Freetown, October 17 (RHC)-- In West Africa, nearly 5,000 people have died as authorities struggle to contain the outbreak of Ebola. ... More
Brasilia, October 17 (teleSUR-RHC) -- Brazil's right-wing presidential candidate, Aécio Neves, is being aided by banks and ethanol corporations, unhappy with Dilma Rousseff's policies, according to a report on Thursday. ... More
Washington, October 17 (RHC)-- The fear of the deadly Ebola outbreak has led to the temporary closure of several schools across the United States, according to officials. Schools in Texas and Ohio cancelled their classes on Thursday because some staff members and students might have come in contact with a person infected with the virus. ... More
Paris, October 17 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets across France to express their resentment over the latest austerity budget presented by President François Hollande, which will make it difficult to lead the nation's flagging economy back to steady growth, Press TV reports. ... More
Mexico City, October 17 (RHC-EFE) -– Federal Police arrested five men in possession of drugs and military-grade weapons in the western state of Michoacan, Mexico's National Security Commission said.... More
Havana, October 17 (RHC) -- Hurricane Gonzalo is bearing down on Bermuda on Friday. Meteorologists from the Cuban Meteorologist Institute say the storm will continue along the same path moving away from Cuba within the next 12 to 24 hours, although its exact path is unknown. Gonzalo is currently a Category 4 hurricane.... More
New York, October 17 (RHC)-- A New York prisoner has been freed after 29 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. David McCallum, who is African-American, was ordered released on Wednesday after prosecutors said he had falsely confessed at the age of 16. ... More
Bogotá, October 17 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Travelers who lie on a questionnaire about the deadly disease of Ebola upon arrival at Colombia's airports might face a prison sentence between four to eight years, a border agency official said in Bogotá.... More
Bogotá, October 17 (RHC-EFE) -- Medellin, Colombia's second largest city, is positioning itself as a hub for Latin America's space industry, an effort spearheaded by a public-private corporation known as Ruta N that is planning to launch its first aerostatic balloons in November.... More
Lima, October 17 (RHC-Andina) -- Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has met with Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, to discuss preparations for COP20 to be held in Peru in December.... More
Caracas, October 16 (teleSUR-RHC), -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro revealed on Wednesday that ongoing investigations into the murder of legislator Robert Serra show Colombian paramilitaries were also planning to kill National Assembly President, Diosdado Cabello, and Minister of Education, Hector Rodriguez, and other government figures as part of plots to destabilize the country.... More
Washington, October 16 (RHC)-- The Pentagon has said ISIL still stands the chance of seizing the Syrian town of Kobani despite U.S.-led airstrikes that have resulted in the deaths of "several hundred" ISIL terrorists. ... More
Rio de Janeiro, October 16 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Brazil's two presidential candidates remain technically tied in the lead-up to a runoff on October 26th, according to a poll released Wednesday.... More
Islamabad, October 16 (RHC)-- The United States has stepped up its drone attacks on Pakistan's tribal areas over the past few days in a move which is expected to cause a new wave of anti-American sentiment in the country, Press TV reports. ... More
Santiago, October 16 (telesur-RHC), -- Latin American women are suffering more than their male counterparts from poverty and malnutrition, especially because of cultural prejudices, warned the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) regional office in Chile on the International Day of the Rural Woman on Oct. 15.... More
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