San Salvador, May 23 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Some 300,000 pilgrims coming from different parts of the world attended Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero’s beatification ceremony in San Salvador on Saturday, led by a special envoy from the Vatican. ... More
Kabul, May 23 (RHC)-- At least five people have been killed and several others injured in a fresh US drone strike in the troubled northeastern Afghanistan. Local Afghan security officials said that the attack took place in Kunar province on Friday evening. ... More
Amman, May 23 (RHC)-- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he is determined to continue making efforts toward the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in the territories occupied by Israel. ... More
Washington, May 23 (RHC)-- The U.S. State Department has released hundreds of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's e-mails related to the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. The e-mails, released on Friday, are from Clinton's private e-mail account, which she used while she was the head of the State Department. ... More
Geneva, May 23 (RHC)-- Thirty-one people, mostly Burundian refugees, have lost their lives to a cholera outbreak in Tanzania since last week, according to the United Nations. The deaths, “two locals and 29 refugees”, were reported in the port town of Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika, in the nearby villages of Kagunga and Nyarugusu, and among the people on ferries en route from Kagunga to Kigoma, the UN Refugee Agency said on Friday. ... More
Bursa, May 23 (RHC)-- Workers at the Ford Otosan automotive manufacturing company in Turkey have staged a strike in a wave of walkouts by the country's major car makers over a deepening labor dispute. ... More
Paris, May 23 (RHC)-- The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has published a new study that explores income inequality in its 34 states. The study found that with 10 percent of its richest population earning 19 times the income of the poorest 10 percent in 2013, the United States ranks first on OECD’s list of developed countries by their rich-poor gap. ... More
Washington, May 23 (RHC)-- The global level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has topped 400 parts per million for the longest time in recorded history. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the grim milestone was reached on average for the entire month of March. ... More
Leavenworth, May 23 (RHC)-- Imprisoned U.S. Army private Chelsea Manning has proposed legislation that would help future whistleblowers follow in her footsteps. ... More
Lima, May 23 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The government of Peru declared a state of emergency ON Friday in the province of Islay, Arequipa, after protests against the Tia Maria mining project escalated further resulting in another civilian death. ... More
Quito, May 23 (teleSUR-RHC) Ecuador is importing 1,300 cattle from Paraguay in May with five shipments to improve its genetic stock. The first two shipments have arrived, each carrying between 230 and 250 heads of cattle, and have been distributed throughout the country to strengthen the industry for national consumption and export. ... More
Castries, May 23 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Caribbean Drought and Precipitation Monitoring Network has issued a drought warning for a number of islands across the Caribbean. ... More
Quito, May 23 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Italian Priest Jose Carollo was a follower of liberation theology when he arrived in Ecuador in 1949 and dedicated his life to serving the poorest residents of southern Quito. ... More
Mexico City, May 23 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Three bodies have been found in the Mexican town of Chilapa where 30 people recently went missing after it was taken over by community police, according to media reports on Friday. ... More
Mexico City, May 23 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Yaqui indigenous people’s National Caravan for the Defense of Water, Land, Work and Life arrived in Mexico City’s Xochimilco area on Thursday night after traveling 11 days to communities across Mexico in order to connect with and bring together different social struggles.... More
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