Washington, September 22 (RHC)-- As Pope Francis arrives in Washington, D.C., a group of 100 women, many of them undocumented, are also set to arrive in D.C. after marching 100 miles from a detention center in York, Pennsylvania, in order to greet the pope. ... More
Abuja, September 22 (RHC)-- The death toll from multiple bomb blasts in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri has increased to 100. According to Victor Isuku, a police spokesman in Maiduguri, multiple bomb attacks rocked the capital city of Borno State on Sunday evening, leaving at least 54 people dead and 90 others injured. ... More
Baghdad, September 22 (RHC)-- Security and medical officials in Iraq say more than a dozen people have lost their lives and over 50 others sustained injuries in separate bomb attacks across the conflict-ridden country. ... More
Ouagadougou, September 22 (RHC)-- Burkina Faso's military chiefs have ordered members of the presidential guard, which staged a coup against the country's interim government last week, to lay down their arms. In a statement on Monday, the military chiefs called on the coup soldiers to hand in their arms to barracks in exchange for safety guarantees. ... More
Beijing, September 22 (RHC)-- Chinese President Xi Jinping is kicking off his first state visit to the United States today in Seattle, Washington. President Xi is expected to meet with technology executives and tour Boeing’s factory in Everett, Washington. ... More
Guatemala City, September 22 (RHC)-- In Guatemala, an indigenous leader who had fought against a palm oil factory that has been polluting a river with pesticides has been killed. ... More
Budapest, September 22 (RHC)-- In news from Europe, Hungary has passed legislation allowing the army to be deployed to the border as thousands of refugees fleeing violence in their home countries continue to attempt to cross the continent in efforts to reach northern Europe. ... More
Washington, September 22 (RHC)-- Volkswagen says 11 million diesel cars worldwide have been equipped with the same software that was used to cheat on emissions tests in the United States. ... More
New York, September 22 (RHC)-- A new report by Inside Climate News reveals how oil giant ExxonMobil’s own research confirmed the role of fossil fuels in global warming decades ago. ... More
Atlanta, September 22 (RHC)-- A federal judge in the U.S. state of Georgia has sentenced the former executive of a peanut company to 28 years in prison for crimes related to a salmonella outbreak that killed nine people and sickened hundreds more. ... More
Santiago de Cuba, September 22 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raúl Castro bade farewell to Pope Francis at the Antonio Maceo International Airport in eastern Santiago de Cuba, as the Holy Father concluded on Tuesday a four-day apostolic visit to the Caribbean state. ... More
Washington, September 22 (RHC)-- U.S. soldiers have come forward to describe how they were ordered to ignore child sexual abuse by allies in Afghanistan, even when the abuse occurred on U.S. bases. ... More
New York, September 22 (RHC)-- Officials at Hewlett-Packard (HP) say the company is planning a corporate split, which will see 25,000-30,000 of its employees losing their jobs after HP slashed tens of thousands of jobs in recent months. ... More
The 55th Cuban Baseball Championship is off this Tuesday having as leader defending champion Ciego de Avila and Granma as its new pursuer guard.... More
Havana, September 22 (RHC)-- Representatives from Cuba and Argentina have singed several accords to boost cooperation in such sectors as agriculture, cattle raising, rural development, food security and food safety.... More
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