The 2015 World Rowing Championships in France continued with the final round of semifinals in the all important Olympic boat classes. The athletes' aim was to be among the top three spot to get into Sunday's final. It also keeps their 2016 Olympic qualification hopes alive.... More
Guatemala City, September 4 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The new Guatemalan President Alejandro Maldonado asked all cabinet members and top government officials to hand in their resignations, and announced he would name all new ministers.... More
Caracas, September 4 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodríguez responded Thursday to remarks made by her Colombian counterpart Maria Angela Holguin about the recent standoff over food and fuel smuggling at the border between the two countries.... More
Managua, September 4 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Nicaraguan women rights group “Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir” asked Pope Francis on Wednesday not to consider abortion in certain circumstances a sin, a few days after the Pontiff made a declaration on this matter.... More
La Paz, September 4 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Potosi Civic Committee (Comcipo), an alliance of unions and social organizations from the Bolivian city of Potosi, announced a new collapse at the Cerro Rico Mountain, which is sinking after more than five centuries of mining for silver and other minerals.... More
Montevideo, September 4 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Teachers unions suspended the strike started two weeks earlier on Wednesday afternoon and went back to class without reaching any agreement with the government about their demands for a salary increase.... More
Mexico City, September 4 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Mexican Ministry of Interior informed the Senate on Thursday that between 2007 and the end of 2014, 25,230 people were reported missing in the country, including 28 percent of women. ... More
Kerawa, September 3 (RHC)-- At least 30 people have been killed in northern Cameroon in two successive bomb attacks. Military officials said Thursday the double bombing targeted a gathering of people in the town of Kerawa in Far North region of Cameroon. ... More
The gateway to the Super Round of the XXVII WBSC Baseball World Cup 2015 is still open for half of the 12 nations in Osaka, with Japan and South Korea having already taken the top spots in the next round of battle that starts Thursday.... More
Guatemala City, September 3 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Just a few hours after an arrest warrant was issued for Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina, he announced he would step down from office. Perez Molina signed his resignation on Wednesday, after the Guatemalan Congress withdrew his immunity from prosecution.... More
United Nations, September 3 (RHC)-- The United Nations says a total of 1,325 Iraqis lost their lives and 1,811 others sustained injuries in the month of August in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict. ... More
Washington, September 3 (RHC)-- The U.S. House of Representatives will vote next week to either approve or disapprove of the nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, announced on Wednesday that the chamber will vote on the July 14th nuclear accord as it returns from the August vacation next week. ... More
Anchorage, September 3 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama continued his trip to the Arctic just weeks after his administration permitted oil giant Shell to begin oil drilling in the remote Arctic waters off the coast of Alaska. Obama toured a glacier and spoke about the already visible impacts of climate change. ... More
Beirut, September 3 (RHC)-- In Lebanon, riot police have forcibly removed more than two dozen protesters from the Environment Ministry building in the capital Beirut, after the demonstrators occupied the building to demand the minister’s resignation over the heaps of trash piling up in the streets. ... More
Budapest, September 3 (RHC)-- In news from Europe, hundreds of people protested outside a Budapest train station over Hungary’s decision to prevent people fleeing violence in their home countries from boarding westbound trains headed toward Germany. The move has left thousands of people stranded outside the station in 104-degree heat. ... More
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