Bamako, September 19 (RHC)-- The military leaders of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have signed a mutual defense pact where they agree to help each other militarily against outside aggression and against internal rebellions.  The three nations are all former French colonies which experienced military coups in recent years. ... More


New York, September 19 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday presented a six-point agenda for the fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as he opened the Summit dedicated to those goals in New York.... More


Caracas, September 19 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro described his recent tour of China on Monday as historic, intense, extensive and productive, while highlighting the strengthening of relations between the two countries, during the transmission of the program Con Maduro Más.... More


United Nations, September 19 (RHC)-- The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, ratified this Monday that the application of unilateral coercive measures hinders the technological progress of nations, by specifying that scientific and technological development faces several objective difficulties, both internally and externally.... More


Geneva, September 19 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization and aid groups have called on Libya’s government to stop burying flood victims in mass graves, a week after unprecedented rainfall caused a pair of dams to collapse, devastating the eastern coastal city of Derna. ... More


Detroit, September 19 (RHC)-- In the United States, a United Auto Workers strike targeting the Big Three automakers has entered its fifth day.  About 12,700 workers walked off the job on Friday, but the UAW has warned the strike could expand in scope. ... More


Tel Aviv, September 19 (RHC)-- Israel cries foul after a UN conference votes to list the ruins near the ancient West Bank city of Ariha as a “World Heritage Site in Palestine.”  Ariha or Jericho is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities on earth, and is in a part of the West Bank that is administered by the Palestinian Authority.... More


New York, September 18 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands of people have rallied in the U.S. city of New York, calling for urgent action against climate change ahead of the opening of the United Nations General Assembly.... More


Lima, September 18 (RHC)-- In Lima, the Peruvian capital, according to figures from the pollster CIT Opinión & Mercado, 82 percent of Peruvians reject the management of Dina Boluarte as president of Peru. ... More


Tripoli, September 18 (RHC)-- A desperate search for the missing people continues in the Libyan city of Derna, where bodies are still washing up on its shores or decaying under the rubble, a week after Storm Daniel triggered devastating floods in the country’s east.... More


Luanda, September 17 (RHC)-- The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Angolan People's Liberation Movement (MPLA) urged this Sunday to continue the materialization of Agostinho Neto's ideas, whose center was the improvement of the people's life.... More


New York, September 17 (RHC)-- In New York City, hundreds of climate activists blocked the entrances to Citibank’s headquarters in Manhattan.  At least 25 demonstrators were arrested.  ... More


Houston, September 17 (RHC)-- Internal documents from Exxon reveal that executives — including former CEO Rex Tillerson — secretly worked to sow doubt about the severity of climate change, even as the oil giant publicly acknowledged the link between fossil fuels and the climate crisis. ... More


Detroit, September 17 (RHC)-- The United Auto Workers has launched a historic strike against the Big Three U.S. automakers.  About 12,700 workers committed to a work stoppage at three locations — a GM factory in Missouri, a Stellantis complex in Ohio, and a Ford assembly plant near Detroit, Michigan. ... More


Gaza City, September 16 (RHC)-- The Israeli military has conducted an airstrike against the northern Gaza Strip after attacking a protest in the Tel Aviv-besieged coastal sliver.... More


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