Athens, August 28 (RHC)-- The head of Greece's Supreme Court has become the country's prime minster, taking the helm of a caretaker administration to organize snap elections in the debt-ridden country.... More
Roanoke, August 28 (RHC)-- The father of 24-year-old journalist Alison Parker, who was killed along with 27-year-old cameraman Adam Ward during Wednesday’s fatal shooting in Roanoke, Virginia, has demanded action on gun control. ... More
With the presence of 15 countries and the same number of duets in each gender, today began the fourth phase of the NORCECA Circuit Beach Volleyball, in Resort Barcelo Solymar-Arenas Blancas tourist destination of Varadero, 145 kilometers east of Havana.... More
Caracas, August 28 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Speaking to a women’s conference on Thursday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro confirmed Venezuelan authorities had captured three heads of paramilitary organizations as part of a border security operation that began this month.... More
Brasilia, August 28 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Over 30 Brazilian lawmakers signed a letter published Thursday requesting Congress President Eduardo Cunha be removed from his leadership position.... More
Mexico City, August 28 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced a vigorous shake-up to his cabinet Thursday, as he presented his third government report marking the halfway point of his term.... More
Lima, August 28 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Peru-based Center for Research on Drugs and Human Rights made statements on Thursday regarding their contributions to a study on drug eradication policies and the state of human rights in Latin America. ... More
Quito, August 28 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Cars backed up for miles has become a familiar scene on the Ecuador-Colombia border. Ecuadoreans fill the border city of Ipiales during the day. They buy TV sets, school supplies, clothing and other goods, and return to Ecuador in the evening.... More
Kabul, August 27 (RHC)-- A U.S. drone strike has claimed the lives of at least three members of one family in the eastern province of Nangarhar in Afghanistan. The drone strike was carried out on Wednesday, with witnesses saying that the victims -- a man, his son and his brother -- were apparently hit while collecting stones outdoors. ... More
Bogotá, August 27 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombian Senator Ivan Cepeda told a local radio on Wednesday that he agrees paramilitary groups have extended their reach into other countries, notably neighboring Venezuela, which decided to close its border with Colombia in an effort to combat the threat of these illegal armed groups.... More
Stockholm, August 27 (RHC)-- The bodies of around 40 people have been discovered in the hold of a troubled migrant boat in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast, the Swedish coastguard says. ... More
Gaza City, August 27 (RHC)-- The United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees says the infant mortality rate in besieged Gaza Strip has dramatically risen for the first time in more than half a century. "The number of babies dying before the age of one has consistently gone down over the last decades in Gaza, from 127 per 1,000 live births in 1960 to 20.2 in 2008," the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said in a statement. ... More
New York, August 27 (RHC)-- The board of the American Psychological Association has voted nearly unanimously to adopt a new policy barring psychologists from participating in national security interrogations. ... More
Roanoke, August 27 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Virginia, vigils have been held for two journalists who were fatally shot on live television during the morning broadcast Wednesday of the local news station WDBJ in Roanoke. ... More
Washington, August 27 (RHC)-- Retail giant Wal-Mart has announced it will no longer sell assault rifles in its stores, although it will continue to sell shotguns. ... More
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