylum seekers and Muslims, the Federal Prosecutor's Office (GBA) reported... More
Caracas, February 16 (RHC)-- Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro Saturday inaugurated the 2020 Bolivarian Shield, a defensive military exercise that is carried out amid U.S. threats and sanctions.... More
Washington, February 16 (RHC)-- The presidential candidate for the 'Creemos' party, Fernando Camacho, who led the coup d'etat in Bolivia last November, traveled to the United States with former Telecommunications Company, Entel, manager Elio Montes -- accused of corruption.... More
Washington, February 16 (RHC)-- A former U.S. counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer of the CIA says Israel has for long been interfering in American politics and elections but US officials prefer to remain silent and incriminate Russia.... More
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Washington, February 16 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed rare criticism from his attorney general Friday, tweeting that he has the "legal right" to intervene in criminal cases whenever he likes. The Republican businessman has been accused by opponents in Congress of trying to strip away the Justice Department's independence to benefit himself and his allies.... More
Buenos Aires, February 16 (RHC)-- Argentinean Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner confronted the International Monetary Fund during a meeting in Buenos Aires after it placed limits on face-to-face negotiations, by rejecting the possibility of a "substantial" capital reduction to the foreign debt of the Latin American nation.... More
The 29th International Book Fair -FILCuba 2020- concluded Sunday in the Cuban capital with dance, music and theater shows.... More
London, February 15 (RHC)-- If supporters of Julian Assange were looking for parliamentarian support to free him, they probably did not envision that it would take an MP from Australia to be one to visit the Wikileaks co-founder and lobby for his release. ... More
Washington, February 15 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration is facing public outcry over a proposal to weaken the National Environmental Policy Act. The law was enacted in 1970 to address growing concern with runaway pollution and the potential impacts of major projects like highways, dams and mines. ... More
Santa Cruz, February 15 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of California, at least 17 people were arrested during the third day of a wildcat strike by graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz. ... More
New York, February 15 (RHC)-- The second-largest publisher of local newspapers in the United States has filed for bankruptcy in the latest signal of the financial crisis in the journalism world. ... More
Washington, February 15 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal judge has temporarily blocked Microsoft from working on a $10 billion Pentagon cloud contract. The ruling comes after Amazon sued to block the contract, alleging the Defense Department did not fairly evaluate Amazon’s bid because Trump had intervened, telling former Defense Secretary James Mattis to “screw Amazon” out of the deal in 2018. ... More
Ottawa, February 15 (RHC)-- The Intercept reveals how a Canadian fossil fuel company essentially bought a unit of an Oregon sheriff’s department in order to monitor opposition to its proposed liquid natural gas pipeline and export terminal. ... More
Ottawa, February 15 (RHC)-- Indigenous protests and blockades across Canada have forced CN Rail and Via Rail to shut down huge swatches of their railway lines as First Nations across Canada resist the construction of TransCanada’s 400-mile, $4.7 billion Coastal GasLink pipeline. ... More
New York, February 15 (RHC)-- In environmental news, a series of recent measurements are raising alarm bells about the accelerating climate crisis. Temperatures in Antarctica soared last week to nearly 70 degrees Fahrenheit. ... More
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